by Brett Williams | Sep 7, 2018 | C. S. Lewis, Central Blog, Poetry, Prayer
“Master, they say that when I seem To be in speech with you, Since you make no replies, it’s all a dream – One talker aping two. They are half right, but not as they Imagine; rather, I Seek in myself the things I meant to say, And lo! the wells are dry. Then, seeing...
by Kevin Bauder | Aug 18, 2017 | C. S. Lewis, Government, Institutions
That’s what Eric Sammons suggests at The Federalist. At any rate, near the end of the book Lewis describes Narnia under the rule of the Pevensies: Peter, Susan, Edmund, and Lucy. It’s a Golden Age, and all is well. So how does Lewis envision the rulers of this...
by Kevin Bauder | Jul 25, 2017 | Anthropology, C. S. Lewis, Christianity, Conservatism, Manliness, Marriage
Because sometimes Wilson’s explanations are even better than his original propositions. I won’t expand on that remark. Just go read the essay.
by Brett Williams | Apr 27, 2017 | C. S. Lewis, J. R. R. Tolkien
Apparently, C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien weren’t too keen on Disney’s understanding and portrayal of fantasy. Dwarfs ought to be ugly of course, but not in that way. And the dwarfs’ jazz party was pretty bad. I suppose it never occurred to the poor boob...
by Kevin Bauder | Dec 10, 2016 | Affections, Bauder's Reading, C. S. Lewis, History, What We're Reading
The deepest of worldly emotions in this period [the Middle Ages] is the love of man for man, the mutual love of warriors who die together fighting against odds, and the affection between vassal and lord. We shall never understand this last, if we think of it in the...
by Kevin Bauder | Dec 5, 2016 | Bauder's Reading, C. S. Lewis, History, Philosophy
Humanity does not pass through phases as a train passes through stations: being alive, it has the privilege of always moving yet never leaving anything behind. Whatever we have been, in some sort we are still. Lewis, C. S. The Allegory of Love (eBook Original) (Kindle...
