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it was the ‘news’ in newspapers that Lewis thought ‘possibly the most phantasmal of all histories’.
“Poésie, philosophie et théologie naissent de l'affrontement lucide à l'injustifiable qu'aucune action ne saurait définitivement éliminer.”
― La Théologie en exil. Le Défi de sa survie dans la culture contemporaine
― La Théologie en exil. Le Défi de sa survie dans la culture contemporaine
“The safest general characterization of the European philosophical tradition is that it consists of a series of footnotes to Plato.”
― Process and Reality: An Essay in Cosmology
― Process and Reality: An Essay in Cosmology
“Aslan is a lion- the Lion, the great Lion." "Ooh" said Susan. "I'd thought he was a man. Is he-quite safe? I shall feel rather nervous about meeting a lion"..."Safe?" said Mr Beaver ..."Who said anything about safe? 'Course he isn't safe. But he's good. He's the King, I tell you.”
― The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
― The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
“Fairy tales are more than true: not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten.”
― Coraline
― Coraline
“Brother, if any man thinks ill of you, do not be angry with him. For you are worse than he thinks you to be. If he charges you falsely on some point, yet be satisfied, for if he knew you better he might change the accusation and you would be no gainer by the correction.
If you have your moral portrait painted and it is ugly, be satisfied. For it only needs a few blacker touches and it would be still nearer the truth. “I will be base in my own sight.” This was well said. Perhaps if David had carried it out more fully and had been rendered watchful thereby, it might have saved him from his great fall. A sense of electing love will render you base in your own sight.”
― The Complete Works of Charles Spurgeon - Volume 34, Sermons
If you have your moral portrait painted and it is ugly, be satisfied. For it only needs a few blacker touches and it would be still nearer the truth. “I will be base in my own sight.” This was well said. Perhaps if David had carried it out more fully and had been rendered watchful thereby, it might have saved him from his great fall. A sense of electing love will render you base in your own sight.”
― The Complete Works of Charles Spurgeon - Volume 34, Sermons
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