Saturday, September 06, 2008

Thoughts on Truth, Beauty, and Goodness #2

If truth and beauty and goodness are ultimately deeply connected; and if we are physical, emotional beings, as well as thinking ones: can we really know any truth without also finding that truth beautiful or ugly? And, on finding so, are we not moved (sometimes literally) to act on it. (to position ourselves or bodies in relation to this newfound beauty or ugliness)

And is our emotional or physical response to reality a separate thing then our intellectual response? Are they not all aspects or dimensions of the same thing?

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Monday, August 18, 2008

Owen Barfield on C.S. Lewis

"What he thought about everything was implicit in what he said about anything."

-Owen Barfield on C.S. Lewis

(BTW, if anyone knows the source of the quote, let me know)

Update:

Will Vaus (who also has written books on Lewis) kindly pointed out that the quote is from a book actually called Owen Barfield on C.S. Lewis! Thanks for the letting me know, Mr. Vaus. The only thing better then reading a great author you love, is reading a great author you love write about another great author you love, allowing you to enjoy both simultaneously.

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