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  1. thecslewis-studygroup.org

    Such a standard can be acquired only from the old books. It is a good rule, after reading a new book, never to allow yourself another new one till you have read an old one in between. If that is too much for you, you should at least read one old one to every three new ones. Every age has its own outlook.
    • The Atheist Delusion

      Three presentations on The C.S. Lewis Study Group's site address these ideas which we would like to invite you to join as we consider these concerns. To address the 1st issue , you will have noticed that the message conveyed above in The Atheist Delusion was expressed in lay terms, in the language of common sense made in an appeal to the ...

    • Science & Religion

      The C.S. Lewis Institute Study Resources. The C.S. Lewis Symposium; The C.S. Lewis Institute's Basic Apologetics Course; The Atheist Delusion. James M. Tour-Synthetic Organic Chemist; The Teaching Company. About The Teaching Company; The Life and the Writings of C.S. Lewis; Natural Law and Human Nature; Philosophy and Religion in the West

    • Owen Barfield

      The C.S. Lewis Institute Study Resources. The C.S. Lewis Symposium; The C.S. Lewis Institute's Basic Apologetics Course; The Atheist Delusion. James M. Tour-Synthetic Organic Chemist; The Teaching Company. About The Teaching Company; The Life and the Writings of C.S. Lewis; Natural Law and Human Nature; Philosophy and Religion in the West

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  3. cslewisinstitute.org

    Reflections: ON READING OLD BOOKS. Back to series. By C.S. Lewis Institute on February 1, 2010 Reflections, Reflections 2010, ... C.S. Lewis Institute, in the legacy of C.S. Lewis, works to develop wholehearted disciples of Jesus Christ who will articulate, defend, share, and live their faith in personal and public life. Founded in 1976 by Dr ...
  4. Jan 21, 2024C.S. Lewis observed that every age suffers from its own blindness — failing to recognize perspectives that will be obvious to succeeding generations. To overcome such blindness, he writes, "the only palliative is to keep the clean breeze of the centuries blowing through our minds, and this can be done only by reading old books."
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  6. 4. Read old books. In the opening of the essay, "On the Reading of Old Books" found in God in the Dock, Lewis says in a punchy way, " Naturally, since I myself am a writer, I do not wish the ordinary reader to read no modern books." But, he adds, "if he must read only the new or only the old, I would advise him to read the old.
  7. Sister Penelope read and admired Out of the Silent Planet, a book that had appeared in 1938 - written by C. S. Lewis, a don at Magdalene College in neighboring Oxford. Sister Penelope wrote a letter to Lewis in August 1939, and praised his book for (among other things) being thought-provoking, delightful, and scripturally-based.
  8. memoriapress.com

    In his introduction to a (then) new translation of On the Incarnation by the fourth-century Church Father Athanasius, Lewis puts forward an extremely short but potent argument for reading old books. In the first place, Lewis points out that the old wisdom is really not as hard to understand as people assume.
  9. cslewisinstitute.org

    February 2010—On Reading Old Books Many so-called "Christian" books today are not worth reading, and some are spiritually dangerous. Given the vast number of such books in the marketplace, we need wisdom and discernment in what we read, lest be unwittingly led astray. C.S. Lewis gives us wise guidance on this important issue.
  10. metaphors.iath.virginia.edu

    C. S. Lewis, "On the Reading of Old Books," first published as the introduction to R. P. Lawson's translation of The Incarnation of the Word of God (London: Bles, 1944). Reprinted in God in the Dock (1970), 200-207. Date of Entry 05/22/2013 This work is CC licensed .
  11. C. S. Lewis on Reading Old Books / Posted By John Aloisi. One of my goals each semester is to try to convince students that writers of the past are not only worth reading but are also much more enjoyable and more valuable to read than they may have imagined. With this in mind, I occasionally reread what C. S. Lewis had to say about reading old ...
  12. adamsetser.com

    You are probably familiar with this quote from C. S. Lewis on the reading of old books, "The only palliative is to keep the clean sea breeze of the centuries blowing through our minds, and this can be done only by reading old books." This comes from an essay entitled, "On the Reading of Old Books." 1
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