C. S. Lewis Quotes


And since we cannot deceive the whole human race all the time, it is most important thus to cut every generation off from all others; for where learning makes a free commerce between the ages there is always the danger that the characteristic errors of one may be corrected by the characteristic truths of another.


Citations

Lewis, C. S. The Screwtape Letters. Geoffrey Bles, 1942, p. 138.

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C. S. Lewis
C. S. Lewis
  • Born: November 29, 1898
  • Died: November 22, 1963
  • Nationality: Irish
  • Profession: Novelist, Scholar, Broadcaster

Clive Staples Lewis was a British writer and lay theologian. He held academic positions in English literature at both Oxford University (Magdalen College, 1925–1954) and Cambridge University (Magdalene College, 1954–1963). He is best known for his works of fiction, especially The Screwtape Letters, The Chronicles of Narnia, and The Space Trilogy, and for his non-fiction Christian apologetics, such as Mere Christianity, Miracles, and The Problem of Pain.