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Philosophy, Philosophy, Philosophy (Dr. Alex Plato) | Ep. 371

Pints With Aquinas

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Tolkien and Lewis - Is There Something Deeper Than That?

Tolkien talks about how this fantasy can tell the truth. When I read Tolkien, I come out and I see the world as I should have been seeing it before I read Tolkien that I wasn't able to. Rowling does fit into that camp, but I don't think she, she does what Tolkien does at that level because he talks about how we create a point of this fantasy for adults is to create a secondary world That's believable in a weird way more believable than Narnia.

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