Ep. 103: Rationalism and the Reasons of the Heart
Young Heretics
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What Are the Negatives of the Prophetic Limpets?
Lewis writes of a mystical limpet who, wrapped in vision, catches a glimpse of what man is like. But then there come erudite limpets 'who have never had any vision of their own' What they get out of the prophetic limpets words, is simply and solely the negatives. From these, uncorrected by any positive insight, they build up a picture of man as a sort of amorphous jelly. And having a traditional reverence for man, they conclude that to be a famished jelly in a dimensionless void is the supreme mode of existence. The only real reason for stripping off the human attribute is to make room for putting in some positive divine attribute.
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