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"An Experiment in Criticism" by C.S. Lewis

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The Importance of Patience in Art

CS Lewis talks about the art of knowledge and power in his book, The Prodigal Son. He says some people just come to it for what they can consume or see themselves in it. But if you just happen to like the tune and you can whistle it later on, that doesn't really move you. If you have read a text as both logos and Puyima, you want to read it again. And so he alludes to the famous essay by Thomas DeQuincy which was published in 1848.

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