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The contents page for the recent Erudition Series
The contents page for the recent Erudition Series
We have come to the faceoff between Mortimer J. Adler and C.S. Lewis for this unofficial competition to determine who is “the most erudite person in history.”
Over the past few posts, I have addressed the output, or impact, of C.S. Lewis’ erudition. My assumption is that a person of erudition of […]
In the previous post, I addressed the product, or output, of C.S. Lewis’ erudition as measured by the books that he wrote. My assumption is […]
This is the first of four posts on the question: What did C.S. Lewis accomplish with his erudition”. I begin with a review of Lewis’ […]
We will take a second brief intermission to review what we have accomplished before I move forward to close out my “Case for C.S. Lewis.” […]
In my last two posts I addressed C.S. Lewis’ powers of retention. The first post presented anecdotal evidence for his prodigious ability to retain the […]
In my most recent post, I made the case that C.S. Lewis possessed an unparalleled memory. By this I do not mean merely uncommonly good, […]
I now come to the next to last factor: C.S. Lewis’ near-perfect “retention” of everything that he ever read. Of the twelve factors that comprise […]
For this post and the two to follow, I address the question posed earlier: “How thoroughly (and accurately) did Lewis “comprehend” the author’s meaning?” I […]