Tag Archives: Erudition Series

JA Motter asks whether or not C.S. Lewis was the most erudite person who ever lived…

JA Motter speaks about some of the reactions he’s received to his claim about Lewis being the most erudite person in history.

JA Motter outlines how he’s hoping to address the question of C.S. Lewis’ erudition.

In response to his suggestion that C.S. Lewis might have been one of the most erudite men in history, JA Motter asks whether erudition can even be measured.

In his series looking at the erudition of C.S. Lewis, JA Motter asks whether it’s possible to quantify erudition.

With this post we move into the exploration of the twelve “subjective” factors proposed in the last post. This initial factor is actually a two-part […]

What books did Lewis have available to him?

We have begun to develop a list of additional candidates for “most erudite” including: Please note: I will not assess the qualifications or quantify the […]

Yesterday, I posted a graphic with no explanation of its meaning or relevance to this evaluation of erudition. My hope was to trigger curiosity. I […]

What is the meaning of those four red hashmarks on the Library of Congress graphic? What do they represent? That question I will answer now. […]