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Originally Posted by HERn
I need to go back to that one. When I read 30 years ago it seemed above my pay grade! What was his purpose for writing The Abolition of Man?
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I can't say, But given he accepts the Tao, I think he's advocating universal values.
Give it another read. Might be below your pay grade now. And let me know what you think. From what I've read it's his most debated book.
I know Christians love Lewis. I understand. But his private life didn't reveal what Christians would expect from him by what he seems in his writings, and preachings.
We owe some of his books -- Narnia and the like - to J.R.R.Tolkien, who convinced Clive Christianity is a mythological system, using the same symbols, archetypes, and motifs, as olden ones. Maybe it was him that introduced Clive to the Tao ... I don't know.
Whether that's true or not, it opened Clive up. It's perchance why we like him. He uses it to speak to our inner needs.