XPost: alt.books.cs-lewis   
   From: bree@bree.com   
      
   On Thu, 6 Oct 2005 09:51:44 -0400, "AJA"  wrote:   
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   >Just a comment.  Lewis was the ultimate reasoned realist, imo.  That is why,   
   >though I sometimes like not to agree with him, I'm continually drawn to his   
   >arguments.  For instance he writes:  "I think the art of life consists in   
   >tackling each immediate evil as well as we can.  To avert or postpone one   
   >particular war by wise policy, or to render one particular campaign shorter   
   >by strength and skill or less terrible by mercy to the conquered and the   
   >civilians is more useful than all the proposals for universal peace that   
   >have ever been made; just as the dentist who can stop one toothache has   
   >deserved   
   >better of humanity than all the men who think they have some scheme for   
   >producing a perfectly healthy race."   
   >He sees this imperative in light of writings of church fathers, Scripture   
   >and informed first and foremost by Divine Reality.  (WG 52- and the entire   
   >case against pacifism WG 53+)   
      
   Oh, I like that! That ties in with my old rants about the 813 and Wily   
   Ulysses. Rather than spend time arguing about which principle outranks   
   which, spend that time on PRACTICAL thought about managing to follow all of   
   them (more or less) on some current problem.   
      
      
   Bree   
      
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