Envy and Egalitarianism: C.S. Lewis on Education
An excerpt from Louis Markos’ new handbook, C.S. Lewis: An Apologist for Education, published by Classical Academic Press
C. S. Lewis
Credulitas, Part II: In Defense of the Gullible
In The Discarded Image, Lewis makes it very clear: “credulitas must precede all instruction” (35). In my last essay, I expounded on this theme with stories from the classroom, essentially inferring that credulitas is itself an educational virtue. I’d like to defend that idea by looking again to Lewis, who not only models credulitas but …
Credulitas: Belief Must Precede All Instruction
As much as we interpret a text, so the text interprets us. We can’t help but respond to a story. “The play’s the thing,” says Hamlet, “to catch the conscience of the king.” In our response to literature we find not merely the author’s worldview exposed but our own as well. We find our prejudices …