tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28353717.post3878968701259042625..comments2023-10-30T04:09:45.910-04:00Comments on Letters and Surveys: What is The Tao, The Summum Bonum, or The Good?brdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09999205528107936871noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28353717.post-27850087791215821562007-03-27T07:33:00.000-04:002007-03-27T07:33:00.000-04:00I will have to try and find the book you recommend...I will have to try and find the book you recommend Josh. Sounds like it is addressing the very issue that my thoughts are playing with.brdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09999205528107936871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28353717.post-15481749109278810192007-03-15T21:14:00.000-04:002007-03-15T21:14:00.000-04:00I am that one who consistently hails from Wheaton....I am that one who consistently hails from Wheaton. And I have not yet read your article on "Characteristics of a Good Person", but intend to shortly.<BR/><BR/>Lewis speaks of the Tao, and while Nietzche and Wittgenstein might dismiss it as cultural habit, the Catholic church knows it as Natural Law, and I saw it first in Romans 1. If you haven't already, I would suggest reading "What we Can't Not Know" by Budziszewski--a great book about Natural Law and the things we can't really disagree on...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28353717.post-1103935270302626852007-03-14T23:42:00.000-04:002007-03-14T23:42:00.000-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.brdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09999205528107936871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28353717.post-73838700483802791762007-03-14T09:15:00.000-04:002007-03-14T09:15:00.000-04:00I agree that this ability of Lewis to speak truth ...I agree that this ability of Lewis to speak truth through story is wonderful. Myth almost. <A HREF="http://www.xanga.com/home.aspx?user=anniedickerson" REL="nofollow">Ms. D</A> is reading 'Til We Have Faces. That one is even more like myth.brdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09999205528107936871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28353717.post-36255795427714376372007-03-13T20:16:00.000-04:002007-03-13T20:16:00.000-04:00Love this essay. Lewis has such a way of capturing...Love this essay. Lewis has such a way of capturing ideas and helping you see them in a different way. He used his imagination to teach things about the human condition...what it is and what it should be. I wonder if Jesus' parables read a bit more like Lewis for those of the culture of the time. Not to hold Lewis too high, though...I just mean really capturing your heart and mind together. <BR/>But anyway, two Sundays ago I was teaching a Sunday school lesson on sin and finding forgiveness. I read a passage from the Voyage of the Dawn Treader. It was where Eustace has become a dragon and then Aslan takes him to a pool of water and tells him to undress. Eustace tries to shed his skin like a snake, but layer after layer comes off with no sucess. He thinks he will never be able to bathe in the water. But then Aslan uses his claw to rip away the Dragon's skin. The process obviously was very painful, but so is the process of removing sin from our lives and cleansing our hearts. But once all that skin is gone, we can become clean. The imagry in the book was so cool.cadh 8https://www.blogger.com/profile/16229405846825667683noreply@blogger.com