"He [the devil] always sends errors into the world in pairs—pairs of opposites. And he always encourages us to spend a lot of time thinking which is the worse. You see why, of course? He relies on your extra dislike of the one error to draw you gradually into the opposite one. But do not let us be fooled. We have to keep our eyes on the goal and go straight through between both errors. We have no other concern than that with either of them. "
"He [the devil] always sends errors into the world in pairs—pairs of opposites. And he always encourages us to spend a lot of time thinking which is the worse. You see why, of course? He relies on your extra dislike of the one error to draw you gradually into the opposite one. But do not let us be fooled. We have to keep our eyes on the goal and go straight through between both errors. We have no other concern than that with either of them. "
C.S. Lewis
I feel like i need to read more of C.S. Lewis because every quote i have heard from the man is absolutely based.
C. S. Lewis, G. K. Chesterton and J. R. R. Tolkien are all excellent writers and unbelievably based.
George MacDonald, too. He was one of C.S. Lewis' chief influences in both theology and fiction-writing.
Holy fuck, that’s a good thought. So many modern dichotomies it could be applied to.