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quote from That Hideous Strength

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quote from That Hideous Strength

Postby David » December 12th, 2006, 6:37 pm

The way, the weather, the terrain, the discipline, the leadership. --Sun Tzu
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Postby Sven » December 12th, 2006, 6:44 pm

Rat! he found breath to whisper, shaking. Are you afraid?
Afraid? murmured the Rat, his eyes shining with unutterable love.
Afraid! Of Him? O, never, never! And yet -- and yet -- O, Mole, I am afraid!
Then the two animals, crouching to the earth, bowed their heads and did worship.
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Postby David » December 12th, 2006, 7:42 pm

Thanks, Sven. I found it. I am doing a paper proposal for a C. S. Lewis conference next March. I needed that quote but have not got around to re-reading That Hideous Strength. I will eventually do that, but to get the proposal in on time, I needed to find that section.

Thanks so much!

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:)

Postby alliebath » January 11th, 2007, 9:53 pm

I think ‘We like weather’ is a wonderful quotation, and such a magnificent Franciscan concept.

:lol:
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Re: :)

Postby David » January 11th, 2007, 9:56 pm

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:)

Postby alliebath » January 11th, 2007, 11:03 pm

David, if you think of his famous ‘Canticle of the Sun’ (originally known as ‘Canticle of the Creatures’—‘creature’ literally covering everything created, both animate and inanimate)—Francis sees the beauty and glory in the sun and the moon and the stars, but also in the wind and in the rain, and even in bodily death. To like ‘weather’ therefore is to appreciate all aspects of the creatures/creativity of God—wind and rain, snow, sunshine—even death. In that light, I think ‘liking weather’ is Franciscan.

Can you share more about your presentation and your choice of this particular phrase?

As a further aside, the whole structure of NICE is based on not liking or appreciating God’s creativity and creatures, of course. They dig up the wood, they tear up the college, ‘renovate’ the town—institutionalise everything. The whole countryside (and the populace) is just there to be exploited by industry and technology. The very opposite of ‘liking weather’.
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Re: :)

Postby rusmeister » January 12th, 2007, 5:15 am

"Eh? Two views? There are a dozen views about everything until you know the answer. Then there's never more than one."
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Postby BeeLayne » January 12th, 2007, 3:07 pm

"We are armed with the truth. What can harm us if we are armed with the truth?"
"Well, a crossbow bolt can, e.g., go right through your eye and out the back of your head."
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Re: :)

Postby David » January 12th, 2007, 4:25 pm

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Re: :)

Postby rusmeister » January 12th, 2007, 5:09 pm

"Eh? Two views? There are a dozen views about everything until you know the answer. Then there's never more than one."
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Postby David » January 12th, 2007, 7:32 pm

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Hmmmm... Sister Death

Postby alliebath » January 13th, 2007, 11:13 pm

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Postby David » January 14th, 2007, 1:04 am

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Re: Hmmmm... Sister Death

Postby rusmeister » January 14th, 2007, 7:30 am

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:)

Postby alliebath » January 14th, 2007, 8:09 am

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