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CS Lewis on patriotism

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CS Lewis on patriotism

Postby ladysherlockian » April 27th, 2010, 8:42 am

I wonder if CS Lewis wrote anything about patriotism. This is still a very vivid and sometimes controversial issue in my country, and I would like to know what Lewis thought about it. Many people say that patriotism is something positive, but I still have my doubts. It would be good to know Jack's opinion. To be honest, his book Till We Have Faces, which I read just this year, was a breakthrough in my thinking about what true love is, in contrast to what I imagined to be love prior to reading this book. So I think that his advice about patriotism will be very precious. I would love to read some key quotations. Thank you in advance.
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Re: CS Lewis on patriotism

Postby Sven » April 27th, 2010, 8:01 pm

There's quite a bit in the second chapter of The Four Loves, the one titled Likings and Loves for the Sub-Human. A tiny bit more in The Screwtape Letters, numbers 5 and 7.
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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Re: CS Lewis on patriotism

Postby Nerd42 » April 27th, 2010, 8:42 pm

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