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Prof Otto in The Problem of Pain
Posted:
April 9th, 2007, 7:56 pmby dufflepod
Hello all and Happy Easter. I am new to the forum and happy to be here.
Who is this Professor Otto that Lewis refers to on page 5 of The Problem of Pain? Does anyone know?
Thanks!
Posted:
April 9th, 2007, 8:21 pmby Sven
Welcome, Dufflepod!
Rudolf Otto, the author of
The Idea of the Holy (originally,
Das Heilige).
Posted:
April 9th, 2007, 10:34 pmby Zeuxis
Thank you!
Posted:
April 9th, 2007, 11:11 pmby dufflepod
And if I ask one more question: Why would Lewis refer to him as if everyone had read his works? Is it such a well-known book? It felt like it just popped out of nowhere as I was reading PP.
Posted:
April 9th, 2007, 11:17 pmby Sven
In 1940 England, amongst the audience Lewis expected to be reading The Problem of Pain, it wouldn't be 'out of nowhere'. If his readers hadn't read Otto's book, they were probably at least familiar with Otto's idea of The Numinous.
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April 10th, 2007, 8:32 amby rusmeister
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May 22nd, 2007, 8:55 pmby Roonwit
Otto is my favorite philosopher. Was introduced to him back in college. And when I first read Lewis' Problem of Pain and his mention of the Numinous I actually felt a bit intellectual...
