CS Lewis' education- question from Circe Regional Conference

[sweetbee Member Find all posts View Profile Close sweetbee]

Hello all,

I attended the Circe conference in Louisville this past weekend and during Martin's talk, he mentioned that CS Lewis only studied 3 things in his younger years. (I am pretty sure it was Martin, and if not, I feel confident he would know the answer.) I can only remember 2 of them... Latin and the Great Books. Was the 3rd one Greek? Does anyone who attended the conference remember? Thanks so much!

Missy

[Mary Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Mary]

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Hi Missy!

I just paged through my notes and realized I wrote nothing from Martin's talk. I don't recall hearing that; however, I might have been passing notes when this was mentioned and missed it altogether. *Insert "embarrassed" emoticon here*

I really hope he's not reading this right now!

I also wonder if that comment was literal or if these were the three things that Lewis studied in-depth or remembers most...? Now I'm curious to see the responses.

[pickandgrin Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close pickandgrin]

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Latin & Greek (and reading the great books in those languages) and I think Christopher Perrin added Dialectic (i.e. arguing with the Great Knock). To learn about this, just pick up a copy of Lewis' book, Surprised by Joy. His story is amazing and of course he tells it well.

[Michael Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Michael]

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I spoke with Martin, and that wasn't his talk. Sorry!

[sweetbee Member Find all posts View Profile Close sweetbee]

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Thank you to everyone who replied, and for the book recommendation, pickandgrin. It was nice to see you again!

Missy

[martin Martin Cothran Find all posts View Profile Close martin]

Re: CS Lewis' education- question from Circe Regional Conference

Hi Missy!

I just paged through my notes and realized I wrote nothing from Martin's talk. I don't recall hearing that; however, I might have been passing notes when this was mentioned and missed it altogether. *Insert "embarrassed" emoticon here*

I really hope he's not reading this right now!

I also wonder if that comment was literal or if these were the three things that Lewis studied in-depth or remembers most...? Now I'm curious to see the responses.

You wrote nothing from my talk? I'm sure it was because you were so entranced by my presentation that it didn't even occur to you to do anything other than listen. And indeed it was not me who said it. It must have been one of the other speakers.

[Mary Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Mary]

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You wrote nothing from my talk? I'm sure it was because you were so entranced by my presentation that it didn't even occur to you to do anything other than listen.

Yes. Absolutely.

Actually I was so excited that my hands were shaking, thus rendering me unable to hold a pen.

[pickandgrin Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close pickandgrin]

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I think it came up in one of the panel talks? I didn't write it down at the time because I had learned it from the book. To cover for Mary, I will forward her half of my four pages of notes from your talk, Mr. Cothran.

[Mary Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Mary]

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Thanks for covering for me, Jessica! We will NOT tell Mr. Cothran that I was busy perfecting my paper airplane folding technique during his talk.