C. S. Lewis’s Low View of Thomism (Pt 2)
And why he still maintains a Thomistic commonality with Tolkien and O’Connor
In last week’s post, I discussed the first of two specific concerns Lewis had with Thomism, Aquinas’s treatment of Transubstantiation. This week, I’ll address some thoughts related to the rise of Neo-Scholasticism at Oxford in his day.
To begin, let’s consider a statement from Lewis’s essay, “Ethics,” where he asserts, “You will not suspect me of trying …
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