tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9987513.post2508205127528191245..comments2024-03-17T11:05:22.464+00:00Comments on The Life And Opinions of Andrew Rilstone: Do Not Let Your Happiness Depend On Something You Have Quoted Out of ContextUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9987513.post-55498803291693220632014-11-25T18:18:19.500+00:002014-11-25T18:18:19.500+00:00The bit you quote is Lewis's summary of August...The bit you quote is Lewis's summary of Augustine, yes? And Lewis thinks Augustine is wrong, yes? Love means taking risks and getting hurt, but the idea that you'd abstain from love to avoid pain is quite wrong -- Lewis thinks it comes from Augustine's Stoic upbringing? So I am not quite sure what your point is?Andrew Rilstonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05786623930392936889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9987513.post-47972066554584804172014-11-07T20:42:00.915+00:002014-11-07T20:42:00.915+00:00"Do not let your happiness depend on somethin..."Do not let your happiness depend on something you may lose. If love is to be a blessing, not a misery, it must be for the only Beloved who will never pass away."<br /><br />Doesn't hold out much hope for love of a spouse, or a child or anything mortal.<br /><br />Of course if the message is that the only dependable is love for an immortal deity, then be a bit careful when it's mediated through that thing called faith.<br /><br />That dependency on permanence is the problem. Nothing is permanent. SteveGJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05653077162034783451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9987513.post-81060944942545868612013-04-22T13:52:31.289+01:002013-04-22T13:52:31.289+01:00A good point. Although actually, C S Lewis was wro...A good point. Although actually, C S Lewis was wrong on one detail, too, because it's not Nebridius's death that St Augustine describes being so cut up about, it's the death of his unnamed friend from Thagaste, fourteen years earlier.K C Murdarasihttp://kcmurdarasi.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9987513.post-49400192988275490852013-04-18T15:42:35.127+01:002013-04-18T15:42:35.127+01:00Not so much misquoting as quote-mining. But thanks...Not so much misquoting as quote-<i>mining</i>. But thanks for clearing it up.Mike Taylorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06039663158335543317noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9987513.post-91621928398008774012013-04-18T15:34:37.404+01:002013-04-18T15:34:37.404+01:00Good stuff. ("Sotic" presumably should b...Good stuff. ("Sotic" presumably should be "Stoic"; "Sotic" would be appropriate for boozy old CSL though).Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08957786130791291356noreply@blogger.com