C S Lewis - The Discarded Image - 2013 [EN]

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"The Discarded Image by C. S. Lewis" is a Unknown title in English, distributed as a EPUB file (1.0 MB). Written by C. S. Lewis. The book spans approximately 194 pages with 61,700 words. In The Discarded Image, C.S. Lewis paints a lucid picture of the medieval world view, providing the historical and cultural background to the literature of the Middle Ages and Renaissance. It describes the "image" discarded by later years as "the medieval synthesis itself, the whole organization of their theology, science and history into a single, complex, harmonious mental model of the universe." This, Lewis's last book, has been hailed as "the final memorial to the work of a great scholar and teacher and a wise and noble mind."

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LanguageEnglish (EN)

GenreHistory, Literary Criticism, Religion And Spirituality

QualityEPUB

Size1.0 MB

Pages194

ArchivedAug 26, 2026

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THE MEDIEVAL SITUATION The likeness of unlike things MULCASTER Medieval man shared many ignorances with the savage, and some of his beliefs may suggest savage parallels to an anthropologist. The most characteristically medieval thought does not arise in that way. It may then begin to turn into something more ethical, more philosophical, even more scientific; but there will be uninterrupted continuity between this and its savage beginnings. It is further from him than he is from us. But in realit