“Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron’s cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience.” — C.S. Lewis
Lewis gets pulled under the “Christian” umbrella far too often. I mean yes he was a Christian but wasn’t a far-right nincompoop either.
Both he and JR Tolkien were contemporaries who shared a faith. The main difference between the two was Tolkien specifically didn’t write allegorically while Lewis did.
Great quote!
Odd to read that C.S. Lewis doesn’t want to live under an omnipotent moral busybody.
Lewis gets pulled under the “Christian” umbrella far too often. I mean yes he was a Christian but wasn’t a far-right nincompoop either.
Both he and JR Tolkien were contemporaries who shared a faith. The main difference between the two was Tolkien specifically didn’t write allegorically while Lewis did.
Can you explain that last sentence? Maybe I don’t know what allegory really is.