C. S. Lewis - The Inner Ring

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  • @kenberger5543
    @kenberger5543 2 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    Oh, the wisdom and insight of Mr Lewis. It's been a while since I read this - a great reminder of the ways of "the world".

  • @philipflynn8475
    @philipflynn8475 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    When i found out what the inklings were, i thought that i would've loved the chance to be a fly on the wall of one of those meetings.
    After listening to this, I am wondering if that desire will turn me into a scoundrel ? 😮🙃😂

    • @bobtaylor170
      @bobtaylor170 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      No. It's the desire to think highly of yourself, and the vicious glee in excluding others, which would make you a scoundrel.

    • @bobtaylor170
      @bobtaylor170 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I'd love to have been another fly on the wall.

    • @greatoutdoors6318
      @greatoutdoors6318 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I think his point was making moral compromises in order to stay in an inner circle will make you a scoundrel

    • @philipflynn8475
      @philipflynn8475 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Agreed. ​I guess I thought it was a neat parallel comparing the inner ring to the inklings. @@bobtaylor170

    • @philipflynn8475
      @philipflynn8475 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@greatoutdoors6318 hi, i just listened again. Thanks for your reply. My jnderstanding is that he is talking about outsiders who want to belong to inner circles for the wrong reasons.

  • @mytcutube2
    @mytcutube2 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    In the closing comments on his poem All the Kingdoms of the World , Malcolm Guite pointed to your essay The Inner Ring . His poem appears in his collection of poems for Lent and Easter titled The Word in the Wilderness on the First Friday of Lent . thx , kev

  • @lindateuling7862
    @lindateuling7862 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    This was one of my favorite Lewis Essays. It explains a lot about the so-called "In-Groups" in school, especially middle and high school. I understood the dynamic a lot better after reading the article and then hearing it here.

  • @kenberger5543
    @kenberger5543 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Alternative title 'how not to be a scoundrel'

  • @scullerymonkey
    @scullerymonkey 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    If I may I ask, are you, the publisher of this site, also the narrator of the Lewis books and essays?
    If you are not, could you give us a link to the narrator 's site?
    I greatly enjoy listening to C.S. Lewis, particularly when read by this particular narrator.

    • @CSLewisessays
      @CSLewisessays  2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      It's in the description, the Amazon link to the audiobook from which this is taken. The narrator is Ralph Cosham.

    • @scullerymonkey
      @scullerymonkey 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Thank you sir.

  • @iarwainthabombadil7724
    @iarwainthabombadil7724 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    When I think of Ents, I hear a voice similar to this man man's narration. Strong.

    • @AsstVillageIdiot
      @AsstVillageIdiot 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      That is in fact accurate. Tolkien modeled ent-speech on Lewis.

  • @releasekracklin4538
    @releasekracklin4538 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I recognize the narrator's voice from the game, 'Dragon Age, Inquisition'.

    • @flouserschird
      @flouserschird ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I think he’s from Oblivion as well

  • @marcelperes6842
    @marcelperes6842 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Marvelous!

  • @kathleenphillips6445
    @kathleenphillips6445 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Spoken by one who has first hand experience as an outsider. Lewis was shunned by the Oxford inner ring, later when he became famous I’m guessing he had other battles dealing with pride and self. I appreciate his depth of perception into the human condition. Is this an excerpt from one of his books?

    • @CSLewisessays
      @CSLewisessays  ปีที่แล้ว +5

      The book is screwtape proposes a toast. It is mentioned in the video.

    • @kathleenphillips6445
      @kathleenphillips6445 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@CSLewisessays Thank you so much, sorry I missed the notation.

  • @GB-xt4hc
    @GB-xt4hc ปีที่แล้ว +3

    This reminds me of That Hideous Strength, specifically Mark Studdock.

    • @Popesize
      @Popesize ปีที่แล้ว

      Yes. This is certainly the personality of Mark Studdock.

    • @markshifflet7518
      @markshifflet7518 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Indeed, I think THS was a narrative working out this very essay and a few others.

    • @Window4503
      @Window4503 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      That’s the point. The writings are deliberately tied to each other.

  • @robbpowell194
    @robbpowell194 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Now, Magdalene College, Oxford proudly displays its CS Lewis memorial for all to see. Never mind that they chased him away to Cambridge..🍁

  • @backyardjuggler
    @backyardjuggler 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks for this.

  • @user-pr9oj7sz3n
    @user-pr9oj7sz3n 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Excellent.

  • @johnjon1823
    @johnjon1823 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Ha, I'm the first to comment and am doing it before listening so as to be first! Perhaps I shall later edit or not - who can say, perhaps the "virus not from a lab" will get me first? Who can say. But what I can say is this is the first comment!

    • @debifambro1039
      @debifambro1039 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Congratulations 👏👏👏
      Right behind you. I just love C.S. LEWIS

    • @bobtaylor170
      @bobtaylor170 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      John jon, has anyone ever told you that you might be immature?

    • @TheIrishmanCan
      @TheIrishmanCan 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      great point John jon

    • @arhatyellow
      @arhatyellow ปีที่แล้ว +1

      So what!

    • @kathleenphillips6445
      @kathleenphillips6445 ปีที่แล้ว

      Maybe John should have listened first.

  • @TheIrishmanCan
    @TheIrishmanCan 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Lewis did not hold back on his distain for the craftsmen 🙌🏻

    • @mavisemberson8737
      @mavisemberson8737 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Disdain for which craftsmen? Inner Rings are very different from craft groups. They exist to keep others out .... devilish in fact..Read the book.

    • @goyonman9655
      @goyonman9655 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@mavisemberson8737
      The original comment is so of point

  • @bobtaylor170
    @bobtaylor170 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I know it's not the fault of the person who does this channel, but the narrator is terrible. Lewis' voice, which you may be able to find recordings of online, was manly and robust. This guy sounds anemic and effete, and is hard to listen to. Very hard, close to impossible, but Lewis' brilliance is overwhelming my desire to go elsewhere. For the moment.

    • @TheIrishmanCan
      @TheIrishmanCan 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      the narrator is phenomenal

    • @younggrasshopper3531
      @younggrasshopper3531 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Cry me a River bob

    • @bobtaylor170
      @bobtaylor170 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@TheIrishmanCan, why don't you listen to the actual Lewis? Then tell me if you think the narrator is phenomenal. He may be a phenomenal man. He may be phenomenal at narrating other things than this. But for this, he's awful. As I said, though, Lewis overrides it.

    • @bobtaylor170
      @bobtaylor170 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@younggrasshopper3531 , why do people make such juvenile remarks as that? I wish I understood it. The narrator's wrongness for this job doesn't make me hysterical with torment. But it is a significant drawback. We cool?

    • @jergenswillilander1407
      @jergenswillilander1407 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Thanks for sharing your entirely unsolicited opinion as if it holds some great heft for anyone other than you. To speak subjectivity as a matter of fact is quite something to behold...time...and time....and time again.