Objective Values and Rule – Quote by C. S. Lewis

„A dogmatic belief in objective value is necessary to the very idea of a rule which is not tyranny or an obedience which is not slavery.“

Clive Staples LewisC. S. Lewis on objective values, legitimate rule, and the meaning of obedience that is not slavery.
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Clive Staples Lewis was an Irish writer and literary scholar. He taught at Magdalen College, University of Oxford, and held the Chair of Medieval and Renaissance English Literature at the University of Cambridge.

C. S. Lewis connects objective values with the possibility of legitimate rule and obedience that is not enslavement.


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C. S. Lewis quote about objective values, rules, and freedom

Clive Staples Lewis (1898–1963) was an Anglo-Irish writer, literary scholar, and theologian. He is renowned for his works of Christian apologetics and 'The Chronicles of Narnia'. Lewis taught literature at Magdalen College, Oxford, and later at the University of Cambridge. His influence extends to modern fantasy literature and Christian philosophy.

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