Geoffrey
September 11th 2006, 04:30 PM
Please forgive me if I'm posting this in the wrong place. I'm new to these forums.
I remember reading a passage in a book by C. S. Lewis in which he was writing about the Middle Ages, and how people tend to think of the 13th century when they think of the Middle Ages. However, by the 13th century the Middle Ages were already starting to ossify, as exemplified by Thomas Aquinas and Scholasticism, which were rather stiff and immovable like a fully-armored knight (who was rather like a lobster in all that armor).
Or something like that. I could be wrong on any number of details, but that is the general thrust of the passage.
Does anyone recognize what I'm talking about? I've been looking and looking, and so far I've had no luck finding the passage.
I remember reading a passage in a book by C. S. Lewis in which he was writing about the Middle Ages, and how people tend to think of the 13th century when they think of the Middle Ages. However, by the 13th century the Middle Ages were already starting to ossify, as exemplified by Thomas Aquinas and Scholasticism, which were rather stiff and immovable like a fully-armored knight (who was rather like a lobster in all that armor).
Or something like that. I could be wrong on any number of details, but that is the general thrust of the passage.
Does anyone recognize what I'm talking about? I've been looking and looking, and so far I've had no luck finding the passage.