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The Magic Art and the Evolution of Words: Ursula Le Guin’s “Earthsea” Trilogy
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In chapter 13, part IV of C.S. Lewis’s That Hideous Strength (1945), the changing relationships between magic, science and religion are expressed in a conversation between Dr Dimble (a teacher of English) and his wife. Dr Dimble remarks:
‘if you dip into any college, or school, or parish – anything you like – at a given point in its history, you always find that there was a time before that point when there was more elbow-room and contrasts weren’t so sharp; and that there’s going to be a point after that time when there is even less room for indecision and choices are more momentous … The whole thing is sorting itself out all the time, coming to a point, getting sharper and harder.’...
Title: The Magic Art and the Evolution of Words: Ursula Le Guin’s “Earthsea” Trilogy
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In chapter 13, part IV of C.
S.
Lewis’s That Hideous Strength (1945), the changing relationships between magic, science and religion are expressed in a conversation between Dr Dimble (a teacher of English) and his wife.
Dr Dimble remarks:
‘if you dip into any college, or school, or parish – anything you like – at a given point in its history, you always find that there was a time before that point when there was more elbow-room and contrasts weren’t so sharp; and that there’s going to be a point after that time when there is even less room for indecision and choices are more momentous … The whole thing is sorting itself out all the time, coming to a point, getting sharper and harder.
’.
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