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C. S. Lewis

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C. S. Lewis

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C. S. Lewis is a recurring person in the Astral Codex Ten archive, appearing 2 times across 2 issues between August 26, 2021 and October 11, 2024. The archive places it in contexts such as “C. S. Lewis didn’t like school”; “‘So yeah, C. S. Lewis hated school big time.’”; “often found leaving C. S. Lewis quotes in the comments”. It most often appears alongside David, ADHD, alt-right.

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  • Category: People
  • Mention count: 2
  • Issue count: 2
  • First seen: August 26, 2021
  • Last seen: October 11, 2024

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Recovered passages from the original issue text. When the raw archive preserved outbound links inside the source passage, they are listed directly under the quote.

Highlights From The Comments On Missing School
August 26, 2021 · Original source
In "Prince Caspian" when Aslan goes around freeing the kingdom from Telmarine tyranny one of the first places he stops is a school building, which he magically turns into a forest glade. C. S. Lewis didn't like school, and for good reason. He was tutored by his mother until she died of cancer while he was young. Then he was sent to an awful boarding school in Britain, where the headmaster was suffering from some kind of mental disorder and only taught geometry: the rest of the "lessons" consisted of him randomly choosing kids to answer questions on various topics and beating them with a cane if they got it wrong. After the school folded (due to not teaching anything and having a crazy headmaster) he was sent to a much better boarding school where he didn't have a great time. Quoting from his autobiography: "Never, except in the front line trenches (and not always there) do I remember such aching and continuous weariness as at (school). Oh, the implacable day, the horror of waking, the endless desert of hours that separated one from bed-time! And remember...a school day contains hardly any leisure for a boy who does not like games. For him, to pass from the form-room to the playing field is simply to exchange work in which he can take some interest for work in which he can take none, in which failure is more severely punished, and in which (worst of all) he must feign an interest...Consciousness itself was becoming the supreme evil; sleep, the prime good. To lie down, to be out of the sound of voices, to pretend and grimace and evade and slink no more, that was the object of all desire--if only there were not another morning ahead--if only sleep could last for ever!"
So yeah, C. S. Lewis hated school big time.
Book Review Contest 2024 Winners
October 11, 2024 · Original source
The Ballad of the White Horse, reviewed by FLWAB. FLWAB works in mental healthcare administration, and is in the process of earning a PhD in clinical psychology. He writes the Substack Flying Lion With A Book, and is often found leaving C. S. Lewis quotes in the comments of other people's Substacks.
Inline links: The Ballad of the White Horse, Flying Lion With A Book