C.S. Lewis' Space Trilogy - Philosophy and Speculative Fiction (lecture 4)
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This is the fourth session in a new series of monthly lectures and discussions, spanning the year 2016 and hosted by the Brookfield Public Library. This year the series focuses on philosophical themes in the works and world of selected classic and contemporary fantasy and science fiction authors. We continue the series by focusing in this session on C.S. Lewis' Space Trilogy - Out of the Silent Planet, Perelandra, and That Hideous Strength Upcoming lectures in the series will focus on the works and worlds of Frank Herbert, Roger Zelazny, Ursula K. Leguin, Michael Moorcock, Phillip K. Dick, Mervyn Peake, and George R.R. Martin. Previous lectures - on J.R.R. Tolkien, A.E. Van Vogt, and C.S. Lewis have been recorded and are available in this playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4gvlOxpKKIiuo3yYSBeOsrT-iSHvDRUb
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Dr. Sadler, thank you. This was a tremendously informative and enlightening. However, I have a question for you if you're willing. My question is; what is Lewis's philosophy on marriage and equality as expounded in, That Hideous Strength?
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Brilliant lecture on some of my best-loved science fiction. Hopefully it will turn on others to these (sadly) under rated gems.
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Watching this video I thinking about how SF is changing over time. Today Mars or Venus are not places where can be someone/something great/wonderful/things, this is specialy true about alien civilisations. Now that places are interesting because you can be totaly alone there, like in movie ''The Martian''. Having in mind movies like ''Interstellar'' I wonder, is cosmics space in our imagination today, is space without anyone there? Probably that is true.
It is quite interesting, 70 years ago you go to into space to meet another beings, now you are going to be alone. -
This series deserves far more views. So far it's been fascinating, and I know absolutely nothing about philosophy!
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I was thinking about this dying of religion question. As always after watching one of your lecture I opened some sites about thinkers, culture, etc. I stumbled upon this site:
http://www.icr.org/article/creative-evolution-anti-darwin-theory-won-nobel/
and this sentences:
Bergson used "detailed scientific arguments as well as philosophical ones" to support his view and gained many followers among well-educated intellectuals, [...] The theory did not gain lasting followers among naturalistic biologists, though, and his theory of origins has now been abandoned, largely due to a lack of empirical evidence.
Thinking in this way If religion was a theory it could be abandoned at some point. After all it is generally speaking some sort of system of thoughts and Believes. But in other hand empirical evidence in many cases are hard to come by in modern science... Struggle between imagination and things that can be described by "algebra" will be constantly present i suppose. Remark about "P.K. Dick's shelf" got me thinking ;)
I have a bonus question ;)
I am currently reading everything there is in my library about William Blake. Would you consider in the future some "lectures" about him? Thinking about this lecture in general and about those paragraphs from trilogy I was reminding myself of mythos Blake had created :) -
As Lewis folds his learning into his writing, even the Narnia ones, you use your learning and study of the past to help unpack the relevance of both areas to us in this disturbed modern era. Thanks for taking time & sharing your enthusiasm with us all.
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Great series on writers Greg. Any plans for Ray Bradbury later?
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