What's the meaning of this quote by C. S. Lewis, regarding the heart and head?
Upvote:7
Perhaps reading the context of the quote will help make more sense of it. It is from The Abolition of Man:
No emotion is, in itself, a judgement; in that sense all emotions and sentiments are alogical. But they can be reasonable or unreasonable as they conform to Reason or fail to conform. The heart never takes the place of the head; but it can, and should, obey it. (source)
Lewis here is discussing the difference between reason and emotions, and pointing out that in some cases, our emotions are out of line with reason – we may recognize that we ought to like something, but we don't feel any liking for it (or vice versa). Lewis says that such discrepancies are defects in ourselves, like color blindness or tone deafness.
Thus this quote is saying that though the heart does not replace the head, it (the heart) can, and should, obey the head; or, put another way, we should seek to conform our emotions to reason.
More post
- 📝 According to the Catholic Church, what did Jesus mean by saying that the least in the kingdom of heaven in greater than John the Baptist?
- 📝 How do the rites for a first and second marriage (after death of a spouse) differ in the Orthodox Church?
- 📝 Did St. Joachim prevent the transmission of original sin to Mary by overcoming concupiscence?
- 📝 Does the Catholic Church put the death of Samson in the category of suicide?
- 📝 Does Cain still have descendants on the earth?
- 📝 What options does a Church of England family have for disposal of ashes?
- 📝 Scientific contradictions in bible
- 📝 What is biblical theology?
- 📝 God’s View on Incorrect Theology
- 📝 Why does Jesus value leap of faith more than those who rely on direct evidence?
- 📝 Can non-Catholic Christian souls participate in Intercession?
- 📝 Did John know Jesus was the Messiah and Son of God during Jesus's baptism?
- 📝 At the Last Supper what would the disciples make of what Jesus said about partaking of the bread and the wine?
- 📝 What is the purpose of Satan's fall from a reformed perspective?
- 📝 Are there any Christian sects that say salvation is based, in whole or in part, on your response to Jesus on Judgment Day?
- 📝 What are the main theological differences between Reformed Baptists and other Baptists?
- 📝 Why do some Christians bowdlerise words like "God", writing "G-d" instead?
- 📝 According to Trinitarians, if Jesus was saying things that clearly made Him out to be God, why didn't Caiaphas mention it at Jesus' trial?
- 📝 What is a faithful translation for "the son of perdition" in John 17:12?
- 📝 What is the proper term for performing the sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick on someone?
- 📝 Why did a loving God ask Abraham to kill his own son?
- 📝 What is the basis for the Swedenborgian view that the most common concept of God in Christianity (the Trinity) is a belief in three gods?
- 📝 Why are some words of Jesus in Aramaic transliterated in the Gospels of Mark?
- 📝 How do parables communicate the inspired word of God?
- 📝 Was Boaz named after the column in the temple?
- 📝 How does a Catholic theocracy differ from other Christian theocracies?
- 📝 What was the Early Church Fathers' view of female teachers in the Church?
- 📝 Who is Father or God in Christianity
- 📝 What is the biblical argument for eating meat, or that vegetarianism is possible but not commanded?
- 📝 How do we recognize Elijah when he will come before the day of Lord?
Source: stackoverflow.com
Search Posts
Related post
- 📝 What's the meaning of this quote by C. S. Lewis, regarding the heart and head?
- 📝 Identifying a source for this C S Lewis quote (reflecting St Augustine and St Paul)
- 📝 What's up with churches and guitars in this joke from The Big Bang Theory?
- 📝 What is the meaning and origin of bridal veils in Christian weddings?
- 📝 What is the purpose and meaning of the Christian Flag?
- 📝 What is the meaning of 'I desire mercy and not sacrifice'?
- 📝 Christian significance of Tolkien and C. S. Lewis putting "heaven" across the sea?
- 📝 What were the beliefs, teachings, and practices of the church regarding slavery in the New World?
- 📝 Was 'Jesus and the woman taken in adultery' in St. John a later addition, and does this invalidate infallibility?
- 📝 Is a confession valid if I only voice the sins I'm comfortable sharing and confess the rest in my heart to God?
- 📝 Why did this Early Version of the Watchtower Magazine include Crosses, and what do these other Symbols on the Magazine Represent?
- 📝 Adam and Eve Clothed in Light Before the Fall - Origin of this belief?
- 📝 Did this phrase "love the sinner but hate the sin" in this form originate in Christianity and who is credited to have first used it?
- 📝 What are the differences in belief regarding Hesychasm between the Chalcedonian (Eastern) and Non-Chalcedonian (Oriental) Orthodox Churches?
- 📝 Where is this C.S. Lewis quote from?
- 📝 According to Protestants following the Reformation, what did Jesus mean when he said "do this and you will live"?
- 📝 What's the origin of this approach of trying to obtain meaning from the individual letters of Hebrew words?
- 📝 What is the Meaning of Hebrews 2:11 - he that sanctifieth and they who are sanctified are all of one
- 📝 Where does this famous St. Augustine quote about the repentant thief come from?
- 📝 What's the name of this doctrine and (when) did the Eastern Orthodox Church condemn it?
- 📝 Do Lutherans and Catholics have the same beliefs regarding the purpose of Confirmation?
- 📝 The Mormon Church teaches that Joseph Smith saw God the Father and His Son. How do you reconcile this when the Bible says the Father cannot be seen?
- 📝 What is the Holy See and when is it appropriate to use this term?
- 📝 What does the Bible say about this question- Why do Jesus and God have two seats in heaven when they are the same God?
- 📝 Historical Apologetic used by 7th Century Christians towards Early Muslims Regarding the Hypostatic Union and Jesus' Title "Son of God"
- 📝 Why do the Catholics and Orthodox keep relics and bone fragments? Isn't this disrespect for the body?
- 📝 What did Brigham Young teach regarding Blood Atonement, and is that doctrine still held today in the LDS/Mormon Church?
- 📝 Why do Roman Catholics show devotion to the Sacred Heart and Immaculate Heart?
- 📝 In Catholicism, what is the proper order of the sacraments of initiation and what are the summary arguments in support of this order?
- 📝 How does C. S. Lewis define the "natural" and "supernatural" in his book Miracles?