Author Archive: James Motter

The contents page for the recent Erudition Series

We have come to the faceoff between Mortimer J. Adler and C.S. Lewis for this unofficial competition to determine who is “the most erudite person in history.”

We have come down to the final two candidates in this series to determine who is “the most erudite person in history.” Before launching into […]

Since my most recent post, discussion has been active. Just as I was closing in on a “Final Four”, two readers suggested new nominees. One […]

With the prior post, I have completed my case for C.S. Lewis being the “most erudite person in history.” Now I move on to determining […]

Over the past three posts, I have addressed the output, or legacy, of C.S. Lewis’ erudition. If a person is to be considered a plausible […]

Over the past few posts, I have addressed the output, or impact, of C.S. Lewis’ erudition. My assumption is that a person of erudition of […]