Analysis of Books Read by C.S. Lewis: Part 2 – A Top-Down Analysis
In my most recent post, I launched Part 1 of an analysis to answer the question: How many books did C.S. Lewis read in his […]
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Analysis of Books Read by C.S. Lewis: Part 1 – A Bottom-Up Estimate
In the last post, I put forth the proposition that my analysis of C.S. Lewis’ “erudition” has five key parameters: The topic for this post […]
On those “Horrid Red Things”
What is the meaning of those four red hashmarks on the Library of Congress graphic? What do they represent? That question I will answer now. […]
Explanation of the Graphic Used to Depict the “Scale of Erudition”
Yesterday, I posted a graphic with no explanation of its meaning or relevance to this evaluation of erudition. My hope was to trigger curiosity. I […]
Where Are We in the Speculation?
We have begun to develop a list of additional candidates for “most erudite” including: Please note: I will not assess the qualifications or quantify the […]
Did C.S. Lewis Have Access to Massive Collections of Books?
What books did Lewis have available to him?
Was C.S. Lewis a Polymath?
With this post we move into the exploration of the twelve “subjective” factors proposed in the last post. This initial factor is actually a two-part […]
Can we quantify it?
In his series looking at the erudition of C.S. Lewis, JA Motter asks whether it’s possible to quantify erudition.
Can it be measured?
In response to his suggestion that C.S. Lewis might have been one of the most erudite men in history, JA Motter asks whether erudition can even be measured.
The dialogue begins
JA Motter outlines how he’s hoping to address the question of C.S. Lewis’ erudition.