Posts Tagged ‘Stoicism’

            In chapter eight we read of Orual’s reaction to Psyche being taken away and a discussion between her and the Fox about the gods.  Orual’s attitude towards the gods is of unremitting hostility, while we see chinks in the armor of the Fox’s philosophy. Read the rest of this entry »

             Chapter 2 of Till We Have Faces, the subject of the third of my reflections on Lewis’s novel, contains three important developments.

  • We learn more about the Fox’s beliefs.
  • Psyche is born.
  • The first words are uttered that compare Psyche with the gods and the concomitant danger of provoking the goddess Ungit’s envy.

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