You cannot go on 'explaining away' for ever: you will find that you ha…

C. S. Lewis
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You cannot go on 'explaining away' for ever: you will find that you have explained explanation itself away. You cannot go on 'seeing through' things for ever. The whole point of seeing through something is to see something through it. ✨ C. S. Lewis (2003). A Mind Awake: An Anthology of C. S. Lewis, p.230, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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