No philosophical theory which I have yet come across is a radical impr…

C. S. Lewis
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No philosophical theory which I have yet come across is a radical improvement on the words of Genesis, that 'In the beginning God made Heaven and Earth'. ✨ C. S. Lewis (2003). A Mind Awake: An Anthology of C. S. Lewis, p.80, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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