Philosophy is the study of knowledge. It helps us understand how we form our ideas and
thoughts. Philosophy helps us lay the foundational basis for the acquisition of our knowledge and
thoughts. It important to study the many different people that helped lay the foundation of
philosophy for us. Some of those people include Aristotle, Plato, Socrates, and C.S. Lewis.
Aristotle, Plato, and Socrates were the early philosophers that laid the general foundation of
philosophy for all other people to come after them. C.S. Lewis is another huge thinker in the
realms of philosophy due to his strong moral argument. He is a key thinker for Christians as he
has helped Christians to give a persuasive argument for a personal Creator. C.S. Lewis’s …show more content…
It is through morality, Christian beliefs, Christian behavior, and the
doctrine of the Trinity that C.S. Lewis’s moral argument is founded upon and gives people the
distinct knowledge that there is a personal Creator.
Before I begin to talk about the influence that C.S. Lewis had on philosophy through his
moral argument, I would like to provide some background about C.S. Lewis. He was born in
1898. He was a novelist, theologian, broadcaster, and a Christian apologist. Although he wrote
Mere Christianity, Lewis was not always a Christian. Lewis grew up in a Christian home,
but through the pain and suffering he walked away from his faith and turned to atheism.
Ultimately, his belief in atheism did not last because he realized that there is a God. Instead of
trying to defend atheism, he began doing broadcast talks about the idea of pain and suffering that
highly interested him. The idea of pain and suffering intrigued him because of the awful sites he
and others experienced while serving in World War I. Outside of Lewis’s Mere Christianity, …show more content…
135). The last topic that Lewis depicts in his moral argument is the idea of
the Trinity.
Lewis addresses the idea of the Trinity, so that people can better understand the full
realm where our morality ultimately comes from. Prior to him discussing the doctrine of the
Trinity, Lewis makes the case that our Creator is either Lord, liar, or a lunatic. Lewis provides
readers with the necessary information to make his point that our Creator is the Lord, but he
leaves the decision up for the people to decide. He describes the role that each aspect of the
Trinity plays in Christianity and the concept of morality. Lewis communicates that many people say that God is love, but in order for that to be possible there must exist at least two Persons. He
then goes on to iterate that “He gave them free will because a world of mere automata could
never love and therefore never know infinite happiness” (Lewis 1952, p.183). C.S. Lewis
provides a very convincing argument to show that the Trinity plays a major role in the concept of
morality. “Lewis 's trilemma is not so much a proof of God 's existence, but a question,
thoughts. Philosophy helps us lay the foundational basis for the acquisition of our knowledge and
thoughts. It important to study the many different people that helped lay the foundation of
philosophy for us. Some of those people include Aristotle, Plato, Socrates, and C.S. Lewis.
Aristotle, Plato, and Socrates were the early philosophers that laid the general foundation of
philosophy for all other people to come after them. C.S. Lewis is another huge thinker in the
realms of philosophy due to his strong moral argument. He is a key thinker for Christians as he
has helped Christians to give a persuasive argument for a personal Creator. C.S. Lewis’s …show more content…
It is through morality, Christian beliefs, Christian behavior, and the
doctrine of the Trinity that C.S. Lewis’s moral argument is founded upon and gives people the
distinct knowledge that there is a personal Creator.
Before I begin to talk about the influence that C.S. Lewis had on philosophy through his
moral argument, I would like to provide some background about C.S. Lewis. He was born in
1898. He was a novelist, theologian, broadcaster, and a Christian apologist. Although he wrote
Mere Christianity, Lewis was not always a Christian. Lewis grew up in a Christian home,
but through the pain and suffering he walked away from his faith and turned to atheism.
Ultimately, his belief in atheism did not last because he realized that there is a God. Instead of
trying to defend atheism, he began doing broadcast talks about the idea of pain and suffering that
highly interested him. The idea of pain and suffering intrigued him because of the awful sites he
and others experienced while serving in World War I. Outside of Lewis’s Mere Christianity, …show more content…
135). The last topic that Lewis depicts in his moral argument is the idea of
the Trinity.
Lewis addresses the idea of the Trinity, so that people can better understand the full
realm where our morality ultimately comes from. Prior to him discussing the doctrine of the
Trinity, Lewis makes the case that our Creator is either Lord, liar, or a lunatic. Lewis provides
readers with the necessary information to make his point that our Creator is the Lord, but he
leaves the decision up for the people to decide. He describes the role that each aspect of the
Trinity plays in Christianity and the concept of morality. Lewis communicates that many people say that God is love, but in order for that to be possible there must exist at least two Persons. He
then goes on to iterate that “He gave them free will because a world of mere automata could
never love and therefore never know infinite happiness” (Lewis 1952, p.183). C.S. Lewis
provides a very convincing argument to show that the Trinity plays a major role in the concept of
morality. “Lewis 's trilemma is not so much a proof of God 's existence, but a question,