Description: Explores C. S. Lewis's views of the purpose of higher education and his distinctive answer: to experience pleasure.
Brief description: Stewart Goetzis the Ross Frederick Wicks Distinguished Professor in Philosophy and Religion at Ursinus College, USA. His previous books include The Soul Hypothesis (co-edited with Mark Baker, 2011), A Brief History of the Soul (co-authored with Charles Taliaferro, 2011), The Purpose of Life: A Theistic Perspective(2012), The Routledge Companion to Theism (co-edited with Charles Taliaferro and Victoria Harrison, 2012), and A Philosophical Walking Tour with C. S. Lewis (2015). He is the Series Editor of Bloomsbury Studies in Philosophy and Religion.
Review Quotes:
"Those who already regard Lewis as a trusted guide on intellectual and moral matters will find the book both affirming and inspiring. For others, it presents a thoughtful-if imperfect-case for reclaiming joy in higher education (a realm in which pleasure is too often lacking)." --Reading Religion
"Very few Lewis scholars capture the richness of Lewis's thought in the way Owen Barfield described it: "somehow what he thought about everything was secretly present in what he said about anything." In his provocative and illuminating treatment of Lewis's view of higher education, Goetz has done exactly that." --Justin D. Barnard, Professor of Philosophy, Union University, USA "Thoughtful and thought-provoking. Stewart Goetz provides an important contribution both to Lewis scholarship and to the wider conversation about the purpose and value of education." --Michael Ward, Faculty of Theology and Religion, University of Oxford, UK "Stewart Goetz has emerged as a leading Lewis scholar, particularly with respect to Lewis's philosophical writing. In this book he makes a convincing case that Lewis saw the fundamental purpose of higher education to be the pleasure and happiness it brings. Lovers of Lewis will naturally find this book to be a delight!" --Jerry L. Walls, Professor of Philosophy, Houston Christian University, USA