Phaethon: Loose Thoughts for Loose ThinkersKingsley, Charles
Religion
Phaethon: Loose Thoughts for Loose Thinkers
Kingsley, Charles
Christianity; Dialogues; Religion; Truth
"Well, that is, at all events, a comfort for poor me. I will really
take to my Plato again, till the hunting begins."
"And even then, you know, you don't keep two packs; so you will have
three days out of the six wherein to study him."
"Four, you mean-for I have long given up reading Sunday books on
Sunday."
"Then you read your Bible and Prayer-book; or even borrow some of
Lady Jane's devotional treatises; and try, after you have translated
the latter into plain English, to make out what they one and all
really do mean, by the light which old Socrates has given you during
the week. You will find them wiser than you fancy, and simpler
also."
"So be it, my dear Soul-doctor. Here come Lewis and the luncheon."
And so ended our conversation.
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