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The demon Screwtape, in C. S. Lewis's book The Screwtape Letters, says, "Music and silence—how I detest them both!" In this episode we look at how the Christmas season stands for those things the demons hate, namely, silence and music. It's the music of Christmas, the logic of Christmas, the Logos, that the demonic noise is meant to drown out.
By Red Letter Philosophy4.9
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The demon Screwtape, in C. S. Lewis's book The Screwtape Letters, says, "Music and silence—how I detest them both!" In this episode we look at how the Christmas season stands for those things the demons hate, namely, silence and music. It's the music of Christmas, the logic of Christmas, the Logos, that the demonic noise is meant to drown out.