Quote by C.S. Lewis
“Es un descubrimiento muy antiguo que los placeres pueden dividirse en dos clases: los que no lo serían si no estuviesen precedidos por el deseo, y aquellos que lo son de por sí, y no necesitan de una preparación. Un ejemplo de lo primero sería un trago de agua: es un placer si uno tiene sed, y es un placer enorme si uno está muy sediento. Pero probablemente nadie en el mundo, salvo que se sienta empujado por la sed o por indicación del médico, se serviría un vaso de agua y se lo bebería por puro gusto. Un ejemplo de la otra clase serían los involuntarios e imprevistos placeres del olfato: el aroma proveniente de un sembrado de habas o de una hilera de guisantes de olor, que a uno le llega de improviso en su paseo matinal. Hasta ese momento uno estaba satisfecho sin desear nada; y entonces el placer—que puede ser muy grande—llega como un don no buscado, como algo que viene de pronto.”
― C.S. Lewis ,
from Los Cuatro Amores
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Clive Staples Lewis was born in Ireland, in Belfast on 29 November 1898. His mother was a devout Christian and made efforts to influence his beliefs. When she died in his early youth her influence waned and Lewis was subject to the musings and mutterings of his friends who were decidedly agnostic and atheistic. It would not be until later, in a moment of clear rationality that he first came to a belief in God and later became a Christian.
C. S. Lewis volunteered for the army in 1917 and was wounded in the trenches in World War I. After the war, he attended university at Oxford. Soon, he found himself on the faculty of Magdalen College where he taught Mediaeval and Renaissance English.
Throughout his academic career he wrote clearly on the topic of religion. His most famous works include the Screwtape Letters and the Chronicles of Narnia. The atmosphere at Oxford and Cambridge tended to skepticism. Lewis used this skepticism as a foil. He intelligently saw Christianity as a necessary fact that could be seen clearly in science.
"Surprised by Joy" is Lewis's autobiography chronicling his reluctant conversion from atheism to Christianity in 1931.