The Word Became Flesh—Not Syntax: C.S. Lewis on Language and Mystery

Meaning cannot be computed.

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Words can be either icons or idols. When we take them literally, they are idols. When we take them symbolically, they are icons. They become windows into the Logos and usher us into the land of Meaning.

In an old Soviet anecdote, a boy named Vasya learns how to solve simple equations like 7 + x = 10. One day, he sees a slogan by Vladimir Len…