Plato, Stoicism, and Till We Have Faces

The longing of Plato and the control of the Stoics pervades Lewis’s retelling of the Cupid and Psyche myth in Till We Have Faces. With this incredible story, which he believed to be his best, Lewis demonstrates the tensions in ancient thought and, even more significantly, the limits of rational philosophy, which can only go as deep as the foxes can dig. Beyond that, under that, and providing the life of that thought, we find dark and holy places that blind our faculties of reason.

In this study, we work our way through Plato's Phaedo, the great Stoics, Marcus Aurelius, Seneca, and Epictetus, and C.S. Lewis's Till We Have Faces. This study will acquaint you with some of the most important voices of classical philosophy and give you a greater appreciation for C.S. Lewis's best novel.

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