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The Screwtape Letters

C. S. Lewis

"The Screwtape Letters" is a satirical novel written by C.S. Lewis, first published in 1942. The book takes the form of a series of letters written by Screwtape, a senior demon, to his nephew, Wormwood, a junior tempter. In these letters, Screwtape offers guidance to Wormwood on how to tempt a human...

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It was mentioned as a book where C.S. Lewis writes from the perspective of a devil teaching his apprentice how to tempt humans away from God, with a focus on directing malice towards those nearby.

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the great thing is to direct the malice of the person he's trying to tempt to his immediate neighbors whom he meets every day and to thrust his benevolence out to the remote circumference, to people h...

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It was mentioned as a book where C.S. Lewis writes from the perspective of a devil teaching his apprentice how to tempt humans away from God, with a focus on directing malice towards those nearby.

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the great thing is to direct the malice of the person he's trying to tempt to his immediate neighbors whom he meets every day and to thrust his benevolence out to the remote circumference, to people he does not know. The malice then becomes real and the benevolence largely imaginary.

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