AS SEEN ON TV: OWEN BARFIELD

OWEN BARFIELD

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'The Question Of God'

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Owen Barfield (9 November 1898 – 14 December 1997) was a British philosopher, author, poet, and critic.Barfield was born in London. He was educated at Highgate School and Wadham College, Oxford and during 1920 received a 1st class degree in English language and literature. After finishing his B. Litt., which became the book Poetic Diction, he worked as a solicitor. Because of his career as a solicitor, Barfield contributed to philosophy as a non-academic, publishing numerous essays, books, and articles. His primary focus was on what he called the "evolution of consciousness," which is an idea which occurs frequently in his writings. He is most famous today as a friend of C. S. Lewis and as the author of "Saving the Appearances: A Study in Idolatry". He died in Forest Row in Sussex.

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