tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10584495.post3076288201178384515..comments2024-03-28T12:34:14.649-07:00Comments on dangerous idea: McGrew on the origins of the Trilemma argumentVictor Repperthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10962948073162156902noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10584495.post-70077093349486610442010-07-20T03:20:31.009-07:002010-07-20T03:20:31.009-07:00The earliest trace of the "trilemma" arg...The earliest trace of the "trilemma" argument is George MacDonald. And I believe that he is the source from which Lewis derived his statement of it; or, rather, his <i>restatement</i> of it. In fact, Lewis notes this in his "George MacDonald: An Anthology". On the question of whether the idea began with George MacDonald or R.A. Torrey.....I highly doubt that MacDonald borrowed it from Torrey because MacDonald was 32 years his senior and lived in Scotland!! <br /><br />Torrey, of course, was American. But, perhaps, this was a case of "parallel thinking".<br /><br />I think G.K. Chesterton entertained a similar idea. In Chesterton's case...well, I really doubt he needed to borrow much of anything.Gregorynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10584495.post-74170993522966173062010-07-19T17:33:39.475-07:002010-07-19T17:33:39.475-07:00Thanks for this. My great grandfather, RA Torrey,...Thanks for this. My great grandfather, RA Torrey, used it in one of his sermons before CS Lewis (long before CS Lewis) so I knew it had to be at the minimum early 1900s.Grammie Janhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07468460531262173395noreply@blogger.com