id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt en-wikipedia-org-3746 Argument from desire - Wikipedia .html text/html 2724 437 62 Lewis offers slightly different forms of the argument in works such as Mere Christianity (1952), The Pilgrim's Regress (1933; 3rd ed., 1943), Surprised by Joy (1955), and "The Weight of Glory" (1940). Unlike medieval versions of the argument from desire, Lewis does not appeal to a universal, ever-present longing for eternal happiness but to a specific type of ardent and fleeting spiritual longing that he calls "Joy." As John Beversluis argues,[8] Lewis seems to offer both deductive and inductive versions of the argument from desire. The inductive version of Lewis's argument from desire can be stated as follows: S. Lewis's Argument from Desire," in Gregory Bassham, ed., C. "The Argument from Desire," Faith and Philosophy, 5(1), 1988, pp. "Joy, the Call of God in Man: A Critical Appraisal of Lewis's Argument from Desire." In C. S. Lewis's Argument from Desire." In Michael H. S. Lewis's Argument from Desire. S. Lewis's Argument from Desire. ./cache/en-wikipedia-org-3746.html ./txt/en-wikipedia-org-3746.txt