intended to do and how it is meant to be used.”25 From this statement at least four things can be observed about Lewis as a rhetorician—a man making a pervasive claim about reality. First, Lewis believed in the objectivity of truth—thought must conform to its object.26 This does not overlook issues of perspective. For example, four people seated at a square table, in a home for a meal, will each have a slightly different perspective of that meal. One sees beyond the table a painting on the wall;