In a Platonic sense, the Inklings might very well have brought about an “anamnesis,” a remembering of what had been lost, but they might also very well have been simply preservers of timeless wisdom for many ages to come, so far into the future that they seem unimaginable.
A number of things can be stated about the Inklings as a whole. First, the Inklings saw themselves as bardic defenders of the best of western civilization. One only has to think of the numerous passages from The Lord…