Philosophers list as two of the most important questions that must be asked by everyone in the quest to become a complete human being. Mere Humani...
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Aug 05, 2011
Described as, "Philosophers list "What is man?" and "What is the purpose of life on this earth?" as two of the most important questions that must be asked by everyone in the quest to become a complete human being." Not sure I agree and definitely not sure this book answers these questions.
A more than cursory reading of Lewis's and Tolkien's works enhances understanding this book but it can be read without reading them but will be more difficult.
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A more than cursory reading of Lewis's and Tolkien's works enhances understanding this book but it can be read without reading them but will be more difficult.
I read this for a bo More...
Jun 25, 2010
Noah
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An odd book. Williams seems to be stuck in the middle of attempting to describe the works of Chesterton, Lewis and Tolkien while at the same time writing about the human condition as seen from the Christian perspective. This gets him lost, at times, writing very simple descriptions of the plots and in explaining (at least to me) somewhat obvious meanings and metaphors. Perhaps that I've read almost all of the books (I've only not read Chesterton and am in the middle of That Hideous Strength)
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Jul 30, 2011
Jim
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A tour de force. Love the chapter on Tolkien and the two appendices!
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Dec 29, 2011
Laura
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This is one of those books I wish I'd read with a group of people - the ideas really need discussion and mulling over to sink in. Williams has distilled the ideas of Chesterton, Lewis and Tolkein on what separates humans from animals (and humans from angels/God), tackling the ideas of postmodernism/secularism and refuting them using examples from the three author's works.
My only quibble (besides the lack of reading companions) is that there was more on Lewis than the other two.
My only quibble (besides the lack of reading companions) is that there was more on Lewis than the other two.
Nov 29, 2010
Debi
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I am really enjoying this book. The first few chapters were hard to follow but I think that is more because of his style. I had to reread a lot to understand what he is saying. I am not conversant enough with philosophy and its language though I am trying. But, when he begins to talk about CS Lewis' scifi/fantasy books it really opened my eyes to what I had missed when reading those. So far so good...
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