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"It's a great book but a bit deeper into educational philosophy than I'm ready for at present." — Mar 23, 2009 05:34PM
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Read in April, 2008
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Aoi Leann, Mike McCaffery
Simply amazing. Probably the best book by CS Lewis I've ever read. And the most terrifying. I took particular interest in the book because of conversations with my friend Cadmus in Japan, who was of the opinion that Instinct towards preserving the species is all that drives humanity in our lives (to sum up his general position). This book shows (and I believe proves) that such ideas, along with others that are similar or spring from it (such as that values are void and that traditional ideas...more
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Read in January, 2008
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Those who live for philosophy
As any C.S. Lewis book, this one took me awhile. I admit it is still difficult to articulate the argument C.S. Lewis does so well, but with every page I read and re-read my soul nodded in agreement. The book demands time and energy to process its claims fully, but by the end I was mourning the creation and encouragement of "men without chests" in our society. More sadly, I was mourning the development of this same idea today, years after this book went to print. I wrote my thoughts in ...more
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Read in January, 1993
In this superb long essay about man's attempt to control nature, C.S. Lewis argues that man will not destroy the planet by exploiting it, but rather will destroy himself by continually trying to reduce human emotions and morals to scientific terms. Lewis has a command of analogies and uses them to clarify his points.
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Read in September, 2006
