C.S. Lewis for the Third Millenium

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Kreeft and Lewis together provide light and hope in an Kreeft, one of the foremost students of Lewis' thought, distills Lewis' reflections on the collapse of western civilization and the way to renew it. Paperback , pages. Six Essays on the Abolition of Man. To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up.

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C.S. Lewis for the Third Millennium : Six Essays on the Abolition of Man

I have a habit of turning down pages with passages I really like. Some of my favorite passages so far: It is the parent of all the others, for only after the objective truth is denied are we "free" to recreate new "truths" in the image of our own desires.

C S Lewis for the Third Millennium Six Essays on the Abolition of Man

Only when we fall asleep to the real world are we "free" to dream nightmare worlds into being. Egalitarianism can be as oppressive as any tyranny. Get the teachers and you've got the students. This is exactly what is happening. The basic philosophical theses of Marxism are winning the world more solidly now, after its political collapse in , than before. Chesterton was one of the few who saw the direction of the danger.


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He said back in the twenties that "the real danger is not in Moscow, but in Manhattan. Now as the century is ending, the three major mind-molding establishments in the Western world - formal education, entertainment i. And God is the goal, the measure of progress. The essence of modernity is the death of the spiritual. A modernist is someone who is more concerned about air pollution than soul pollution. A modernist is someone who wants clean air so he can breathe dirty words. A modernist cares about big things, like whales, more than little things, like fetuses; big things like governments, more than little things like families and neighborhoods; big things like states, which last hundreds of years, more than little things like souls, which last forever.

Thus, a modernist is one who puts his faith and hope for progress in precisely one thing that cannot progress: Its favorite slogans are "compassion" especially in the mouths of politicians who want to play Dracula to you and "nonjudgmentalism" especially in the mouths of the most judgmental people in the world, who want to remove your freedom to speak moral platitudes by calling them "bigotry". The origin of this moral tapioca was diagnosed by Chesterton when he said that when a man has lost all his moral principles, he still believes in compassion.

These people are always saying that ethical decisions are very complex-which is a simple lie. Nearly all ethical decisions are clear and simple, except to someone with no principles. Mar 01, Holly rated it it was amazing Shelves: Mar 08, Barry rated it it was amazing Shelves: One of my favorite Catholic writers analyzes one of my favorite books by one of my favorite Anglican writers.

Jan 02, Kevin Estabrook rated it it was amazing. In these six essays, with his characteristic wit and insight, Dr. Kreeft shows just how prophetic C. Lewis' "The Abolition of Man" truly is. I deeply enjoyed these essays even though I have heard many of them in lecture form. Apr 24, Nathan rated it it was amazing. This is one of the best books by one of my favorite authors. It's about so many things, it might be hard to say what it is about.

C.S. Lewis for the Third Millennium : Six Essays on the Abolition of Man by Peter Kreeft

But in the end, the essays in this book really do orbit Lewis' "The Abolition of Man"--easily one of Lewis' most important works. Jan 07, Jesse O'reilly rated it it was amazing.

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Kreeft skillfully blends humor and insight as he explores why The Abolition of Man is more important than ever. Oct 20, Ian rated it really liked it. The genre of this book might be generally classified as "90's Catholic Apocalyptic. Your rating has been recorded. Write a review Rate this item: Preview this item Preview this item. Lewis for the third millennium: English View all editions and formats Rating: Civilization, Western -- Philosophy. View all subjects More like this User lists Similar Items.

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