What's Everyone Reading?
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I first read that one about 50 years ago- possibly one of the more sensible books I ever read........one of those books that doesn't go out of date!
I love reading through those old classics and always make it a point to read about the times they were written in so as to get further meaning from the books. When you do, many of those books make far more sense than they do nowadays. As an example, on another thread I discussed how Melville's Moby Dick was understood far differently back then than it is today. Or consider how Euripides's Medea was understood by its critics to be misogynistic but today is thought by many to be a feminist writing. Times change and so does people's views on certain books just like all other forms of artistic expression.
The Abolition of Man by C.S. Lewis. A startling and prophetic work as to the state of Western civilization in the 21st Century, written in 1943. Virtually all of the pillars of post modern culture, especially the rise of moral relativism and the collapse of science into a political expedient is alluded to... in 128 pages.
Starting with a deceptively simple observation - that modern (now postmodern) philosophy tends to reduce all statements of value to mere statements of subjective feeling - Lewis goes on to demonstrate the corrosive and ultimately fatal effect of this line of thinking on any civilized culture
Starting with a deceptively simple observation - that modern (now postmodern) philosophy tends to reduce all statements of value to mere statements of subjective feeling - Lewis goes on to demonstrate the corrosive and ultimately fatal effect of this line of thinking on any civilized culture
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I've read a few of his books. Not a fan of apologetics but enjoyed them at that time. Read an article in time magazine years ago while in a hospital waiting room about an interview the writer had with Mr. Lewis. I found it interesting that he had wished he had led a more interactive and social life rather than the reclusive life he chose. Good writer.
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Seasons Greetings from teh White House,a collection of Presidential Christmas Cards,messages and gifts.
Mary Evans Seeley
These mountains are our sacred Places.
Chief John Snow
Mary Evans Seeley
These mountains are our sacred Places.
Chief John Snow
Think I have a readers block these days. Have read several books the past 6 years or so and at the moment, I'm not retaining much of any of those. I may visit the library while I'm close by this week but there's not much I care to read these days.
journalism and politics in antebellum NYC: a newspaper publishes a series of "researched" studies which prove {sic} that there is intelligent life on the moon - sure sold a lot of newspapers
I may have mentioned in the past that my favorite historical readings deals with NYC from the pre war period to about 1900. This is yet another book on this my favorite subject.
I'm reading about the fundamentals of mayahanism Buddhism. It's the one withe the green cover having the statue of Buddha on it. I also just finished reading the book " zen archery" .... Boo yah birches this troll is well read!!!!
Funny man - humor always ran in his family. His brother Malachy was always very popular in NYC for many decades.
I just started this book this morning and I am over halfway through. I couldn't put it down.
Sounds like they used too much glue in the binding.