The Everlasting Man
by G. K. Chesterton
Chesterton's history of humanity and Christ as a reply to H. G. Wells; the book C. S. Lewis credited with his own conversion. Dense, brilliant, uneven.
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you want the book behind Lewis's conversion.
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Skip it if…
you want an easy read.
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Three things you will actually use
- Humans are different in kind.
- History has a center.
- Ideas have consequences.
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Read the chapter on the man in the cave.
Our verdict
The book that moved Lewis.
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