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The Abolition of Man, C.S. Lewis
Come along as I read through The Abolition of Man by C.S. Lewis.
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  • @Intentionallybored
    @Intentionallybored 9 днів тому

    Thank you for reading this!!

  • @rustybeltway2373
    @rustybeltway2373 Місяць тому

    The late Fr Thomas Hopko, who was Dean of St Vladimir's Orthodox seminary, did a wonderful talk on this book. He's a witty and engaging speaker. It's on the Utube, several copies. Full length or chopped up.

  • @mikechristian-vn1le
    @mikechristian-vn1le 3 місяці тому

    20:00

  • @riskkerroo724
    @riskkerroo724 3 місяці тому

    I would love to have you read everything CS Lewis has written 😅

  • @NarcArtTherapy
    @NarcArtTherapy 3 місяці тому

    One that I feel is imperative in our times is, Stalin's secret agents by M Stanton Evans. It blew my mind. "The third stage of ideological subversion is the crisis phase. By this point, the society is in a state of chaos and a breakdown of trust in institutions. This crisis manifests in political upheaval, economic collapse, or social unrest. The goal is to push the society to a breaking point where people are desperate for solutions, paving the way for radical change." - Yuri Bezmenov

  • @blackmagic4781
    @blackmagic4781 3 місяці тому

    32:56- Chapter 2 The Way

  • @robinwashburn8804
    @robinwashburn8804 4 місяці тому

    Thank you! I listened to the end😁! I realize the reading & my listening are separated by years, though. 😬

  • @juderogers7946
    @juderogers7946 5 місяців тому

    Kindly meant: my comment is that a reader would benefit by foregoing the visage of himself in order to be able to present the text corrected.

  • @wesmanning7295
    @wesmanning7295 5 місяців тому

    Thank you!!

  • @sonjachastain5619
    @sonjachastain5619 8 місяців тому

    You are contemptable, means your feeling are contemptable, all statements are unimportant, sublime as a speakers 🔊 emotions, authors may or may not require an extension, affect on school 🎒 boys mind, only saying something about only our feelings, subjective and trivial, ethics theology all at stake.

  • @paulthomas4917
    @paulthomas4917 9 місяців тому

    This book is a hard read, well done, sir. I have just finished reading, God In The Dock. which I came across in a charity shop. It's' hard to belive the same author wrote both books.

  • @Colossians2Ministries
    @Colossians2Ministries 10 місяців тому

    You have a nice mic but you should take the time to take the noise out with a de-noiser and your mouth sounds with a de-clicker

  • @thundergrace
    @thundergrace 11 місяців тому

    trying to finish the horse and the boy....

  • @SlaveKing1444
    @SlaveKing1444 Рік тому

    Ty. Nicely done.

  • @elvismuhaabwa3292
    @elvismuhaabwa3292 Рік тому

    Great job. Some of the comments made the points in the book even better. Thank you, community.

  • @nathannemeth4094
    @nathannemeth4094 Рік тому

    I love the quote at 16:15. Thank you for posting this and saving me lots of time and money.

  • @ThePubliusHuldah
    @ThePubliusHuldah Рік тому

    Thank you so much - I enjoyed your reading! I love C. S. Lewis and consider this one of the most important works of the 20th Century. And yes, I listened to all of it. I have little time to sit down and read, so am very grateful that I can listen to great works as I do chores. As to your question: It was during the last quarter of the 19th Century, with the rise of Pragmatism, that Americans abandoned the concept of fixed Principles and Transcendent Truth and embraced relativism, and the Darwinian concept that law, morals, etc., etc., etc., "evolve". Then, with the rise of Existentialism during the first half of the 20th Century, man was seen as nothing more than a biological organism making "choices" on no basis whatsoever other than his passing whims. During the 1960's, a wholesale collapse of all standards whatsoever took place. It was a dizzying time. And the American People disregarded the warnings of the wise. I have read "Til we have faces" several times in the past, but still don't understand it. I wasn't raised in the Christian tradition and so have gaps in my knowledge. Perhaps if I heard it read.....???? Let me know.

  • @DjTahoun
    @DjTahoun Рік тому

    Thank you so much 🌷😇🌷 Greetings from Egypt 🌷😇🌷

    • @DjTahoun
      @DjTahoun Рік тому

      00:47 Chapter 1 32:50 Chapter 2

  • @brycew2
    @brycew2 Рік тому

    Thank you for this.

  • @busker153
    @busker153 Рік тому

    Great read! Right to the end! Oh, as for when we began to abandon reason... ...I'm gonna say...in the garden of eden!

    • @eponaalbion
      @eponaalbion Рік тому

      or in Eden we found our reason :)

    • @busker153
      @busker153 Рік тому

      @@eponaalbion Ok, if you believe you are a person of, "reason," by all means give us all your reason for saying that. (This should be interesting...)

    • @eponaalbion
      @eponaalbion Рік тому

      Well conversing with a friend the other day they explained about the three trees, duality and spirit, using the paleo Hebrew logos, to reveal more light on the subject at hand, to glean any insight i find accuracy of understanding is fundamental to reason, so firstly we need accuracy as to the allegories and metaphors and their true intent, secondly we need to not marr this information with ones ego, bias and beliefs as a start, otherwise any gleamed meaning is polluted by the self. Once one wrestles their self into balance then one can start authentically trying to understand the whole, the paleo Hebrew gives us more accuracy then the freemasonic King James' Bible/book, so with the more accurate information you can now have a more accurate understanding of the esoteric/occult concepts within the Sun Book/holy bible.

    • @eponaalbion
      @eponaalbion Рік тому

      Now we have these concepts understood more accurately you can see all people who undertake selfwork an gather accurate information end up in a similar place of understanding, once the concepts have been absorbed accurately you see them in most of the ancient worlds documents, the labels are different the concepts aren't. The Adamu/Ad/man and Lileth Eve/Lelu are aeons apart but expressing similar if not identical concepts. The pantheon, we called "gods", so the concept i have is that the gods were possibly upset at their creation, here to serve an slave for them archons possibly, gained sentients, technology, and rebelled against these "wise ones" .

    • @busker153
      @busker153 Рік тому

      @@eponaalbion OK, that was sheer stupidity. Let's see the second comment...

  • @chrisquinn-struck1266
    @chrisquinn-struck1266 2 роки тому

    Thank you. Your rendition is uplifting.

  • @karens4178
    @karens4178 2 роки тому

    Love this reading, thanks, really wonderful ❤️

  • @karens4178
    @karens4178 2 роки тому

    That Hideous Strength

  • @beverlycurtis2225
    @beverlycurtis2225 2 роки тому

    I also listen to it to the very end. Thank you for reading it to me. Now I may have to read the book too LOL

  • @jasonbernard5468
    @jasonbernard5468 2 роки тому

    I listened to the end. Great book and good narration. Worthy of many reexaminations

  • @truthseekers1475
    @truthseekers1475 2 роки тому

    Hey there, I greatly appreciate what you do, I personally love not just reading but listening to good books being read. As a proposal, could you do "Philosophical Foundations of a Christian Faith" By William Lane Craig?

  • @lewistanner4807
    @lewistanner4807 2 роки тому

    The combination audiobook and commentary is a really good idea, if you were to do more of these, I’d definitely listen :D

  • @Hiraethsolandis
    @Hiraethsolandis 2 роки тому

    I came across your video in the search on an audiobook. I loved the pace and tone in which you read. I was quite surprised going into your channel and finding that this is your one and only video….please do more!!!

  • @jennyjohnson1930
    @jennyjohnson1930 2 роки тому

    Made it all the way through on a Saturday afternoon doing chores. Thank you! Appreciated the additional commentary.

  • @tami6278
    @tami6278 2 роки тому

    👍 listened to all of it twice.

  • @debbieramsey-hanks3757
    @debbieramsey-hanks3757 2 роки тому

    Thank you

  • @HighAltitudeInvesting
    @HighAltitudeInvesting 2 роки тому

    Thanks brother! Divine providence be with you.

  • @WEKSr
    @WEKSr 2 роки тому

    Read by someone who used his talent to help this deep book be understood more easily. Well done! Thanks!!

  • @frederickherrmann9719
    @frederickherrmann9719 2 роки тому

    I've heard that this is the philosophical substructure of That Hideous Strength, which I've read many times. Listening to you read The Abolition of Man, I can definitely see it, especially in its criticism of the ultimate nihilism of materialism.

  • @jonathankunkle2700
    @jonathankunkle2700 2 роки тому

    Enjoyed your comments and concluding notes! Well read.

  • @anhkimphan514
    @anhkimphan514 2 роки тому

    Beautiful voice, thank you for reading this book, I wish you can read other books of This author.

  • @RedPillVegan
    @RedPillVegan 2 роки тому

    Read Bronze Age Mindset

  • @david.petrey
    @david.petrey 2 роки тому

    War and Peace!

  • @lisajoslin6316
    @lisajoslin6316 2 роки тому

    Thank you

  • @onehumanhistory
    @onehumanhistory 2 роки тому

    It’s nice that CS Lewis has the humility to mention that the authors’ he’s criticizing are working hard and doing their best. Pride can be a real problem with ppl who know scripture well and remain apart from the world. Never lose that love

  • @loismanda7254
    @loismanda7254 2 роки тому

    Thank you for reading this!

  • @saharsmith1864
    @saharsmith1864 2 роки тому

    Thank you for the reading, you kept my husband and I entertained while on our long drove back home. We must be intentional about teaching and upholding virtues and morals to our young if we desire to have a sublime society in the future. mmanuel Kant defines virtue as a kind of strength and resoluteness of will to resist and overcome any obstacles that oppose fulfilling our moral duties. That’s the chest that CS Lewis speaks of..

  • @subtle7hunder62
    @subtle7hunder62 2 роки тому

    I thank you for sharing this great work with all of us. I’m sure our Good Lord is well pleased that you’re using your gifts in this way. Thanks again for being a tremendous blessing. LP

  • @adeifevictor9638
    @adeifevictor9638 2 роки тому

    Listened to the very end... Thanks for reading

  • @awakened514
    @awakened514 2 роки тому

    I listened to the end. How about reading, “The Disappearance of Moral Knowledge” by Dallas Willard et. al. ?

  • @choogwalda
    @choogwalda 2 роки тому

    Thank you for reading this. You read it well. Thanks again.

  • @SJ-yi3tu
    @SJ-yi3tu 2 роки тому

    "I'm just going to say rta and pretend that's true..."

  • @Golfgtiguy
    @Golfgtiguy 2 роки тому

    I read the book before and enjoy listening to you reading it also . I Particularly liked your thoughts on the author and his style of conveying his message . Good Job .

  • @alamedavigilante
    @alamedavigilante 2 роки тому

    Bought this book in November because I had heard how good it was. Although I have an MD, I could not really grasp the first chapter and kept putting the book down. Hearing it read aloud with inflections and a few clarifications really helps.

  • @SpidahRidah
    @SpidahRidah 2 роки тому

    thank you brother! God bless