C S Lewis, The Abolition of Man, Part 1: Men without Chests
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- Опубліковано 9 бер 2022
- This is the first in a three-part study of C.S. Lewis's vitally important work The Abolition of Man. After some prefatory contextual comments, it looks at the themes and ideas of the first chapter, subtitled 'Men without Chests'.
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Thank you Scott. I did have to listen to this is two stages for me to stay focused on the topic. I am really enjoying these lectures and I am looking forward to listening to Part 2. I should be able to get through part 2 in one sitting.
thank you for your soft spoken and deliberate comments. It is a great aide and comfort.
Lovely. Thank you very much.
very interesting
Where is the Plato comment about music changing destroys a nation? I can't find it anywhere.
Musical innovation is full of danger to the State, for when modes of music change, the fundamental laws of the State always change with them.
Plato, The Republic
Thanks again for the analysis and explanation of the lectures. I definitely see this being a big problem for many adults especially young men whose emotions have been neutered. Of course there are exceptions, it just goes to show that CS Lewis was a visionary and saw the wrong the green book could bring.
Correct me if I am wrong of the definition of men without cheats.
It is not that their emotions have been neutered - that is the work of the doctrine of tolerance - it is that their appetites are no longer governed by any sense of virtue that befits our moral nature.
They have ‘heads’ (reason) and ‘stomachs’ (appetites), but no ‘chests’ (strong moral sensibilities governed by the “Tao”).
They think that judgments of right and wrong are mere private opinions.
@@LitProf thank you sir! It makes sense now!
Thank you for your videos. If I may ask a question, do you have recommendations for rehabilitating a man without a chest? As a 37 year old and a product of our time to some extent, I feel that my sentimentality was stripped away. I’ve been working to give myself a classical education and have been studying CS Lewis for about a year and a half. I guess that’s as good as anything? What advice could you give for the middle aged instead of the young? Thanks for your thoughts
Read heroic literature.
@@LitProfsounds good. So far my favorite heroic story was Ransom’s epic fistfight with the the devil (Weston)!
Other recommended heroic literature would be the books from your courses? The Iliad, the Odyssey, the Aeneid, Beowulf?