The Everlasting Man
by Gilbert K. Chesterton
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Author: Gilbert K. ChestertonEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2008-11-24
ISBN: 160459246X
Number of pages: 180
Publisher: Wilder Publications
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Book Review: Excruciating Editing
Summary: 5 Stars
G.K. Chesterton's The Everlasting Man is a book to have and to hold, to keep nearby, and after having read and studied the book several times, to look into frequently in order to be reminded of the fountains of ideas that flow over and through the pages. The problem with the edition offered here by Amazon is editorial: letters misplaced, paragraphs distorted. Amazon should find the way to offer the Ignatius Edition, which has been edited correctly, and even has footnotes. The Everlasting Man is no doubt Chesterton's masterpiece, a classic work, in fine English prose, filled with light and delight. Reading Chesterton is to find that there are always new, exciting ways to discuss even the most ancient subjects. As I told my professor cousin, G.K. Chesterton has more ideas per page than any other writer I have read, from Plato to D.H. Lawrence...
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Here is the book that converted C. S. Lewis from atheism to Christianity. This history of mankind, Christ, and Christianity is to some extent a conscious rebuttal of H. G. Wells' Outline of History, which embraced both the evolutionary origins of humanity and the mortal humanity of Jesus. Whereas Orthodoxy detailed Chesterton's own spiritual journey, this book illustrates the spiritual journey of humanity, or at least of Western civilization. A book for both mind and spirit.What, if anything, is it that makes the human uniquely human? This, in part, is the question that G.K. Chesterton starts with in this classic exploration of human history. Responding to the evolutionary materialism of his contemporary (and antagonist) H.G. Wells, Chesterton in this work affirms human uniqueness and the unique message of the Christian faith. Writing in a time when social Darwinism was rampant, Chesterton instead argued that the idea that society has been steadily progressing from a state of primitivism and barbarity towards civilization is simply and flatly inaccurate. "Barbarism and civilization were not successive stages in the progress of the world," he affirms, with arguments drawn from the histories of both Egypt and Babylon.
As always with Chesterton, there is in this analysis something (as he said of Blake) "very plain and emphatic." He sees in Christianity a rare blending of philosophy and mythology, or reason and story, which satisfies both the mind and the heart. On both levels it rings true. As he puts it, "in answer to the historical query of why it was accepted, and is accepted, I answer for millions of others in my reply; because it fits the lock; because it is like life." Here, as so often in Chesterton, we sense a lived, awakened faith. All that he writes derives from a keen intellect guided by the heart's own knowledge. --Doug Thorpe
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