The Abolition of Man

I feel bad writing a review for this book, as I can already tell that I gleaned only half of what Lewis had to say at best. This is not an indictment of Lewis. On the contrary, he had excellent points on education, human nature and our approach towards nature, but he is a very concise and to-the-point writer. Each chapter has multiple in-depth points, and I know that it will take me...more

I feel bad writing a review for this book, as I can already tell that I gleaned only half of what Lewis had to say at best. This is not an indictment of Lewis. On the contrary, he had excellent points on education, human nature and our approach towards nature, but he is a very concise and to-the-point writer. Each chapter has multiple in-depth points, and I know that it will take me multiple readings over many years to get all he has to say. An excellent (and surprisingly brief) read. As a side note, this book was a follow-up read to Richard Mitchell's "The Gift of Fire." An excellent combo read!   hide

While you may need a dictionary to keep up with the intellectual journey this book provides, it characterize society's modern crisis educationally, morally and politically better than any other.

This is a harder read than other Lewis books I have read, but well worth the effort. Lewis truly shows his brilliance here.

Lewis is always the clear thinking. Truth, right and wrong must exist ourside ourselves or it will lead toe ht abolition of man.