Peter's Path
C.S. Lewis wrote The Abolition of Man. It began as three lectures in 1943. Lewis looks at a school textbook that teaches children to dismiss emotions as mere feelings. He calls this book the Green Book.
Lewis says such teaching cuts out the chest, the seat of trained feelings that link the head and the belly. Without it, people lose the power to feel rightly. The book explains the Tao, the old name for the natural law of objective right and wrong found in all cultures.
Lewis shows how new ideas of value as mere opinion lead to the end of man. He warns that power over nature becomes power of some men over others. The book is short but sharp. Readers learn why education matters for the soul. Lewis wrote it to defend real humanity. It still speaks to today when feelings rule and truth fades.
Originally posted at peterspath.net.
C.S. Lewis wrote The Abolition of Man. It began as three lectures in 1943. Lewis looks at a school textbook that teaches children to dismiss emotions as mere feelings. He calls this book the Green Book.
Lewis says such teaching cuts out the chest, the seat of trained feelings that link the head and the belly. Without it, people lose the power to feel rightly. The book explains the Tao, the old name for the natural law of objective right and wrong found in all cultures.
Lewis shows how new ideas of value as mere opinion lead to the end of man. He warns that power over nature becomes power of some men over others. The book is short but sharp. Readers learn why education matters for the soul. Lewis wrote it to defend real humanity. It still speaks to today when feelings rule and truth fades.
Originally posted at peterspath.net.