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  • Philosophical Thoughts

  • By: C. S. Lewis
  • Narrated by: Ralph Cosham
  • Length: 2 hrs and 49 mins
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars (20 ratings)

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Summary

This volume of short essays and other pieces by C. S. Lewis is part of a larger collection, C. S.Lewis: Essay Collection and Other Short Pieces. In addition to his many books, letters, and poems, C. S. Lewis wrote a great number of essays and shorter pieces on various subjects. He wrote extensively on Christian theology and the defense of faith but also on ethical issues and the nature of literature and storytelling. This audiobook is a treasure trove of Lewis' reflections on diverse topics.

This volume includes:

1. First and Second Things

2. The Poison of Subjectivism

3. Equality

4. De Futilitate

5. A Dream

6. Hedonics

7. Talking about Bicycles

8. Vivisection

9. The Humanitarian Theory of Punishment

10. Behind the Scenes

Public Domain (P)2013 Blackstone Audio, Inc.
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insight and wisdom one can follow

Lewis explores various topics here, but always from an unconventional angle. I found his ideas and the very way in which he presents them to be an education in itself. The narrator is among the very best I have heard.

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