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The Everlasting Man

First published: 1925
Pages: 234

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Introduction: The Plan of this Book
27:30
The Man in the Cave
39:04
Professors and Prehistoric Men
38:44
The Antiquity of Civilisation
63:13
God in Comparative Religion
44:28
Man and Mythologies
37:41
Demons and Philosphers
52:12
The War of the Gods and Demons
33:50
The End of the World
35:14
The God in the Cave
40:12
The Strangest Story in the World
34:32
The Riddles of the Gospel
28:12
The Witness of the Heretics
41:25
The Escape from Paganism
41:14
The Five Deaths of the Faith
27:39
Conclusion: The Summary of the Book
22:30
Appendices
5:50

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Written as a reply to H. G. Wells's sweeping, secular Outline of History, this 1925 study takes a longer view of what a human being actually is. Chesterton divides the argument in two. The first half looks at prehistoric man, the cave painter and toolmaker, insisting that people were never simply clever animals but something set apart from the beginning. The second half turns to Christ and the strange, uncomfortable claims of Christianity, which Chesterton reads as unlike any myth or philosophy that came before. Wit and paradox carry the reasoning, and the book helped nudge a young C. S. Lewis toward faith. Available here as a free PDF and EPUB edition.

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G. K. Chesterton

G. K. Chesterton (1874-1936) was an English writer, critic, and Christian apologist famous for the Father Brown mysteries and sharp, paradox-loving essays. His playful intelligence made him one of the most quotable authors of his age.