Education and History

By: C. S. Lewis

Narrated by: Ralph Cosham

Length: 3 hrs and 11 mins

Publisher's 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. Within this audiobook is a treasure trove of Lewis' reflections on diverse topics.

This volume includes:

1. Learning in War-Time

2. Bulverism, or The Foundation of Twentieth-Century Thought

3. The Founding of the Oxford Socratic Club

4. My First School

5. Democratic Education

6. Blimpophobia

7. Private Bates

8. Meditation in a Toolshed

9. On the Transmission of Christianity

10. Modern Man and His Categories of Thought

11. Historicism

12. The Empty Universe

13. Interim Report

14. Is History Bunk?

15. Before We Can Communicate

Public Domain (P)2013 Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Brilliant

I hadn’t read any CS Lewis except the children’s books, Screwtape letters, and scifi. These essays provide insight into his formidable scholarly work.

Amazing!

Lewis has become, without a shadow of a doubt, my favorite author and his commentary on education and religion, especially in democratic society, is unparalleled

Very helpful for getting insight into our times

This is amother amazing book by Lewis. It is very insightful on a number of intellectual but commonly relevant topics. Very helpful for getting insight into our timesI I need to read it again to follow the arguments more clearly. It makes me wish I had taken up the academic life. Lewis makes thinking and study seem so enjoyable and leisurely. That these thoughts come from about 100 years ago reminds us that people have been facing the same problems we face now for a long time already, and things take much longer to develop and mature than we imagine, certainly more than our lifetimes. That reminds us also that what we do here and now, what we teach, during our lifetime has powerful effect on future ages.

Fun and Interesting

I particularly enjoyed this short collection of Lewis’ works as it had several works I had not read before. As the title indicates this collection primarily include writings on Education & History. I think they are primarily of interest to those who love near anything Lewis writes, such as myself, or those with a particular interest on those subjects he writes on which, to be honest, are all pretty niche.

Lewis is timeless.

This is a Fantastic book with a great narrator. I can’t get enough of Lewis’ timeless wisdom.

lovely collection about education and history

Every short essay had nuggets of wisdom. I'll listen another time or two. Great stuff.

Clear observations and good reasoning

A good overview of modern history with a practical and philosophical discussion of several concepts; including societal changes, trends and beliefs that were more recently evolved at the time of publication, but have since become common in our day. He specifically addresses logical fallacies which are so prevalent that we don't notice their existence. It has a strong message about why clear thinking and the pursuit of education are important regardless of the difficulties in life.