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Rakesh Thampy

'Men without Chests' by C.S. Lewis Doodle (Chapter 1 of 'The Abolition of Man')

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Religious Philosophies and Concepts

C.S. Lewis takes a look at the heartless, frigid philosophy contained in modern elementary textbooks on English Literature. This is an illustration of the first chapter of 'The Abolition of Man’ as it can be particularity hard to digest with its more than fifty literary references. This will ease you into chapters 2 and 3. Lewis mentioned in a letter to a friend that 'The Abolition of Man' was: “almost my favourite among my books, but in general has been almost totally ignored by the public” (20 February 1955). I hope this doodle starts to rectify that ignorance.

In order to help you understand the meaning of the quotes, I have hunted down all of Lewis’ quotations and allusions including the notorious ‘Green Book’ itself. I have collated the original quotes, in their original context, and provided them as endnotes to a PDF document as a study aid. A most informative read, for those who wish to know more. 'The Green Book' really makes the blood boil, and it is abundantly clear why Lewis felt such a strong need to write this book: 'The Abolition of Man'.

Study Aid - PDF with complete endnotes available here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B9MmcPqIiEnKNC05d1c0clAweXM/view?usp=sharing

Want to read the rest of Lewis' book? 'The Abolition of Man' is available for purchase here: http://www.amazon.com/Abolition-Man-C-S-Lewis/dp/0060652942

If you find this book too hard, see my doodle version of Lewis’ summary of this entire book here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lgcd6jvsCFs

And in case you are wondering, the music is the “Dream [Nightmare] Sequence” taken from the movie ‘The Prince of Egypt’. This music is owned completely by DreamWorks Records.

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