The Everlasting Man Chesterton G. K.
The Everlasting Man Chesterton G. K. The Everlasting Man is a two-part history of civilization, Christ, and Christianity, by G. K. Originally published in 1925, it is to some extent a deliberate…
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The Everlasting Man Chesterton G. K.
The Everlasting Man is a two-part history of civilization, Christ, and Christianity, by G. K. Originally published in 1925, it is to some extent a deliberate rebuttal of H. G. Chesterton.
Whereas Orthodoxy detailed Chesterton's own spiritual journey, in this book he tries to illustrate the spiritual journey of humanity, or at least of Western civilization. Wells' Outline of History, disputing Wells' portrayals of human life and civilization as a seamless development from animal life and of Jesus Christ as merely another charismatic figure. Considered to be Chesteron's finest work, he traces evolution not in terms of biology, but in terms of civilization.
Chesteron's insights will leave the reader to wonder if the assertions of materialist history are true, or if we are overlooking another aspect of civilization, in which humanity has always been evolved. Beginning with primordial life