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  1. reasonabletheology.org

    C.S. Lewis recommended the reading of old books in his introduction to Athanasius' On the Incarnation. There is a strange idea abroad that in every subject the ancient books should be read only by the professionals, and that the amateur should content himself with the modern books.
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  3. cslewisinstitute.org

    Many so-called "Christian" books today are not worth reading, and some are spiritually dangerous. Given the vast number of such books in the marketplace, we need wisdom and discernment in what we read, lest we be unwittingly led astray. C.S. Lewis gives us wise guidance on this important issue.
  4. Jan 21, 2024C.S. Lewis observed that every age suffers from its own blindness — failing to recognize perspectives that will be obvious to succeeding generations. To overcome such blindness, he writes, "the only palliative is to keep the clean breeze of the centuries blowing through our minds, and this can be done only by reading old books."
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  6. An Introduction is a signpost - pointing not to itself but to the pages that follow. While "On the Reading of Old Books" is usually reprinted (and presented) as a stand-alone essay by Lewis, it is actually the introduction to a book written by someone else: "The Incarnation of the Word of God: Being the Treatise of St. Athanasius DE INCARNATIONE VERBI DEI, Newly Translated by a ...
  7. cslewisinstitute.org

    February 2010—On Reading Old Books Many so-called "Christian" books today are not worth reading, and some are spiritually dangerous. Given the vast number of such books in the marketplace, we need wisdom and discernment in what we read, lest be unwittingly led astray. C.S. Lewis gives us wise guidance on this important issue.
  8. 4. Read old books. In the opening of the essay, "On the Reading of Old Books" found in God in the Dock, Lewis says in a punchy way, " Naturally, since I myself am a writer, I do not wish the ordinary reader to read no modern books." But, he adds, "if he must read only the new or only the old, I would advise him to read the old.
  9. memoriapress.com

    We can steal a little wisdom from C. S. Lewis, who wrote about the importance of old books in a generation far less hooked on screens than ours. Our peril is greater, but his way out remains just as good. ... Lewis puts forward an extremely short but potent argument for reading old books. In the first place, Lewis points out that the old wisdom ...
  10. C. S. Lewis on Reading Old Books / Posted By John Aloisi. One of my goals each semester is to try to convince students that writers of the past are not only worth reading but are also much more enjoyable and more valuable to read than they may have imagined. With this in mind, I occasionally reread what C. S. Lewis had to say about reading old ...
  11. eighthdayinstitute.org

    Such a standard can be acquired only from the old books. It is a good rule, after reading a new book, never to allow yourself another new one till you have read an old one in between. If that is too much for you, you should at least read one old one to every three new ones. ... and eventually reprinted in C. S. Lewis, God in the Dock.
  12. johndcook.com

    C. S. Lewis on the value of reading old books: Every age has its own outlook. It is specially good at seeing certain truths and specially liable to make certain mistakes. We all, therefore, need the books that will correct the characteristic mistakes of our own period. And that means the old books. All contemporary writers share
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