The Abolition of Man
Type: Book
As of November 2026, The Abolition of Man has been mentioned in one podcast episode on David Perell (Aug 2025).
The Abolition of Man is a 1943 book by C. S. Lewis. Subtitled "Reflections on education with special reference to the teaching of English in the upper forms of schools", it uses a contemporary text about poetry as a starting point for a defense of objective value and natural law. Lewis goes on to warn readers about the consequences of doing away with ideas of objective value. It defends "man's power over nature" as something worth pursuing, but criticizes the use of it to debunk values, the valu
| Mentioned in | 1 episode on 1 podcast (as of November 2026) |
|---|---|
| First heard | Aug 2025 on David Perell |
| Author | C. S. Lewis |
| Published | 1943 |
| Publisher | The Macmillan company |
| Subjects | Study and teaching (Secondary), Religion & Spirituality, Philosophy |
| ISBN | 9780060652944 |
| Genre | Study and teaching (Secondary), Religion & Spirituality, Philosophy |
Who talks about The Abolition of Man on podcasts?
David Perell brought up The Abolition of Man; the most recent mention was Aug 2025 on David Perell.
- Oxford Professor: AI Is Humanity’s Attempt to Make God — John Lennox on David Perell (Aug 2025) — David Perell
What is The Abolition of Man mentioned alongside?
The Abolition of Man is most often mentioned alongside Leipzig, Cambridge and DeepMind.
Mentioned together: Leipzig, Cambridge, DeepMind, Austin, David Attenborough, John Lennox, Elon Musk, Johannes Kepler, Observation-Interpretation-Application, Revelation (Book of Revelation)