Theism and Humanism : The Book That Influenced C. S. Lewis

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Edition: 2nd
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2000-10-01
Publisher(s): Lightning Source Inc
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Summary

In 1962, Christian Century asked C. S. Lewis to name the books that had most influenced his thought. Among those Lewis listed was Theism and Humanism, the published version of Arthur J. Balfour's 1914 Gifford Lectures at the University of Glasgow. Long out of print, the book is now available in this newly typeset and greatly enhanced edition.

Author Biography

Arthur James Balfour British Prime Minister, 1902-1905 President of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, 1904 Author of the Balfour Declaration that created the State of Israel

Table of Contents

Second Edition Foreword 5(4)
1915 Preface 9(2)
Introductory
11(14)
Metaphysics and the `Plain Man'
13(5)
Inevitable Beliefs and `Common Sense'
18(1)
The Character of the Theisms To Be Established
19(3)
What the Argument Is Not
22(3)
An Argument to Design
25(14)
Design and Selection
27(7)
Argument from Values
34(5)
Aesthetic and Theism
39(20)
Aesthetic Described
41(1)
Whence Comes It?
42(2)
Values and the Higher Emotions
44(7)
Natural Beauty
51(2)
Aesthetic of History
53(6)
Ethics and Theism
59(20)
Ethics Described
62(1)
Egoism, Altruism and Selection
63(4)
Selection and the Higher Morality
67(5)
Same Subject Matter Continued
72(2)
Theism and the Collision of Ends
74(5)
Intellectual Values
79(10)
Retrospect
81(1)
Reason and Causation
81(1)
Leslie Stephen and Locke's Aphorism
82(5)
Reason and Empirical Agnosticism
87(2)
Perception, Common Sense and Science
89(14)
Common Sense and the External World
91(2)
Science and the External World
93(1)
Primary and Secondary Qualities
94(2)
Perception as a Causal Series
96(2)
Perception as a Cognitive Act
98(2)
An Irresistible Assumption
100(3)
Probability, Calculable and Intuitive
103(10)
Mathematicians and Probability
105(1)
Calculable Probability
106(5)
Intuitive Probability
111(2)
Uniformity and Causation
113(14)
Habit, Expectation, Induction
115(1)
Regularity, Causation
116(2)
The Principle of Negligibility
118(3)
Causation and Foreknowledge
121(6)
Tendencies of Scientific Belief
127(14)
Beliefs that We Are Inclined to Hold
129(1)
Atomism. Beliefs of Conservation
130(8)
Epilogue
138(3)
Summary and Conclusion
141(14)
Humanism and Theism
143(1)
The Doctrine of Congruity
143(6)
Is this Systematic Philosophy?
149(3)
Conclusion
152(3)
A Distinctively Christian Setting
155(8)
An Epilogue on the Incarnation
155(1)
Our Significance in the Cosmic Drama
156(3)
Our Ethical Needs
159(1)
Our Material Bodies
160(1)
Our Difficulties with Evil
161(2)
A. A Catechism for Naturalism 163(2)
B. The Evolution of Belief 165(9)
C. The Discrepancy Between Religion and Science 174(5)
D. Changes from the 1915 Text 179(2)
E. Letters from C. S. Lewis to Sheldon Vanauken 181(6)
December 14, 1950
182(1)
December 23, 1950
183(2)
April 17, 1951
185(2)
Notes 187(6)
Glossary 193(6)
Index 199

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