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Liked It “How would you live your life? Like Lewis or Freud? Read the book and see who you think has the right outlook.” see full review » see other reviews » |
Didn’t Like It2 of 2 members found this review helpful “Although there were some interesting facts in this book, I felt the argument was very one-sided. The book is supposed to be about a supposed discussion b/t Freud & C.S. Lewis, but the author obviously sides w/ Lewis. Don't get me wrong - I side w/ Lewis as well, but if a person is to write a...” see full review » see other reviews » |
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“How would you live your life? Like Lewis or Freud? Read the book and see who you think has the right outlook.”
Travis N wrote this review Tuesday, June 9 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“A good summary of what Lewis and Freud wrote about over the course of their lives. It also looked at the way the men lived their lives (did they live according to their own writings). I got the feeling that the author, who teachers a course at Harvard based on these two men’s world view, started teaching the course as an atheist and is now a believer. Overall, the book was dense at times, but a good read. ”
Michael F wrote this review Saturday, February 28 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
1 of 1 members found this review helpful“The editor who put this together is obviously non partisan--he is a christain. The "debates" set up between Freud and C.S. Lewis seem to always end up having Freud put forth his position and then C.S. Lewis demolishing it. It is really not a challenging book to christians and I would imagine atheists would be irratated by the plainess of Freuds arguments and the heavyweight Lewis demolishing it. Essays of Bertrand Russell vs. Lewis would be much more entertaining and a more fair fight. ”
peter l wrote this review Thursday, February 5 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
1 of 1 members found this review helpful“I loved the topics, but it didn't get as in depth as I would have liked - seemed a bit too easy reading.”
Tina B wrote this review Thursday, June 12 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“I like this book.This book is a comparison between thoughts of C.S lewis and Sigmund freud.If we view how psychology of two was different and have completely opposite views on subject of love, sex, life. It is interesting how people can fall into categories of haveing optimistic ,positive view of life and on the other hand developing dark,pessimistic view of life emerging from belief and unbelief. ”
Sophia wrote this review Friday, April 11 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
1 of 1 members found this review helpful“First, I have taken literally a couple of years of picking this up and putting it down to get through it, which could seriously affect my impression of the book. Not that it was difficult to read--it is not. It's a great idea--an evidence-debate between two extremely significant thinkers of the twentieth century. And very interesting to be able to read encapsulations of each one's views in different areas. I do suspect Nicholi of bias, but whenever I tried to look for it objectively I wasn't so sure, so given that we're all human and all have a position, I think he did a good job of presenting both sides. The only negative for me, in the end, is that the book is simply what it is. I expected such an exciting idea to be greater than the sum of its parts, and I'm left, in general, with simply an appreciation of the parts. Definitely worth reading at least once. The PBS special is also worth catching--more dynamic, involving more voices. ”
Rosy wrote this review Monday, February 18 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No2 of 2 members found this review helpful“Although there were some interesting facts in this book, I felt the argument was very one-sided. The book is supposed to be about a supposed discussion b/t Freud & C.S. Lewis, but the author obviously sides w/ Lewis. Don't get me wrong - I side w/ Lewis as well, but if a person is to write a book about 2 people like that, he should stay neutral. Instead, he makes Freud sound very ignorant & uninformed. I was expecting something more leveled.”
ling ling wrote this review Thursday, October 25 2007. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
