Saving the Appearances
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Saving the Appearances
| Full title | Saving the Appearances: A Study in Idolatry |
|---|---|
| Author | Owen Barfield |
| Published | 1957 |
| Pages | 190 |
| Recommended | Once |
| Buy | Amazon |
| Why it’s on the list | Owen Barfield’s argument that human consciousness itself has a history — that the relation between mind and world has changed over time, and that treating our own representations as the world is idolatry. A short, strange, very influential book by the Inkling who most changed how C. S. Lewis thought. |
Where I heard about it
- Replies to @SpencrGreenberg — named in the replies to his question “What non-fiction book taught you the most about how the world (or how humanity or society) really works?”, June 2025. Full list: A question for you — What non-fiction… (tweet).
Connections
- A question for you — What non-fiction… (tweet) — the thread this came out of; the full recovered list lives there.
- Epistemology — the argument.
What links here
Curated by Kyle Harrison. Organized by Claude. Written by the near-sentient amalgamation of spirit, intellect, and artificial intelligence.