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A conclusion of the first part of Chesterton’s arguments (On the Creature Called Man). All roads inevitably lead to Rome, with unexpected answers to the fundamental question of man’s purpose and existence. 0:00 - intro 10:04 - Dramatic Reading of The Everlasting Man Section 8 45:40 - A (not so) brief discussion The Everlasting Man by G.K. Chesterton (1925) https://gutenberg.org/cache/epub/65688/pg65688-images.html This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org Credit to https://www.FesliyanStudios.com for the background music. Credit to https://www.soundjay.com/ for the sound effects Podcast Photo P/C: https://www.pexels.com/@luan-oosthuizen-823430/collections/

Spring is in the air! A potential love triangle is forming with Rachel Verinder at the center? A failed(?) break-in. And what’s Rosanna Spearman up to anyway?  0:00 - intro 3:19 - Dramatic Reading of The Moonstone - Ch. 7 & 8 37:10 - A (not so) brief discussion The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins (1868) https://gutenberg.org/cache/epub/155/pg155-images.html This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org Credit to https://www.FesliyanStudios.com for the background music. Credit to https://www.soundjay.com/ for the sound effects Podcast Photo P/C: https://www.pexels.com/@luan-oosthuizen-823430/collections/

What was the role of philosophy in developing civilized societies? Chesterton looks at the relationship the polytheist would possess between religion and philosophy in their day to day lives. 0:00 - intro 3:07 - Dramatic Reading of The Everlasting Man Section 6 Pt. 2 42:59 - A (not so) brief discussion The Everlasting Man by G.K. Chesterton (1925) https://gutenberg.org/cache/epub/65688/pg65688-images.html This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org Credit to https://www.FesliyanStudios.com for the background music. Credit to https://www.soundjay.com/ for the sound effects Podcast Photo P/C: https://www.pexels.com/@luan-oosthuizen-823430/collections/

Frank reveals the dead-man switch the Colonel built into his will and wonders what other hidden motives are behind the Moonstone’s bequeathment. Phil makes a foolish guarantee you take him to the bank on. 0:00 - intro 3:01 - Dramatic Reading of The Moonstone - Ch. 6 34:14 - A (not so) brief discussion The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins (1868) https://gutenberg.org/cache/epub/155/pg155-images.html This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org Credit to https://www.FesliyanStudios.com for the background music. Credit to https://www.soundjay.com/ for the sound effects Podcast Photo P/C: https://www.pexels.com/@luan-oosthuizen-823430/collections/

Have the problems of the past gotten any better now that we are in the Scientific Age? Chesterton looks at humanity's patterns in civilized societies to see what we can conclude from our behaviors now. 0:00 - intro 5:07 - Dramatic Reading of The Everlasting Man Section 6 Pt. 1 25:10 - A (not so) brief discussion The Everlasting Man by G.K. Chesterton (1925) https://gutenberg.org/cache/epub/65688/pg65688-images.html This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org Credit to https://www.FesliyanStudios.com for the background music. Credit to https://www.soundjay.com/ for the sound effects Podcast Photo P/C: https://www.pexels.com/@luan-oosthuizen-823430/collections/

Betteridge tells Frank the real story about his grandfather, “Honorable John”, and the powerful effect the Moonstone has on those who wrongfully possess it. 0:00 - intro 3:28`- Dramatic Reading of The Moonstone - Ch. 4 25:29 - A (not so) brief discussion The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins (1868) https://gutenberg.org/cache/epub/155/pg155-images.html This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org Credit to https://www.FesliyanStudios.com for the background music. Credit to https://www.soundjay.com/ for the sound effects Podcast Photo P/C: https://www.pexels.com/@luan-oosthuizen-823430/collections/

Does myth and legend have any function in a mature, civilized humanity? Chesterton distinguishes myth from religion in a very unexpected, but nonetheless truthful, lens. 0:00 - intro 4:42 - Dramatic Reading of The Everlasting Man Section 5 38:53 - A (not so) brief discussion The Everlasting Man by G.K. Chesterton (1925) https://gutenberg.org/cache/epub/65688/pg65688-images.html This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org Credit to https://www.FesliyanStudios.com for the background music. Credit to https://www.soundjay.com/ for the sound effects Podcast Photo P/C: https://www.pexels.com/@luan-oosthuizen-823430/collections/

Betteridge gets stuck in the sand, ensnared not by the quicksand around him, but by his old age. We’re introduced to Rosanna Spearman’s story. 0:00 - intro 3:03- Dramatic Reading of The Moonstone - Ch. 4 27:02 - A (not so) brief discussion The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins (1868) https://gutenberg.org/cache/epub/155/pg155-images.html This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org Credit to https://www.FesliyanStudios.com for the background music. Credit to https://www.soundjay.com/ for the sound effects Podcast Photo P/C: https://www.pexels.com/@luan-oosthuizen-823430/collections/

How do you compare all religions to one religion that is so unique and distinctive from the rest? Religion is the final spoke in the Big Three of what Chesterton is pushing back against with his contemporaries.  0:00 - intro 4:56 - Dramatic Reading of The Everlasting Man Section 4 44:26 - A (not so) brief discussion The Everlasting Man by G.K. Chesterton (1925) https://gutenberg.org/cache/epub/65688/pg65688-images.html This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org Credit to https://www.FesliyanStudios.com for the background music. Credit to https://www.soundjay.com/ for the sound effects Podcast Photo P/C: https://www.pexels.com/@luan-oosthuizen-823430/collections/

Third time’s the charm…kind of. A lost Dukedom, an estranged son, and a band of India natives make the Moonstone’s presence sharply felt, although it has yet to glint before us. 0:00 - intro 1:03- Dramatic Reading of The Moonstone - Ch. 3 20:01 - A (not so) brief discussion The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins (1868) https://gutenberg.org/cache/epub/155/pg155-images.html This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org Credit to https://www.FesliyanStudios.com for the background music. Credit to https://www.soundjay.com/ for the sound effects Podcast Photo P/C: https://www.pexels.com/@luan-oosthuizen-823430/collections/

Pre-history is by definition, undefinable as there was nothing written down. So why are we so intent on defining pre-historic civilization as barbaric, primitive, savagery? 0:00 - intro 5:57 - Dramatic Reading of The Everlasting Man Section 3 41:17 - A (not so) brief discussion The Everlasting Man by G.K. Chesterton (1925) https://gutenberg.org/cache/epub/65688/pg65688-images.html Presentism - https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/presentism/ This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org Credit to https://www.FesliyanStudios.com for the background music. Credit to https://www.soundjay.com/ for the sound effects Podcast Photo P/C: https://www.pexels.com/@luan-oosthuizen-823430/collections/

False start. Twice? The very eccentric and elderly steward of the Herncastle estate relates his account of…everything but the Moonstone. 0:00 - intro 1:34- Dramatic Reading of The Moonstone - Chs. 1 & 2 22:14 - A (not so) brief discussion The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins (1868) https://gutenberg.org/cache/epub/155/pg155-images.html This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org Credit to https://www.FesliyanStudios.com for the background music. Credit to https://www.soundjay.com/ for the sound effects Podcast Photo P/C: https://www.pexels.com/@luan-oosthuizen-823430/collections/

On religion, family, the Pithecanthropus, and clothes. A critique of scientific hypotheses of GK’s day. 0:00 - intro 7:34 - Dramatic Reading of The Everlasting Man Section 2 37:41 - A (not so) brief discussion The Everlasting Man by G.K. Chesterton (1925) https://gutenberg.org/cache/epub/65688/pg65688-images.html This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org Credit to https://www.FesliyanStudios.com for the background music. Credit to https://www.soundjay.com/ for the sound effects Podcast Photo P/C: https://www.pexels.com/@luan-oosthuizen-823430/collections/

Spiritual power. Murder. Theft. Estranged cousins. The lore of The Moonstone is told.  0:00 - intro 1:55 - Dramatic Reading of The Moonstone - Prologue 33:01 - A (not so) brief discussion The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins (1868) https://gutenberg.org/cache/epub/155/pg155-images.html This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org Credit to https://www.FesliyanStudios.com for the background music. Credit to https://www.soundjay.com/ for the sound effects Podcast Photo P/C: https://www.pexels.com/@luan-oosthuizen-823430/collections/

On origins and beginnings. Is man on a progressive developmental track, moving from one stage to another, or do they have more in common with the cave-man than they do with the horse? 0:00 - intro 2:46 - Dramatic Reading of The Everlasting Man Ch. 1 45:48 - A (not so) brief discussion The Everlasting Man by G.K. Chesterton (1925) https://gutenberg.org/cache/epub/65688/pg65688-images.html This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org Credit to https://www.FesliyanStudios.com for the background music. Credit to https://www.soundjay.com/ for the sound effects Podcast Photo P/C: https://www.pexels.com/@luan-oosthuizen-823430/collections/