THE EVERLASTING MAN

by G.K. Chesterton

(1925)

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Prefatory Note Introduction: The Plan of This Book

PART I: ON THE CREATURE CALLED MAN

I The Man in the Cave II Professors and Prehistoric Men III The Antiquity of Civilisation IV God and Comparative Religion V Man and Mythologies VI The Demons and the Philosophers VII The War of the Gods and Demons VIII The End of the World

PART II: ON THE MAN CALLED CHRIST

I The God in the Cave II The Riddles of the Gospel III The Strangest Story in the World IV The Witness of the Heretics V The Escape from Paganism VI The Five Deaths of the Faith

CONCLUSION: THE SUMMARY OF THIS BOOK

Appendix I. On Prehistoric Man Appendix II. On Authority and Accuracy

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