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The Defendant
G. K. Chesterton
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A collection of reprinted articles on a wide-range of subject, all in the unique style of G. K. Chesterton. Using wit, paradox, and good humor he “defends” a series of seeming harmless things that need no defense, and in so doing he exposes many of the broken assumptions and dogmatic notions of secular humanism and other trends of his age and of ours.
A collection of reprinted articles on a wide-range of subject, all in the unique style of G. K. Chesterton. Using wit, paradox, and good humor he “defends” a series of seeming harmless things that need no defense, and in so doing he exposes many of the broken assumptions and dogmatic notions of secular humanism and other trends of his age and of ours.
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Let us turn, on the other hand, to the maker of vows. The man who made a vow, however wild, gave a healthy and natural expression to the greatness of a great moment. He vowed, for example, to chain two mountains together, perhaps a symbol of some great relief, or love, or aspiration. Short as the mo. . . Read More
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Maybe too many five-star reviews lately for them to be fully trusted? Ding somebody else. 19 highlights in 71 pages speaks for itself.
A lately admitted bromance with Chesterton might make him, and five-star ratings overrepresented, but I'll plead to that. I'm so enthralled that Kindle Unlimited's ac
I have such a crush of G. K. In this collection, he sets out to find the "diamonds in the dustheap"--all the good in the things that we think are silly, or sentimental, or useless (babyworship, for example, or idealistic pastoral). He is awfully clever. I love optimism.
It may seem that common things need no defender until The Defendant arose. This book will remind you how much we have lost by continually assaulting what ought be good and given. And it will make you laugh.
"Ci farebbe bene a volte essere come una semplice finestra: aperti, illuminati ed invisibili." (Difesa dell’umiltà, p. 79)
G.K. Chesterton in defence of all sorts of things and, as usual, laying it down.