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Author: Gilbert Keith Chesterton
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Category : Social problems
Languages : en
Pages : 294
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Author: Gilbert Keith Chesterton
Publisher:
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Category : Social problems
Languages : en
Pages : 294
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Author: G. K. Chesterton
Publisher: Lindhardt og Ringhof
ISBN: 8726992647
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 207
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In this collection of essays, G. K. Chesterton matches his wits against some of the greatest issues of the 20th century. Imperialism, politics, education, and feminism are put to debate as Chesterton criticises the government of the day, while also speaking to a modern era. A testament to one of the most prolific writers of the 20th century, 'What's Wrong with the World' proves Chesterton as a master essayist whose work bears the scrutiny of historians and philosophers. Essential reading for students of British history, Chesterton bears the soul of the English spirit and puts its politicians to shame. Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1874 – 1936) was an English writer, journalist, philosopher, and literary critic. An unparalleled essayist, he produced over four thousand essays during his lifetime, alongside eighty novels and two hundred short stories. Tackling topics of politics, history, philosophy, and theology with tenacious wit and humour, G. K. Chesterton was often considered a master of the paradox. Himself both a modernist and devout Catholic, he is remembered best for his priest-detective short stories ‘Father Brown’, and his metaphysical thriller ‘The Man Who Was Thursday’. In his lifetime, Chesterton befriended and debated some of the greatest thinkers of the age, such as George Bernard Shore, H. G. Wells, and Bertrand Russell, while his works went on to inspire figures including T. S. Eliot, Michael Collins, and Mahatma Gandhi.
Author: G. K. Chesterton
Publisher: Aeterna Press
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Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 292
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Some people do not like the word "dogma." Fortunately they are free, and there is an alternative for them. There are two things, and two things only, for the human mind, a dogma and a prejudice. The Middle Ages were a rational epoch, an age of doctrine. Our age is, at its best, a poetical epoch, an age of prejudice. A doctrine is a definite point; a prejudice is a direction. That an ox may be eaten, while a man should not be eaten, is a doctrine. That as little as possible of anything should be eaten is a prejudice; which is also sometimes called an ideal. Now a direction is always far more fantastic than a plan. I would rather have the most archaic map of the road to Brighton than a general recommendation to turn to the left. Straight lines that are not parallel must meet at last; but curves may recoil forever. A pair of lovers might walk along the frontier of France and Germany, one on the one side and one on the other, so long as they were not vaguely told to keep away from each other. And this is a strictly true parable of the effect of our modern vagueness in losing and separating men as in a mist. Aeterna Press
Author: G. K. CHESTERTON
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781033298640
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Author: Gilbert Keith Chesterton
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ISBN: 9781620120033
Category : Social problems
Languages : en
Pages :
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Author: Гилберт Кит Честертон
Publisher: Litres
ISBN: 5040756194
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 240
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Author: G. Chesterton
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781544745886
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 214
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This collection of insightful essays by G. K. Chesterton perceptively examines the various wrongs of society and the world.The book is divided into three parts that range from social commentary, a discussion of humankind and its nature, the impact of spirituality and the increase in secularism in the modern world, and how education shapes the young to fit into the flawed society Chesterton perceives.
Author: G. K Chesterton
Publisher: Fv Editions
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 238
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"Now (to reiterate my title) this is what is wrong. This is the huge modern heresy of altering the human soul to fit its conditions, instead of altering human conditions to fit the human soul. If soap boiling is really inconsistent with brotherhood, so much the worst for soap-boiling, not for brotherhood. If civilization really cannot get on with democracy, so much the worse for civilization, not for democracy." In this essay first published in 1910, G.K Chesterton raises an important question: Has the Enlightenment ideal of continual social progress been a reality, or has it all been a piece of western myth-making? Thinking about our actual world and all the problems we are facing, many find Chesterton's analysis just as insightful as it was nearly a century ago.
Author: G. K. Chesterton
Publisher: Prabhat Prakashan
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Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 208
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COMPLETE 5 PART EDITION What's Wrong with the World By G.K. Chesterton Is it true that The Times once sent out an inquiry to famous authors, asking the question, "What's wrong with the world today?; and Chesterton responded simply, "Dear Sir, I am. Yours, G.K. Chesterton." My Dear Charles, I originally called this book "What is Wrong," and it would have satisfied your sardonic temper to note the number of social misunderstandings that arose from the use of the title. Many a mild lady visitor opened her eyes when I remarked casually, "I have been doing 'What is Wrong' all this morning." And one minister of religion moved quite sharply in his chair when I told him (as he understood it) that I had to run upstairs and do what was wrong, but should be down again in a minute. Exactly of what occult vice they silently accused me I cannot conjecture, but I know of what I accuse myself; and that is, of having written a very shapeless and inadequate book, and one quite unworthy to be dedicated to you. As far as literature goes, this book is what is wrong and no mistake. It may seem a refinement of insolence to present so wild a composition to one who has recorded two or three of the really impressive visions of the moving millions of England. You are the only man alive who can make the map of England crawl with life; a most creepy and enviable accomplishment. Why then should I trouble you with a book which, even if it achieves its object (which is monstrously unlikely) can only be a thundering gallop of theory?
Author: G K Chesterton
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 64
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Whats Wrong with the World G.K. Chesterton
