Heretics

Chesterton, let's face it, is thematically ataxic. He can't keep to one idea; in the words of an acquaintance of mine, he sidesteps issues by making sense. Reading Orthodoxy was an experience analogous to hearing an inebriated genius swerve through celestial ideas. The book's only lack is that its s......more

Neîndoios, G. K. Chesterton are vervă, umor, subtilitate, spirit polemic, tot ce vreți. Din păcate, eseurile lui arată că inteligența (oricît de multă!) nu te oprește să ajungi la concluzii dubioase, dacă pornești de la premise dubioase. Premisa fundamentală a autorului e că omul trebuie să aibă con......more

I must have deposited every third or fourth sentence from this book into my OneNote file for future use and reflection. His sayings go down easily, but they have a collective impact. He can skewer the fallacious assumption of one's worldview without making the reader feel personally pricked. Chestert......more

4.5 Stars The Oxford English Dictionary Heretic: noun a person believing in or practising religious heresy. a person holding an opinion at odds with what is generally accepted. Heretics is by G.K. Chesterton's own admission, a work that merely serves to point out the 'heresies' contained within the popu......more

GK Chesterton roasting his contemporaries for 175 straight pages - obviously 5 stars.......more