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Orthodoxy

Autor G. K. Chesterton
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 16 aug 2020
Complete edition of Orthodoxy by G. K. Chesterton. Arranged upon a riddle and an answer, it tells how Chesterton himself went from pagan, to agnostic, to staunch Christian. Told in Chesterton's own voice, the book is a thought provoking manuscript as impactful today as it was in 1908. Witty, deep, and positively entertaining, no student of thought should be without this historic book. This edition is provided in a slim volume with full text at an affordable price. TABLE OF CONTENTS PREFACE 3 1. INTRODUCTION IN DEFENCE OF EVERYTHING ELSE 3 2. THE MANIAC 5 3. THE SUICIDE OF THOUGHT 12 4. THE ETHICS OF ELFLAND 19 5. THE FLAG OF THE WORLD 28 6. THE PARADOXES OF CHRISTIANITY 34 7. THE ETERNAL REVOLUTION 44 8. THE ROMANCE OF ORTHODOXY 54 9. AUTHORITY AND THE ADVENTURER 61
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781640322455
ISBN-10: 1640322450
Pagini: 72
Dimensiuni: 161 x 240 x 9 mm
Greutate: 0.28 kg
Editura: Chump Change

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Orthodoxy, as G. K. Chesterton employs the term here, means "right opinion." In this, the masterpiece of his brilliant literary career, he applies the concept of correct reasoning to his acceptance of Christianity. Written in a down-to-earth and familiar style, he presents formal and scholarly arguments in the explanation and defense of the tenets underlying his faith.
Paradox and contradiction, Chesterton maintains, do not constitute barriers to belief; imagination and intuition are as relevant to the processes of thought and understanding as logic and rationality. "Whenever we feel there is something odd in Christian theology," he observes, "we shall generally find that there is something odd in the truth." He defines his insights with thought-provoking analogies, personal anecdotes, and engaging humor, making this century-old book a work of enduring charm and persuasion.


Notă biografică

G. K. Chesterton (1874-1936) was a prolific English writer, philosopher, lay theologian, and literary and art critic. He is best known in mystery circles as the creator of the fictional priest-detective Father Brown and for the metaphysical thriller The Man Who Was Thursday. Often referred to as "the prince of paradox," Chesterton frequently made his points by turning familiar sayings and proverbs inside out. Chesterton attended the Slade School of Art, a department of University College London, where he took classes in illustration and literature, though he did not complete a degree in either subject. In 1895, at the age of twenty-one, he began working for the London publisher George Redway. A year later he moved to another publisher, T. Fisher Unwin, where he undertook his first work in journalism, illustration, and literary criticism. In addition to writing fifty-three Father Brown stories, Chesterton authored articles and books of social criticism, philosophy, theology, economics, literary criticism, biography, and poetry.

Cuprins

Table of Contents
Introduction by Jon M. Sweeney
CHAPTER I.-Introduction in Defence of Everything Else
CHAPTER II.-The Maniac
CHAPTER III.-The Suicide of Thought
CHAPTER IV-The Ethics of Elfland
CHAPTER V.-The Flag of the World
CHAPTER VI.-The Paradoxes of Christianity
CHAPTER VII.-The Eternal Revolution
CHAPTER VIII.-The Romance of Orthodoxy
CHAPTER IX.-Authority and the Adventurer