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This edition includes the following editor's introduction: G. K. Chesterton, the man beyond the writer
First published in 1905, “Heretics” is a collection of 20 essays and articles by English writer and philosopher G. K. Chesterton.
Focusing on "heretics" — those who pride themselves on their superiority to Christian views — Chesterton appraises prominent figures who fall into that category from the literary and art worlds. Luminaries such as Rudyard Kipling, George Bernard Shaw, H. G. Wells, and James McNeill Whistler come under the author's scrutiny, where they meet with equal measures of his characteristic wisdom and good humour.
In addition to incisive assessments of well-known individuals, these essays contain observations on the wider world. While the loci of the chapters of “Heretics” are personalities, the topics he debates are as universal to the "vague moderns" of the 21st century as they were to those of the 20th. The topics he touches upon range from cosmology to anthropology to soteriology and he argues against French nihilism, German humanism, English utilitarianism, the syncretism of "the vague modern", Social Darwinism, eugenics and the arrogance and misanthropy of the European intelligentsia.
“Heretics” roused the ire of some critics for censuring contemporary philosophies without providing alternatives; the author responded a few years later with a companion volume, “Orthodoxy.” Both works are regarded as central to his corpus of moral theology.
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GenreSpirituality and Religion, Philosophy, Biography and Memoir
Length6 hrs 49 mins
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Publish dateAug 18, 2022
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1G. K. Chesterton, the man beyond the writer
2I. Introductory Remarks on the Importance of Orthodoxy
3II. On The Negative Spirit
4III. On Mr. Rudyard Kipling And Making The World Small
5IV. Mr. Bernard Shaw
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6V. Mr. H. G. Wells And The Giants
7VI. Christmas And The Aesthetes
8VII. Omar And The Sacred Vine
9VIII. The Mildness Of The Yellow Press
10IX. The Moods Of Mr. George Moore
11X. On Sandals And Simplicity
12XI. Science And The Savages
13XII. Paganism And Mr. Lowes Dickinson
14XIII. Celts And Celtophiles
15XIV. On Certain Modern Writers And The Institution Of The Family
16XV. On Smart Novelists And The Smart Set
17XVI. On Mr. Mccabe And A Divine Frivolity
18XVII. On The Wit Of Whistler
19XVIII. The Fallacy Of The Young Nation
20XIX. Slum Novelists And The Slums
21XX. Concluding Remarks On The Importance Of Orthodoxy
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