Heretics by G. K. Chesterton
The Author Gilbert Keith Chesterton was born in London, England on the 29th of May, 1874. Though he considered himself a mere “rollicking journalist,” he was actually a prolific and gifted writer in virtually every area of literature. A man of strong opinions and enormously talented at defending them, his exuberant personality nevertheless allowed him to maintain warm friendships with people–such as George Bernard Shaw and H. G. Wells–with whom he vehemently disagreed. Chesterton had no difficulty standing up for what he believed. He was one of the few journalists to oppose the Boer War. His 1922 “Eugenics and Other Evils” attacked what was at that time the most progressive of all ideas, the idea that the human race could and should breed a superior version of itself. In the Nazi experience, history demonstrated the wisdom of his once “reactionary” views.Chesterton wrote several works of Christian apologetics, the best known of which are “Othodoxy”, “Heretics”, and “The Everlasting Man”.
The Author Gilbert Keith Chesterton was born in London, England on the 29th of May, 1874. Though he considered himself a mere “rollicking journalist,” he was actually a prolific and gifted writer in virtually every area of literature. A man of strong opinions and enormously talented at defending them, his exuberant personality nevertheless allowed him to maintain warm friendships with people–such as George Bernard Shaw and H. G. Wells–with whom he vehemently disagreed. Chesterton had no difficulty standing up for what he believed. He was one of the few journalists to oppose the Boer War. His 1922 “Eugenics and Other Evils” attacked what was at that time the most progressive of all ideas, the idea that the human race could and should breed a superior version of itself. In the Nazi experience, history demonstrated the wisdom of his once “reactionary” views.Chesterton wrote several works of Christian apologetics, the best known of which are “Othodoxy”, “Heretics”, and “The Everlasting Man”.
02 – On the Negative Spirit
06 – Christmas and the Esthetes
09 – The Moods of Mr. George Moore
10 – On Sandals and Simplicity
12 – Paganism and Mr. Lowes Dickinson
13 – Celts and Celtophiles
16 – On Mr. McCabe and a Divine Frivolity
17 – On the Wit of Whistler
18 – The Fallacy of the Young Nation
19 – Slum Novelists and the Slums
01 – On the Importance of Orthodoxy
03 – On Mr. Rudyard Kipling and Making the World Small
05 – H.G. Wells and the Giants
07 – Omar and the Sacred Vine
08 – The Mildness of the Yellow Press
11 – Science and the Savages
14 – On Certain Modern Writers and the Institution of the Family
15 – On Smart Novelists and the Smart Set
