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4.11 AVERAGE
4.11 AVERAGE
alfakini's review against another edition
4.0
Comecei a escutar esse audiobook de forma despretenciosa em uma viagem. Fiquei positivamente surpreso. Chesterton faz uma crítica às ideologias do seu tempo. Critica os ateus, os materialistas e o cientificismo, todos aqueles que estava criticando o cristianismo. Foi, no mínimo, muito corajoso na sua tarefa em defender o seu dogma. Chesterton é um ex-comunista, ex-ateu, um velho conservador.
Chesterton nos mostra que nenhuma ideia moderna é capaz de resolver as dores espirituais, o buraco deixado pela falta de fé. Argumenta ainda que a modernidade carece de uma visão fixa do mundo, é relativista, o que é um problema. Se é moralmente errado comer carne, não podemos aceitar que no presente ou no passado isso seja um hábito. Chesterton critica a ideia do "homem do seu tempo", e como as ideologias modernas são mutáveis, sempre mudando o ponto de visão.
Ele apresenta o cristianismo como sendo o único que teve sua "visão" de mundo testada durante séculos, e argumenta que o ocidente não seria nada sem o cristianismo. Não está errado, afinal. Mesmo os ateus, como eu, mantém uma moral e princípios cristãos típicos da sociedade onde vivem.
Não a toa, o nome do livro. O termo ortodoxia pode ser definido como "crença reta". Bem conservador, apesar de ter achado o seu conservadorismo bem progressista, se é que isso é possível.
Chesterton nos mostra que nenhuma ideia moderna é capaz de resolver as dores espirituais, o buraco deixado pela falta de fé. Argumenta ainda que a modernidade carece de uma visão fixa do mundo, é relativista, o que é um problema. Se é moralmente errado comer carne, não podemos aceitar que no presente ou no passado isso seja um hábito. Chesterton critica a ideia do "homem do seu tempo", e como as ideologias modernas são mutáveis, sempre mudando o ponto de visão.
Ele apresenta o cristianismo como sendo o único que teve sua "visão" de mundo testada durante séculos, e argumenta que o ocidente não seria nada sem o cristianismo. Não está errado, afinal. Mesmo os ateus, como eu, mantém uma moral e princípios cristãos típicos da sociedade onde vivem.
Não a toa, o nome do livro. O termo ortodoxia pode ser definido como "crença reta". Bem conservador, apesar de ter achado o seu conservadorismo bem progressista, se é que isso é possível.
benkozel's review against another edition
4.0
I need this.
One of the most chaotic books I’ve ever read. Chesterton is at times simple and straight forward and at other complex and esoteric. Sometimes he’s funny (the pessimist mouse is hilarious) and at others extremely cruel (he not a big fan of Protestants :/ ). Chesterton is such a dichotomous writer that leads into his understanding of Christianity also being a dichotomous belief. We ask for others to fight and others to lay down their arms. We praise the martyrs and despise the suicide. We love to love and hate to hate. Each for an important reason.
Chesterton journeys into so many ideas almost seamlessly. While some ideas are throughly fleshed out, some don’t stand up to much scrutiny. But his simple matter of factly writer bare so much wisdom that can be dug deeply into.
He mainly discusses the Church, rather than directly Christ, and its doctrine which is may be a better way to go about apologetics but I felt it lost a bit of the faith factor to Christian life. But what else can you ask of a Catholic ( no offense).
I wouldn’t recommend this to anyone below college and even then I’d wait till their Junior or Senior year if they’re anything like me.
Great book
One of the most chaotic books I’ve ever read. Chesterton is at times simple and straight forward and at other complex and esoteric. Sometimes he’s funny (the pessimist mouse is hilarious) and at others extremely cruel (he not a big fan of Protestants :/ ). Chesterton is such a dichotomous writer that leads into his understanding of Christianity also being a dichotomous belief. We ask for others to fight and others to lay down their arms. We praise the martyrs and despise the suicide. We love to love and hate to hate. Each for an important reason.
Chesterton journeys into so many ideas almost seamlessly. While some ideas are throughly fleshed out, some don’t stand up to much scrutiny. But his simple matter of factly writer bare so much wisdom that can be dug deeply into.
He mainly discusses the Church, rather than directly Christ, and its doctrine which is may be a better way to go about apologetics but I felt it lost a bit of the faith factor to Christian life. But what else can you ask of a Catholic ( no offense).
I wouldn’t recommend this to anyone below college and even then I’d wait till their Junior or Senior year if they’re anything like me.
Great book
kurtiskozel's review against another edition
4.0
What it lacks in concentrated thesis in some parts, it makes up with sublime prose. What it lacks in sublime prose in some parts, it makes up for with sublime insight. A near masterwork in not only apologetics and theology, but the craft of thought.
Edit: since I felt to include it in another review, I feel it necessary to include it here as well: I find many flaws in Chesterton's book, not the least of which is his rhetoric on moral grounds, if nothing else. However, I find the entirety of the book interesting enough to read on its own merits, and I trust the average reader of this book to know well-enough to think for himself.
Edit: since I felt to include it in another review, I feel it necessary to include it here as well: I find many flaws in Chesterton's book, not the least of which is his rhetoric on moral grounds, if nothing else. However, I find the entirety of the book interesting enough to read on its own merits, and I trust the average reader of this book to know well-enough to think for himself.
alberony's review against another edition
5.0
Lo admirable de Chesterton es que parece que él, sin ponerse tenso, sin increpar a nadie, puede con todos mediante un sentido común literalmente aplastante. Con contrastes audaces y llenos de humor muestra lo ridículo de tantas ideas, al mismo tiempo que abraza a las personas.
Ortodoxia es el libro más central de Chesterton, el que mejor define su vida y pensamiento. Es un itinerario personal y una muestra de cómo la fe cristiana brilla entre la humareda de algunas cosmovisiones del siglo XX, dejando entrever la personalidad penetrante, quien con sus pensamientos fue una adelantado a Aldous Huxley y George Orwell. Su constante evolución espiritual, lo hizo desentrañar largo caminos los cuales se entrelazan entre las corrientes como agnosticismo y el catolicismo.
Tras leer este libro, ya de por si este concepto históricamente lo tengo fijado en mi memoria, lo cual ya a esta altura darle un lugar de lo desconocido seria vincularlo a conceptos estrechamente de una realidad sin una construcción dominante por el lenguaje que históricamente había estructurado del mismo. Este documento a lo largo de su lectura se plantea la necesidad de un enfoque dialéctico y de desarrollo, que se embarca en la búsqueda de plantear una defensa del cristianismo, contemplando sus extrañas pero verdades paradójicas. Chesterton lo que busca es aplicar el concepto de razonamiento correcto a su aceptación de fe cristiana, como así lo expresa en la primera frase colocada aquí. Aunque en los últimos capítulos de libro, expresa que no tiene motivo alguno de hacer de este libro un tratado apologético
Ortodoxia es el libro más central de Chesterton, el que mejor define su vida y pensamiento. Es un itinerario personal y una muestra de cómo la fe cristiana brilla entre la humareda de algunas cosmovisiones del siglo XX, dejando entrever la personalidad penetrante, quien con sus pensamientos fue una adelantado a Aldous Huxley y George Orwell. Su constante evolución espiritual, lo hizo desentrañar largo caminos los cuales se entrelazan entre las corrientes como agnosticismo y el catolicismo.
Tras leer este libro, ya de por si este concepto históricamente lo tengo fijado en mi memoria, lo cual ya a esta altura darle un lugar de lo desconocido seria vincularlo a conceptos estrechamente de una realidad sin una construcción dominante por el lenguaje que históricamente había estructurado del mismo. Este documento a lo largo de su lectura se plantea la necesidad de un enfoque dialéctico y de desarrollo, que se embarca en la búsqueda de plantear una defensa del cristianismo, contemplando sus extrañas pero verdades paradójicas. Chesterton lo que busca es aplicar el concepto de razonamiento correcto a su aceptación de fe cristiana, como así lo expresa en la primera frase colocada aquí. Aunque en los últimos capítulos de libro, expresa que no tiene motivo alguno de hacer de este libro un tratado apologético
musteredrohirrim's review against another edition
challenging
tense
slow-paced
1.0
Too highbrow for my pea brain
amandaslibrary_'s review against another edition
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
4.25
This was truly brilliant & I pulled some many quotes out of this which I thought really resonated or were important. However, there were some parts that went over my head (hence the four stars), so I’m going to come back to this again in the future to hopefully better understand some of Chesterton’s points. Otherwise, I really enjoyed this; a great Lenten read!! 😄😄
sourcerunner's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
emotional
funny
hopeful
informative
inspiring
lighthearted
mysterious
reflective
relaxing
fast-paced
5.0
Being no great lover of Chesterton's work, ordinarily, I expected this to be a bit of a slog. It was NOT! This book contains all of the best parts of his witticisms, wrynesses, and commentaries, without the sometimes-bullish priggishnesses that can overwhelm them.
This work is equal parts apologia and personal testimony. There is a minimum of quoted scripture in it, but a maximum of recognizable references to distinctive scriptures. There is a large amount of logic in it, but a minimum of the puzzling gyrations that turn a person's brain inside-out. Thoroughly a pleasant, enjoyable read that will reveal slightly different perspectives than one may have at first considered.
(And Pimlico, poor Pimlico. XD Modern American readers might best substitute New Jersey or Iowa for references to Pimlico.)
This work is equal parts apologia and personal testimony. There is a minimum of quoted scripture in it, but a maximum of recognizable references to distinctive scriptures. There is a large amount of logic in it, but a minimum of the puzzling gyrations that turn a person's brain inside-out. Thoroughly a pleasant, enjoyable read that will reveal slightly different perspectives than one may have at first considered.
(And Pimlico, poor Pimlico. XD Modern American readers might best substitute New Jersey or Iowa for references to Pimlico.)
madeleine7sophie's review against another edition
funny
hopeful
informative
inspiring
lighthearted
relaxing
slow-paced
5.0
Humor, logic and fun lead the way in Chesterton's account of how he discovered that he was actually a Christian.
hamwhig's review against another edition
5.0
An awesome work of theology, Chesterton shows that true freedom comes from tradition and structure. He makes orthodoxy cool.