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A review by nevinator
The Collected Works of G. K. Chesterton, Vol. 1: Orthodoxy, Heretics, Blatchford Controversies by G.K. Chesterton
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
5.0
To try and describe Chesterton’s amazing books here, is it become a madman. He writes in a way that’s not just anti-rational, but more emotional defense of his thoughts.
If anything, Chesterton offers the most sobering escape from the rational mind. He forces his readers to pause and ask, what are you even rationalizing for? He does it way better than any Dostoevsky novel in that regard, but he’s also so astute, and sane, to be able to dissect it in a cheerfully apocalyptic way. He’s having more fun than even Aloysha or any Dostoevsky character.
From a historical view, writing at the start of the 20th century and before world war I, he offers the widest and most accurate survey of all of western civilizations thoughts of the modernity project. More than that, he shows them all to be the weak man behind the current his contemporaries turn out to be.
It turns out that the rationalist mindset, dressed up in all it’s different outfits, can do nothing more than put on a shallow show. Outside of this, I can’t summarize more: it truly takes a ringmaster to show how silly these clowns are and Chesterton willingly becomes a servant to us in that regard.
If anything, Chesterton offers the most sobering escape from the rational mind. He forces his readers to pause and ask, what are you even rationalizing for? He does it way better than any Dostoevsky novel in that regard, but he’s also so astute, and sane, to be able to dissect it in a cheerfully apocalyptic way. He’s having more fun than even Aloysha or any Dostoevsky character.
From a historical view, writing at the start of the 20th century and before world war I, he offers the widest and most accurate survey of all of western civilizations thoughts of the modernity project. More than that, he shows them all to be the weak man behind the current his contemporaries turn out to be.
It turns out that the rationalist mindset, dressed up in all it’s different outfits, can do nothing more than put on a shallow show. Outside of this, I can’t summarize more: it truly takes a ringmaster to show how silly these clowns are and Chesterton willingly becomes a servant to us in that regard.