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A review by jnepal
What's Wrong with the World by G.K. Chesterton
3.0
“In truth it is only by eternal institutions like hair that we can test passing institutions like empires.”
Chesterton writes in pithy sayings, in proverbs and metaphors, and somehow strings them together to create an argument. And he argues indirectly. I mean that he argues more about dispositions or tendencies or frames of mind or types of personality rather than merely focusing on concepts or platforms.
There are a lot of funny quotes in here, some of his more famous ones as well. He loves metaphor and simile. He loves paradox and juxtaposition (he was sometimes called the “Prince of Paradox”).
Sometimes GKC says dumb things too or reduces ideas or realities too simplistically, but his unconventional way of thinking is a good way to challenge our own ideas and perhaps give us insight.
This is not his best book, imo, and first time readers of GKC should read his biographies or “Everlasting Man,” instead.
Chesterton writes in pithy sayings, in proverbs and metaphors, and somehow strings them together to create an argument. And he argues indirectly. I mean that he argues more about dispositions or tendencies or frames of mind or types of personality rather than merely focusing on concepts or platforms.
There are a lot of funny quotes in here, some of his more famous ones as well. He loves metaphor and simile. He loves paradox and juxtaposition (he was sometimes called the “Prince of Paradox”).
Sometimes GKC says dumb things too or reduces ideas or realities too simplistically, but his unconventional way of thinking is a good way to challenge our own ideas and perhaps give us insight.
This is not his best book, imo, and first time readers of GKC should read his biographies or “Everlasting Man,” instead.