Complete edition of Heretics by G. K. Chesterton. Chesterton discusses ideas by H. G. Wells, George Bernard Shaw, Kipling and others of his day in his argument for God. Still thought provoking after 100 years, find out why in this complete reproduction of the 1905 British Edition.
Deep common sense on every page, it includes great thoughts such as these:
"The modern world is filled with men who hold dogmas so strongly that they do not even know that they are dogmas."
Witty, deep, and positively entertaining, no student of thought should be without this historic book. This edition is provided in a slim volume with full text at an affordable price.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. INTRODUCTORY REMARKS ON THE IMPORTANCE OF ORTHODOXY 3
2. ON THE NEGATIVE SPIRIT 6
3. ON MR. RUDYARD KIPLING AND MAKING THE WORLD SMALL 10
4. MR. BERNARD SHAW 14
5. MR. H.G. WELLS AND THE GIANTS 18
6. CHRISTMAS AND THE AESTHETES 25
7. OMAR AND THE SACRED VINE 28
8. THE MILDNESS OF THE YELLOW PRESS 31
9. THE MOODS OF MR. GEORGE MOORE 35
10. ON SANDALS AND SIMPLICITY 37
11. SCIENCE AND THE SAVAGES 39
12. PAGANISM AND MR. LOWES DICKINSON 42
13. CELTS AND CELTOPHILES 47
14. ON CERTAIN MODERN WRITERS AND THE INSTITUTION OF THE FAMILY 49
15. ON SMART NOVELISTS AND THE SMART SET 53
16. ON MR. MCCABE AND A DIVINE FRIVOLITY 59
17. ON THE WIT OF WHISTLER 64
18. THE FALLACY OF THE YOUNG NATION 68
19. SLUM NOVELISTS AND THE SLUMS 73
20. CONCLUDING REMARKS ON THE IMPORTANCE OF ORTHODOXY 78