Total Page : 256
Publisher : Hodder Stoughton
Publication Date : 2000 01
>> Pure Brilliance
This book is pure brilliance I only recently came across Chesterton as something more than a name I had heard This is the first book by him that I have read and I have to express awe and great pleasure with it Chesterton has this wonderfully peculiar way of presenting a successive argument in a light almost flippant manner that gains strength and cogency as it unfolds Peppered within his arguments are statements that may often seem zany and funny at first but that with more thought and concentration grow strikingly and reveal themselves to be potent catalysts for challenging long held assumptions Chesterton in this book puts old truths in new perspective He succeeds admirably and somewhat paradoxically at turning conventional wisdom on its head and yet strengthening the very idea of convention in the process We re living today in an age of waning traditional influences kind of like the one in which this book was written But I invite skeptics of tradition and religion to give this book a try They might find that Oliver Wendell Holmes s statement about a mind never regaining its original dimensions once stretched by a new idea applies to much of this book in ways they might not expect or find comfortable
>> Great read great author
Mr Chesterton does it again Great read with many insights and several surprises I highly recommend for any Christian who seeks a higher understanding and unique insights
>> A must read for anyone trying to understand the world today
One of the most important books written brilliant in scope and understanding of faith
There are many better reviews here than I can write I just wanted to add my 5 stars if I could give it 10 I world
