. . . but I think it doesn’t have the nerve to face him. Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1874–1936) died 87 years ago today. A giant of a man and a giant of a writer and thinker, Chesterton wrote prolifically about politics, history, theology, culture, philosophy, literary criticism, and economics with his signature style of bracing… Continue reading Our World Needs G.K.C.
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OLD BOOKS, Part IV: On Moral Fiction, by John Gardner
In this series on Old Books, I’m choosing books with these questions in mind: What questions do they answer? What problems do they correctly diagnose? What wisdom do they provide that is lacking in today’s discourse? What metaphysics do they propose or expose? Every book I’m examining may not necessarily answer each of those questions,… Continue reading OLD BOOKS, Part IV: On Moral Fiction, by John Gardner
OLD BOOKS, Part I: The Captive Mind, by Czeslaw Milosz
In this series on Old Books, I’m choosing books with these questions in mind: What questions do they answer? What problems do they correctly diagnose? What wisdom do they provide that is lacking in today’s discourse? What metaphysics do they propose or expose? Every book I’m examining may not necessarily answer each of those questions,… Continue reading OLD BOOKS, Part I: The Captive Mind, by Czeslaw Milosz
OLD BOOKS – Intro
I have something to say today in praise of old books. I’ll start with a lighter story of how I discovered my new favorite bookshop in the entire world. Then I’ll share, in a series of posts, a few of the important old books I’ve been reading this year, and why I feel they are… Continue reading OLD BOOKS – Intro