Heretics

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