G.K. Chesterton

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• glidefresh · Jul 22, 2019 · Recommends

  St. Augustine - Confessions (first spiritual autobiography) or City of God G. K. Chesterton - The Everlasting Man

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• yesenadam · Nov 28, 2017 · Recommends

  …Philosophy in the Flesh - L/J Rationalism in Politics - Oakeshott Erving Goffman – Presentation of Self in Everyday Life Walter Lippmann – Public Opinion Art as Experience - John Dewey Plutarch's Lives G.K. Chesterton – Heretics (essay) William James - On A Certain Blindness in Human Beings (and its sequel) (essay) R.L. Stevenson - The Lantern-Bearers

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• svieira · Apr 23, 2020 · Recommends

  Start with _The Gorgias_ by Plato - does Justice exist? Then move on to _Orthodoxy_ by G. K. Chesterton (why does Justice require free will and the soul). Finish up with the Gospel of John. For a more detailed breakdown, take a look at _The Four Cardinal Virtues_ by Josef Pieper

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• michaelsbradley · Mar 31, 2015 · Recommends

  Gerard Manley Hopkins[1], G.K. Chesterton[2] and John Bradburne[3]. Spring and Fall to a young child Margaret, are you grieving Over Goldengrove unleaving? Leaves, like the things of man, you With your fresh…

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• phalangion · Mar 12, 2022 · Mentions

  Chesterton's fence refers to a principle that before changing something, you should first understand why it is the way it is. > Chesterton’s Fence is a heuristic inspired by a quote from the writer and polymath G. K. Chesterton’s 1929 book, The Thing. It’s best known as being one of John F. Kennedy’s favored sayings, as well as a principle Wikipedia encourages its editors to follow. In the book, Chesterton describes the classic…

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