Three cool Web items you might like:
First, Dave G. at Happy Entanglements reviews Chesterton's book on Aquinas. If he's this enthusiastic while still on Chapter 1, I can't wait to see his impressions once he's read the whole book.
Second, this blog has a very positive review of the first installment in Paul Nowak's The Inconvenient Adventures of Uncle Chestnut series. I first blogged on this series, including ordering information, here. I'm getting some very positive feedback on this.
Finally, Chesterton is nothing but timely, as usual. Here, he explains why we should talk about economics.
Happy reading!
Tuesday, July 7, 2009
G.K. Chesterton round-up
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"The Dumb Ox" is one of GKCs best. Etienne Gilson, eminent Catholic philosopher/historian/scholar of the Middle Ages, said that The Dumb Ox was better than anything he had ever written on Aquinas, or the best he had read... or something to that effect. I would have to look up the quote.
The best part of TDO is when GKC writes about Thomas' vision of Christ, and Christ tells Tommy what is it that you want, and it shall be given to you... Instead of Chrysostoms lost manuscript, Thomas says: "I will have Thyself", to which GKC calls this an "almost blasphemous audacity".
I love that anecdote, HH. I think Chesteton remarks that Aquinas doesn't simply say, "thyself," but "Only thyself."
Chesterton tells a number of anecdotes about Aquinas, including the other time he mentions "that Chrystosom ms I can't get hold of," where Aquinas crashes his fist on the table during dinner at the court of King St. Louis IX. "And that will settle the Manichees!" should be the rallying cry of every orthodox Catholic.
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