OrthodoxyChesterton's description of his intellectual and philosophical journey to Christianity. |
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User Review - MrsLee - LibraryThingThe first time I listened to this, it was with a computer generated voice reading it. Not very satisfactory, but enough good to make me buy the paper version. Then I saw that there was an Audible ... Read full review
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User Review - bness2 - LibraryThingChesterton at his philosophical best. He presents his personal arguments for the existence of God and skewers all the puffed up, empty-headed modern philosophers and worthless aristocrats and oligarchs. His wit is as fresh and sharp as Mark Twain's. Read full review
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