· Synopsis. In What's Wrong With the World, one of the twentieth century's most memorable and prolific writers takes on education, government, big business, feminism, and a host of other topics. Chesterton eloquently opposed materialism, snobbery, hypocrisy, and any adversary of freedom and simplicity in modern society. 12 rows · · Chesterton, G. K. (Gilbert Keith), Title. What's Wrong with the World. Contents. Author: Chesterton, G. K. (Gilbert Keith), What's Wrong With The World is a collection of essays from G.K. Chesterton that includes the following works: The homelessness of man, Imperialism, or the mistake about man, Feminism, or the mistake about woman, Education, or the mistake about the child, The home of man, Three notes. To C. F G. Masterman, M. P. My Dear Charles, I originally called this book "What is Wrong," and it would have 5/5(1).
Laughter and Humility (www.doorway.ru) A blog dedicated to providing quotes by and posts relating to one of the most influential (and quotable!) authors of the twentieth century, G.K. Chesterton (). If you do not know much about GKC, I suggest visiting the webpage of the American Chesterton Society as well as this wonderful. What's Wrong with the World: G.K. Chesterton (Classic G.K. Chesterton) What's wrong with the world, according to G.K., is that we keep trying to go forward without knowing where we are going. The thing we absolutely will not do is look back and ask where we came from or how we got here. The thing to do may in fact be to retrace our steps. Probably not. But the next time someone tells you that reactionaries and other assorted defenders of the family and private property do not care about the poor invite them to read G.K. Chesterton's final words in What's Wrong with the World. Republished with gracious permission from Intellectual Takeout (June ).
G.K. Chesterton is fantastic. This edition of What's Wrong with the World is garbage. You know the saying, "If you put a million monkeys in front of a type writer, given enough time, they'd write Hamlet"? I think those very monkeys were employed in copying out this book. There are so many errors and typo that the book is nearly unreadable. Chesterton Classics Collection: Orthodoxy, Heretics, What’s Wrong With The World, What I Saw In America. G.K. Chesterton. out of 5 stars. QUESTION: Is it true that The Times once sent out an inquiry to famous authors, asking the question, “What’s wrong with the world today?” and Chesterton responded simply, “Dear Sir, I am. Yours, G.K. Chesterton.” ANSWER: This story has been repeated so often about Chesterton that we suspect it is true. Also, it seems it is never told about any one other than Chesterton.
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