Schall on Chesterton

Brings readers to Chesterton through a witty series of original reflections prompted by something Chesterton wrote. Schall guides readers to the reality of what is, of what is true. and what is at the heart of things.

Preface

vii

Acknowledgments

xv

Introduction

1

(20)

G. K. Chesterton

The Natural Home of the Human Spirit

21

(5)

On the Nature of ``Yes'' in the State of Maine

26

(3)

The Philosopher with Two Thoughts

29

(3)

Equal with the Souls of Hildebrand and Shakespeare

32

(3)

The Traditional Scene of the Nativity

35

(2)

On the Qualified and Experienced

37

(4)

On Staring at the Picture of ``Tuesday''

41

(4)

The Real End and Final Holiday of Human Souls

45

(4)

A Definite, Defiant, and Quite Unmistakable Thing

49

(6)

On Looking Down at the Stars

55

(6)

The Most Inexhaustible of Human Books

61

(5)

On God's Making both Hell and Scotland

66

(5)

The Ten Thousand Reasons

71

(6)

Against Pride

77

(6)

The Christian Ideal

83

(5)

On the Alternatives to Right and Wrong

88

(5)

The Spirit of Christmas

93

(4)

Second Thoughts on Detective Stories

97

(6)

On the Inability to Blaspheme

103

(5)

``I Say As Do All Christian Men...''

108

(5)

``The Way the World Is Going''

113

(5)

On the Winning of World Wars I and II

118

(6)

Christmas and the Most Dangerous Toy

124

(5)

Babies

129

(5)

On the Dullness of Chaos

134

(4)

The Invisible Man

138

(6)

Wilde and Wilder

144

(5)

The Horror

149

(6)

Virtue and Duty

155

(4)

Humanism

159

(5)

On Not Wrecking Divine or Secular Things

164

(5)

Belloc on Chesterton

169

(6)

The Only Virtue

175

(5)

The Coming of Christ

180

(5)

``The Divine Vulgarity of the Christian Religion''

185

(5)

On Becoming Inhuman out of Sheer Humanitarianism

190

(6)

``Woman and the Philosophers''

196

(7)

On the Discovery of Things Whose Existence Is Impossible to Deny

203

(5)

The Campaign against the Ten Commandments

208

(6)

``An Awful Instance of the Instability of Human Greatness

214

(6)

The Dogmas Are Not Dull

220

(4)

Conclusion

224

(2)

Epilogue: On the Enemies of the Man Who Had No Enemies

226

(19)

Notes

245

(10)

Bibliography

255

(4)

Index

259

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