A Miscellany Of Men
GK Chesterton
"before I finally desert the illusions of rationalism for the actualities of romance, I should very much like to write one last roaring, raging book telling all the rationalists not to be so utterly irrational... Do not talk such bosh. I implore you, I supplicate you not to talk such bosh. Utterly and absolutely abolish all such bosh—and we may yet begin to discuss these public questions properly." -GKC
"the Chesterton wit and charm and gentle satire [and] hard-hitting controversy. And you will also find a distinct thread that ties it all together. [...] first published in 1912, the essays ... often refer to current events and personalities from the early 20th century: coal strikes and railway strikes, game laws, women’s suffrage, and British Imperialism. ... in every case the larger point being made is very clear and is not tied to a time and place – unless it is our time and place. Chesterton’s mere observations of an event, whether in a headline or outside his window could be expounded upon into huge timely treatises. It is because truth has ramifications. And because it is true.
The old controversies are still relevant. But each question points to a larger question. How do we assure the dignity and basic rights of the laborer? For whom does he labor: himself or some remote rich man? Does voting make any difference when our choices are so limited, when the choices themselves are not our choices but someone else’s? What is the nature of real democracy?" - Dale Ahlquist
"These old articles of mine because they cover a very controversial period, in which I was in nearly all the controversies, whether I was visible there or no. And I wish to gather up into this last article a valedictory violence about all such things; and then pass to where, beyond these voices, there is peace--or in other words, to the writing of Penny Dreadfuls; a noble and much-needed work." -GKC
Duration - 5h 36m.
Author - GK Chesterton.
Narrator - Charles Featherstone.
Published Date - Sunday, 14 January 2024.
Location:
United States
Networks:
GK Chesterton
Charles Featherstone
Chesterton's Essays
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English Audiobooks
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Description:
"before I finally desert the illusions of rationalism for the actualities of romance, I should very much like to write one last roaring, raging book telling all the rationalists not to be so utterly irrational... Do not talk such bosh. I implore you, I supplicate you not to talk such bosh. Utterly and absolutely abolish all such bosh—and we may yet begin to discuss these public questions properly." -GKC "the Chesterton wit and charm and gentle satire [and] hard-hitting controversy. And you will also find a distinct thread that ties it all together. [...] first published in 1912, the essays ... often refer to current events and personalities from the early 20th century: coal strikes and railway strikes, game laws, women’s suffrage, and British Imperialism. ... in every case the larger point being made is very clear and is not tied to a time and place – unless it is our time and place. Chesterton’s mere observations of an event, whether in a headline or outside his window could be expounded upon into huge timely treatises. It is because truth has ramifications. And because it is true. The old controversies are still relevant. But each question points to a larger question. How do we assure the dignity and basic rights of the laborer? For whom does he labor: himself or some remote rich man? Does voting make any difference when our choices are so limited, when the choices themselves are not our choices but someone else’s? What is the nature of real democracy?" - Dale Ahlquist "These old articles of mine because they cover a very controversial period, in which I was in nearly all the controversies, whether I was visible there or no. And I wish to gather up into this last article a valedictory violence about all such things; and then pass to where, beyond these voices, there is peace--or in other words, to the writing of Penny Dreadfuls; a noble and much-needed work." -GKC Duration - 5h 36m. Author - GK Chesterton. Narrator - Charles Featherstone. Published Date - Sunday, 14 January 2024.
Language:
English
Opening Credits
Duration:00:00:10
The suffragist
Duration:00:09:42
The thing
Duration:00:07:48
The poet and the cheese
Duration:00:08:33
The man who thinks backwards
Duration:00:10:04
The nameless man
Duration:00:09:59
The gardener and the guinea
Duration:00:08:17
The voter and the two voices
Duration:00:10:37
The mad official
Duration:00:08:15
The enchanted man
Duration:00:08:14
The sun worshipper
Duration:00:12:48
The wrong incendiary
Duration:00:09:09
The free man
Duration:00:07:47
The hypothetical householder
Duration:00:08:44
The priest of spring
Duration:00:10:55
The real journalist
Duration:00:10:17
The sentimental scot
Duration:00:08:06
The sectarian of society
Duration:00:08:36
The fool
Duration:00:08:54
The conscript and the crisis
Duration:00:10:48
The miser and his friends
Duration:00:08:42
The mystagogue
Duration:00:07:56
The red reactionary
Duration:00:08:25
The separatist and sacred things
Duration:00:09:49
The mummer
Duration:00:08:05
The aristocratic 'arry
Duration:00:08:18
The new theologian
Duration:00:10:28
The romantic in the rain
Duration:00:07:04
The false photographer
Duration:00:07:23
The sultan
Duration:00:07:07
The architect of spears
Duration:00:08:31
The man on top
Duration:00:08:28
The other kind of man
Duration:00:08:23
The mediaeval villain
Duration:00:08:56
The divine detective
Duration:00:07:37
The elf of japan
Duration:00:08:01
The chartered libertine
Duration:00:08:16
The contented man
Duration:00:08:29
The angry author: his farewell
Duration:00:08:51
Ending Credits
Duration:00:00:23