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"Orthodoxy," a series of essays by Gilbert Keith Chesterton. First published in 1908. Read by David "Grizzly" Smith.

"The only possible excuse for this book is that it is an answer to a challenge. Even a bad shot is dignified when he accepts a duel." This is how Chesterton explains "Orthodoxy," the sequel to Heretics. "I have attempted in a vague and personal way, in a set of mental pictures rather than in a series of deductions, to state the philosophy in which I have come to believe. I will not call it my philosophy; for I did not make it. God and humanity made it; and it made me."

This is a book about Everything, about the reasons for the entire Universe and the existance of Humanity. Andit's kinda funny. except for the serious parts and the sad parts. It's about all of life, and human life includes humor, drama and sadness, so that's all in the book, too. The chapters look longer than they are, each being roughly an hour -- and no, it wouldn't have worked to break them in half. I've found them a very quick listen.

Hope you enjoy this book. If you liked Heretics, you'll like Orthodoxy, because it's Chesterton. And if you do, please share it, please comment about it, rate it, blog and podcast and Tweet about it. Oh, and let me know. :)

The music is "The Rule," from Kevin MacLeod at http//incompetech.com. Thanks!

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Orthodoxy - Thank You from 2010-05-04T02:02

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Orthodoxy Chapter 9 from 2010-04-02T00:44

Chapter 9, "Authority and the Adventurer"

The last chapter has been concerned with the contention that orthodoxy
is not only (as is often urged) the only safe guardian of morality or
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Orthodoxy Chapter 7 from 2010-04-02T00:43

Chapter 7, "The Eternal Revolution"

The following propositions have been urged: First, that some faith in
our life is required even to improve it; second, that some
dissatisfaction w...

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Orthodoxy Chapter 8 from 2010-04-02T00:43

Chapter 8, "The Romance of Orthodoxy"

It is customary to complain of the bustle and strenuousness of our
epoch. But in truth the chief mark of our epoch is a profound laziness
and fa...

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Orthodoxy Chapter 6 from 2010-04-02T00:41

Chapter 6, "The Paradoxes of Christianity"

The real trouble with this world of ours is not that it is an
unreasonable world, nor even that it is a reasonable one.


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Orthodoxy Chapter 4 from 2010-04-02T00:39

Chapter 4, "The Ethics of Elfland"

When the business man rebukes the idealism of his office-boy, it is
commonly in some such speech as this: "Ah, yes, when one is young, one
has thes...

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Orthodoxy Chapter 5 from 2010-04-02T00:39

Chapter 5, "The Flag of the World"

When I was a boy there were two curious men running about who were
called the optimist and the pessimist.


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Orthodoxy Chapter 3 from 2010-04-02T00:38

Chapter 3, "The Suicide of Thought"

The phrases of the street are not only forcible but subtle: for a figure
of speech can often get into a crack too small for a definition.


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Orthodoxy Chapter 2 from 2010-04-02T00:36

Chapter 2, "The Maniac"

Thoroughly worldly people never understand even the world; they rely
altogether on a few cynical maxims which are not true.

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Orthodoxy Chapter 1 from 2010-04-02T00:34

Chapter 1, "Introduction in Defense of Everything Else"

The only possible excuse for this book is that it is an answer to a
challenge.

 

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