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Heretics (G. K. Chesterton)

A work by G. K. Chesterton, first published in 1905

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  • What korrents draws from it

    A person's view of the universe is the most practical and important thing about them, Someone always weighing which side is strong will never believe in anything long enough to make it succeed, We admire things for reasons but love them without reasons …

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    G. K. Chesterton

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Key facts

First published
19052
Claims on korrents
201

What korrents draws from it

korrents’ reading of claims quoted word for word from the book; each opens the quote and where it sits.

  1. A person's view of the universe is the most practical and important thing about them (opens korrents.com)1

  2. Someone always weighing which side is strong will never believe in anything long enough to make it succeed (opens korrents.com)1

  3. We admire things for reasons but love them without reasons (opens korrents.com)1

  4. Having no definite convictions does not make the mind freer; a believer is readier and wittier (opens korrents.com)1

  5. Utopias assume away humanity's greatest difficulty and solve only the smaller ones (opens korrents.com)1

  6. Ritual is older, simpler and wilder than thought (opens korrents.com)1

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Sources

  1. Heretics (1905) (korrents) (opens korrents.com)
  2. Heretics, Q5738287 (Wikidata) (opens wikidata.org)

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