Everyone wants to be G.K. Chesterton's friend. In a debate forecast as the philosophical equivalent of ultimate wrestling, theologian John Milbank and philosopher Slavoj Zizek wasted much of their time and ink arguing over who had more support from Chesterton. Of course, if Chesterton himself was at the debate, he would turn up late, make everyone laugh, and drag Zizek and Milbank down to the pub for a pint, in the name of sanity.
For those of you who have not yet had your lives changed (into LIVES) by reading this witty, unafraid and paradoxical writer - try Orthodoxy. It will make you laugh at yourself, and your world - since when laughing at yourself, you take up less space in it - will seem larger. Then go on to Heretics, Introduction to the Book of Job, the Father Brown stories, The Everlasting Man, and his numerous published essays and poems. Enjoy.
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