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I On Two Friars
II The Runaway Abbot
III The Aristotelian Revolution
IV A Meditation on the Manichees
V The Real Life of St. Thomas
VI The Approach to Thomism
VII The Permanent Philosophy
VIII The Sequel to St. Thomas</default_description>
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    <body><![CDATA[G. K. Chesterton’s biography of Thomas Aquinas is so defensive and sarcastic in tone that it does not seem realistic.  Chesterton’s arguments repeatedly take the form that St. Thomas was neither this extreme (Platonic, mystic, Buddhist, Hegelian) nor that extreme (Aristotelian. Manichean, Muslim...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/61178731">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Chesterton is interesting even when I disagree.  I picked up this book in hopes of a clearer picture of who Aquinas was. As it happens, very little is known about the details of his life, though he was related to half the big guns of the 1200s.  He wanted to be a friar, rather than a monk (with an a...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/58658003">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book is the follow up to Chesterton's biography on St. Francis. Though it does not rival the first, it is written in the same engaging manner as its predecessor. In its pages, Thomas Aquinas comes alive as a flesh and blood faithful Christian, something that is often overlooked in the endless d...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/50280264">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I've read two books recently with a Roman Catholic &quot;bent.&quot; GK is known as a Christian apologist (among his many talents). This biography of Thomas Aquinas was written with entertaining and valuable insights. However, by the time you reach the end of the book you find yourself immersed in a...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/79526511">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This was one of those books that sat on my shelf for two years before I finally picked it up.  Once I actually started it, I could not put it down.  This is a fantastic introduction to the philosophy of St. Thomas.  If you never got around to taking a medieval philosophy class in undergrad, or if (l...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/22972050">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Not quite as incisive as I expected, but a great job putting Aquinas in perspective in history and in the Church. As usual, some great quotes from GK.<br/><br/>Recommended by James Schall in Another Sort of Learning, Chapter 7, as one of Eight Books on St. Thomas Aquinas.<br/><br/>Recommended by...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/38603433">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I gave it three stars, but it's almost four.  I picked this up, not because I knew nothing about Aquinas, which I didn't, but because I knew I liked to read anything written by GK Chesterton.  This book certainly delivered on the literary fireworks, the almost Borgesian arguments, the turns of phras...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4176336">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[More a personal appreciation of the theologian than a biography or exposition of his thought.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Very good Biography of one of the preeminent theologians the Catholic Church has ever produced.  ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Very interesting but lacking in much truly biographical information.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I read this in anticipation of my Saint Thomas Aquinas class with Dr. John David Ramsey my senior year at Hampden-Sydney.  ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I have to admit to being a bit disappointed in Chesterton on this one, especially after reading such masterpieces as &quot;The Everlasting Man&quot; and &quot;Orthodoxy.&quot; Really, the whole book could have been one sentence: &quot;Aquinas was a large man who thought deeply about Catholicism- mor...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/24194399">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[&quot;The Dumb Ox&quot; does an excellent job of explaining the general philosophy of Aquinas to non-philosophers.  For anyone scared of the size of the Summa Theologica, this book does an excellent job of explaining why Thomism (and thus, Catholicism) is the only philosophy that &quot;makes sense&quot;...]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[More a sketch than it is a biography, this brief work succeeds brilliantly in introducing the reader to Aquinas and his philosophy. Chesterton writes with lucidity, precision, and force, whether you agree with him or not. One takes away a sense of the mind and temperament of St. Thomas.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Book I read in high school and decided to pick up again. It's a tough read at times due to the style of Chesterton's writing as well as the philosophical nature of some of the chapters, but it's a good resource for someone who has an interest in learning about Thomas Aquinas. ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is one of the most &quot;accessible&quot; treatments of the Great Catholic theologian ever written, and Chesterton's insights into his character and his impact on the development of Christianity and Western culture are invaluable.  Read this before reading anything else about Aquinas.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[For a book about Thomas Aquinas, this one spends a fair amount of time talking about St. Francis. That's not bad, but it's a pretty short book to begin with. It's a brilliant book, and a great (brief) introduction to Aquinas, in a very reader-friendly, non-technical way.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I am having some trouble finishing this book. It is a bit too philosophical for me, as it sets Aquinas's work into the context of philosophical history. I do enjoy how he relates Aquinas's place in the history of the Church and of Europe in the Middle Ages. ]]></body>
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