Elizabeth's review
Saint Thomas Aquinas: The Dumb Ox
by G.K. Chesterton
Elizabeth's review
Saint Thomas Aquinas: The Dumb Ox by G.K. Chesterton
Elizabeth's review
rating:
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 phrase, and of course, a strong perspective on the importance of Aquinas. How did he save us from the Manichees? Why was the 'baptism of Aristotle' so important? All that is here. My only complaints would be about the occasional lack of clarity and the slightly disorganized approach. But it's an entertaining and pro-Catholic Chesterton.
