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| A permanent disadvantage of the study of folk-lore and kindred subjects is that the man of science can hardly be in the nature of things very frequently a man of the world. He is a student of nature; he is scarcely ever a student of human nature. And even where this difficulty is overcome, and he is in some sense a student of human nature, this is only a very faint beginning of the painful progress towards being human. For the study of primitive race and religion stands apart in one important respect from all, or nearly all, the ordinary scientific studies. A man can understand astronomy only by being an astronomer; he can understand entomology only by being an entomologist (or, perhaps, an insect); but he can understand a great deal of anthropology merely by being a man. He is himself the animal which he studies. Hence arises the fact which strikes the eye everywhere in the records of ethnology and folk-lore—the fact that the same frigid and detached spirit which leads to success in the study of astronomy or botany leads to disaster in the study of mythology or human origins. |
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Printed: 141 pages, 6.00" x 9.00", perfect
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ISBN: 1-4116-4643-6
Publisher: RDMc Publishing
Copyright: © 2005 RDMc Publishing, Standard Copyright
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| Nothing more strangely indicates an enormous and silent evil of modern society than the extraordinary use which is made nowadays of the word ‘orthodox.’” These are the introductory words of one of the best writers of the early twentieth century. Compared to Dickens, Chesterton gained great praise for debating with the giants like Shaw, Wells, and Russell. A 1905 collection of twenty Victorian journalistic essays and articles still worth reading. |
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| The companion to Heretics is Chesterton's book on Christian apologetics, Orthodoxy. |
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| Gilbert Keith Chesterton (May 29, 1874–June 14, 1936) was an influential English writer of the early 20th century. He wrote in an off-hand, whimsical prose studded with startling formulations. His prolific and diverse output included journalism, philosophy, poetry, biography, Christian apologetics, fantasy, and detective fiction. Chesterton has been called the “prince of paradox.” (Wikipedia) |
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