Saint Thomas Aquinas: The Dumb Ox
by G. K. Chesterton
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
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Middlebury, Vermont, United States
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About This Item
NY: Sheed and Ward, 1938. reprint. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Hardcover in a worn, chipped dust jacket. G.K. Chesterton's brilliant sketch of the life and thought of Thomas Aquinas is as relevant today as when it was published in 1933. Then it earned the praise of such distinguished writers as Etienne Gilson, Jacques Martain, and Anton Pegis as the best book ever written on the great thirteenth-century Dominican. Chesterton's Aquinas is a man of mystery. Born into a noble Neapolitan family, Thomas chose the life of a mendicant friar. Lumbering and shy -- his classmates dubbed him "the Dumb Ox" -- he led a revolution in Christian thought. Possessed of the rarest brilliance, he found the highest truth in the humblest object. Having spent his life amid the vast intricacies of reason, he asked on his deathbed to have read aloud the Song of Songs, the most passionate book in the Bible. This is the 6th printing, 1938. Name on front fly leaf, otherwise clean. Record # 382272
Synopsis
G.K. Chesterton (1874-1936) was an English journalist, theologian, philosopher, playwright, mystery writer, and more. Among his many great works are Saint Francis of Assisi , The Everlasting Man , and Orthodoxy .
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- Bookseller
- Browsing Is Arousing (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 382272
- Title
- Saint Thomas Aquinas: The Dumb Ox
- Author
- G. K. Chesterton
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- reprint
- Publisher
- Sheed and Ward
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1938
- Keywords
- Religion & Philosophy, Christianity, , .
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