Orthodoxy

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"Orthodoxy," a series of essays by Gilbert Keith Chesterton. First published in 1908. Read by David "Grizzly" Smith.

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Orthodoxy episodes:

May 04, 2010 Orthodoxy - Thank You
If you liked Orthodoxy, you may like the other books I've recorded.
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3min
April 07, 2010 Orthodoxy Chapter 9
Chapter 9, "Authority and the Adventurer"
The last chapter has been concerned with the contention that orthodoxy
is not only (as is often urged) the only safe guardian of morality or
order, but is also the only logical guardian of liberty, innovation and
advance.
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1h 2min
April 07, 2010 Orthodoxy Chapter 6
Chapter 6, "The Paradoxes of Christianity"
The real trouble with this world of ours is not that it is an
unreasonable world, nor even that it is a reasonable one.
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1h 3min
April 07, 2010 Orthodoxy Chapter 5
Chapter 5, "The Flag of the World"
When I was a boy there were two curious men running about who were
called the optimist and the pessimist.
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48min
April 07, 2010 Orthodoxy Chapter 4
Chapter 4, "The Ethics of Elfland"
When the business man rebukes the idealism of his office-boy, it is
commonly in some such speech as this: "Ah, yes, when one is young, one
has these ideals in the abstract and these castles in the air; but in
middle age they all break up like clouds, and one comes down to a belief
in practical politics, to using the machinery one has and getting on
with the world as it is."
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1h 2min
April 02, 2010 Orthodoxy Chapter 9
Chapter 9, "Authority and the Adventurer"The last chapter has been concerned with the contention that orthodoxy
is not only (as is often urged) the only safe guardian of morality or
order, but is also the only logical guardian of liberty, innovation and
advance.
...more
1h 2min
April 02, 2010 Orthodoxy Chapter 7
Chapter 7, "The Eternal Revolution"The following propositions have been urged: First, that some faith in
our life is required even to improve it; second, that some
dissatisfaction with things as they are is necessary even in order to be
satisfied; third, that to have this necessary content and necessary
discontent it is not sufficient to have the obvious equilibrium of the
Stoic.
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1h 5min
April 02, 2010 Orthodoxy Chapter 8
Chapter 8, "The Romance of Orthodoxy"It is customary to complain of the bustle and strenuousness of our
epoch. But in truth the chief mark of our epoch is a profound laziness
and fatigue; and the fact is that the real laziness is the cause of the
apparent bustle.
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51min
April 02, 2010 Orthodoxy Chapter 6
Chapter 6, "The Paradoxes of Christianity"The real trouble with this world of ours is not that it is an
unreasonable world, nor even that it is a reasonable one.
...more
1h 3min
April 02, 2010 Orthodoxy Chapter 4
Chapter 4, "The Ethics of Elfland"When the business man rebukes the idealism of his office-boy, it is
commonly in some such speech as this: "Ah, yes, when one is young, one
has these ideals in the abstract and these castles in the air; but in
middle age they all break up like clouds, and one comes down to a belief
in practical politics, to using the machinery one has and getting on
with the world as it is."
...more
1h 2min

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The podcast currently has 14 episodes available.