Chesterton, known as the Prince of Paradox. Told in a remarkably astute, nuanced, optimistic, uplifting biography by G. No two books get at the heart of things better or in a more delightful manner. A dazzling and uplifting biography of the great Saint Francis of Assisi who gained the world by giving up worldly goods to be be independent of all. Chesterton makes philosophy intelligible and poverty rich. Thomas book is important because it addresses the problem of disordered minds.
Francis book is today especially significant because it addresses itself on how to reform a corrupt culture, while the St. "No two lives are more interesting or diverse than St.
Acclaimed as the best book ever written on Aquinas by such outstanding Thomists as Jacques Maritain, Etienne Gilson, and Anton Pegis, this brilliant biography will completely capture the reader and leave him desirous of reading Aquinas' own monumental work. Thomas Aquinas is enriched by the author's unique ability to see the world through the saint's eyes, a fresh and animated view that shows us Aquinas as no other biography has. Francis, for the path he helped pave to the Church, and fittingly the book is about thanksgiving. The spiritual kinship the author felt with his subject enables the reader to delve into insights on the character of Francis that have eluded many. When we are devoted to a saint, he is first of all, a friend. Francis of Assisi is a profoundly Catholic work, explaining and illuminating the life of St. Here, together in a single volume, are the two biographies that many critics consider both Chesterton's best, and the best short portraits ever written of these two great saints.
Introductions by Ralph McInerny and Joseph Pearce
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