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I'm here to announce the next reading of Fedi Book Club. After much discussion and voting we decided that the next reading material will be about G. K. Chesterton biography of St. Thomas Aquinas. Here's a short introduction to the book by @GoodPerson
Acclaimed as the best book ever written on St. Thomas, this outstanding profile introduces one of Christianity's most important and influential thinkers. G. K. Chesterton chronicles the saint's life, focusing on the man and the events that shaped him, rather than on theology. In a concise, witty, and eminently readable narrative, he illustrates the relevance of St. Thomas' achievements to modern readers.
Born into an aristocratic family, Thomas rejected a life of privilege to join a new order of preaching and teaching monks, the Dominicans. Chesterton compares Thomas' views to those of another famous thirteenth-century figure, St. Francis of Assisi. He also explores the influence of Aristotelian philosophy on Thomas' character, along with the effects of Parisian culture, society, and politics. The final chapter examines the impact of Thomas' work on later religious thinkers, including Martin Luther. This brief but vivid profile provides fascinating glimpses into the medieval scholastic movement, and it presents an excellent beginning to further explorations of St. Thomas Aquinas' works.
Since this book is about 100 pages long, we agree that the next discussion shall be held at 1 November, 2 weeks from now, since the book is quite short and easy to read. You are free to join the discussion on this thread and join our reading and discussion event. Here's the PDF that we agreed upon, you can read other PDF version or even Epub if you have one since the content will be pretty much the same. Our theme for this discussion hasn't been agreed upon, so the topic might be more dynamic in this one. I hope we can discuss this wonderful book together.
CC @GoodPerson @cully45 @clayvaulin @7 @Arkana @FreeFediBookClub @kakkerel @laurel @skells @hrast @tarperfume @sim @Leyonhjelm @Intramuros_
G.K.Chesterton-Saint Thomas Aquinas.pdf
I'm here to announce the next reading of Fedi Book Club. After much discussion and voting we decided that the next reading material will be about G. K. Chesterton biography of St. Thomas Aquinas. Here's a short introduction to the book by @GoodPerson
Acclaimed as the best book ever written on St. Thomas, this outstanding profile introduces one of Christianity's most important and influential thinkers. G. K. Chesterton chronicles the saint's life, focusing on the man and the events that shaped him, rather than on theology. In a concise, witty, and eminently readable narrative, he illustrates the relevance of St. Thomas' achievements to modern readers.
Born into an aristocratic family, Thomas rejected a life of privilege to join a new order of preaching and teaching monks, the Dominicans. Chesterton compares Thomas' views to those of another famous thirteenth-century figure, St. Francis of Assisi. He also explores the influence of Aristotelian philosophy on Thomas' character, along with the effects of Parisian culture, society, and politics. The final chapter examines the impact of Thomas' work on later religious thinkers, including Martin Luther. This brief but vivid profile provides fascinating glimpses into the medieval scholastic movement, and it presents an excellent beginning to further explorations of St. Thomas Aquinas' works.
Since this book is about 100 pages long, we agree that the next discussion shall be held at 1 November, 2 weeks from now, since the book is quite short and easy to read. You are free to join the discussion on this thread and join our reading and discussion event. Here's the PDF that we agreed upon, you can read other PDF version or even Epub if you have one since the content will be pretty much the same. Our theme for this discussion hasn't been agreed upon, so the topic might be more dynamic in this one. I hope we can discuss this wonderful book together.
CC @GoodPerson @cully45 @clayvaulin @7 @Arkana @FreeFediBookClub @kakkerel @laurel @skells @hrast @tarperfume @sim @Leyonhjelm @Intramuros_
G.K.Chesterton-Saint Thomas Aquinas.pdf
@7 @Arkana @FreeFediBookClub @GoodPerson @Intramuros_ @Leyonhjelm @clayvaulin @cully45 @hrast @kakkerel @laurel @sim @skells @tarperfume @SuperSnekFriend @Kagekokoro alright with that out of the way, I'm thinking of doing a bit of writing will be fun too. Since this is about Chesterton's biography, how about writing some essays on your opinion about how Chesterton wanted us to see St. Thomas Aquinas in his writing?
@7 @Arkana @FreeFediBookClub @GoodPerson @Intramuros_ @Kagekokoro @Leyonhjelm @SuperSnekFriend @clayvaulin @cully45 @hrast @kakkerel @laurel @sim @skells @tarperfume @Dicer so what do you guys think? If there's no respond I will scrap this idea and set it aside for the future.
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yeah I'm up for it in principle but would depend on time, maybe if people want to write we can discuss but for now I need to keep up with the reading
