[Autobiography]
Year:
1936
Type:
Public:
Publisher:
Ignatius Press
Year of publication:
2006
Pages:
336
Moral assessment:
Type: Thought
Nothing inappropriate.
Requires prior general knowledge of the subject.
Readers with knowledgeable about the subject matter.
Contains doctrinal errors of some importance.
Whilst not being explicitly against the faith, the general approach or its main points are ambiguous or opposed to the Church’s teachings.
Incompatible with Catholic doctrine.
Literary quality:
Recommendable:
Transmits values:
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Ideas that contradict Church teaching:
The rating of the different categories comes from the opinion of Delibris' collaborators
Chesterton in his own words, in a book he preferred not to write but did so near the end of his life after much insistence by friends and admirers (he finished this work just a few weeks before his death).
The book presents his ideas in general (without delving into them in depth—that's for the author's other books and writings), but above all, the numerous intellectuals he met and interacted with.
Author: Jorge Gaspar, Portugal
Update on: Dec 2025