Saint Thomas Aquinas Audiobook By G. K. Chesterton, Chesterton Books cover art

Saint Thomas Aquinas

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Saint Thomas Aquinas

By: G. K. Chesterton, Chesterton Books
Narrated by: Guy Bethell
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This is a top-quality audiobook of G. K. Chesterton's biography of St. Thomas Aquinas.

Etienne Gilson, leading scholar of Aquinas, says, "I consider it as being, without possible comparison, the best book ever written on Saint Thomas. The few readers who have spent twenty or thirty years in studying St. Thomas Aquinas, and who, perhaps, have themselves published two or three volumes on the subject, cannot fail to perceive that the so-called 'wit' of Chesterton has put their scholarship to shame."

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GK Chesterton is always worth the time. I only made it to Chapter 4 because of an odd note in the narrator's voice. Your mileage may vary on that one, though.

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Pretty entertaining. If you liked his earlier book on St Francis of Assisi you should like this

Not very deep

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I couldn't get past the accent and theatrical style of the narrator and really struggled to finish. Didn't get much out of this book while I had listened to another book about Aquinas which I loved.

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St Thomas renewal, here we come, again. Amazing the similarities of Chesterton's day to our own. My how we need this wisdom today.

Awesome!

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So much more than a wonderful introduction to the life and philosophy of St. Thomas Aquinas. Chesterton compares and contrasts Aquinas with St. Francis of Assisi, places Aquinas’s philosophy among other great philosophers ancient and modern, and juxtaposes Aquinas with St. Augustine. Chesterton’s erudition and inimitable style pour forth, and the reading by Guy Bethell seems a perfect fit.

Chesterton’s Inimitable Style

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The book is a rambling overview of the middle ages, that goes off on tangents constantly. It expects that you already know who Aquinas is and what he wrote, and passingly makes references that have no context. I am two hours in and know nothing about Aquinas, basic facts like his childhood and origin story remain painfully obscured by the author.

A complete mess

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This author uses so many different comparisons that you never have a biography.

Don’t buy this if your looking to understand who the man is... and what he taught and did.

Cannot imagine who would enjoy this...

Almost not about Thomas Aquinas

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I learnt nothing about Aquinas. This is a babbling book of nothing talk. The worst text I’ve read/listened to in a long time. This author could use some pointers from Eric Metaxas, this text has no structure nor any sensical points or cohesion. It is “scramble eggs” quoting one theological professor. It feels like a man who has gone blind but is trying to lead a group in a forest. Completely hopeless.

Terrible, I learnt nothing about Aquinas.

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Can’t remember a book where the text and reading of the text would cause me to pause every other page or two to look up a reference that I assume I was supposed to know. This is not a book for a casual reader. PHD’s in theology anyone. Gave up after 7 chapters.the drone of the reader sent my mind wandering within minutes. The only thing I took away was, (very basically) , Thomas made science and reasoning part of the Catholic approach to religion. SINCE WHEN??

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