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Gilbert Keith Chesterton (29 May 1874 14 June 1936) was one of the
most influential English writers of the 20th century. His prolific and
diverse output included journalism, philosophy, poetry, biography,
Christian apologetics, fantasy and detective fiction.
Chesterton has been called the "prince of paradox". Time
magazine, in a review of a biography of Chesterton, observed of his
writing style: "Whenever possible Chesterton made his points with
popular sayings, proverbs, allegoriesfirst carefully turning them
inside out." For example, Chesterton wrote the following:
"Thieves respect property. They merely wish the property to become
their property that they may more perfectly respect it."
Chesterton is well known for his reasoned apologetics and even those who
disagree with him have recognized the universal appeal of such works as
Orthodoxy and The Everlasting Man. He routinely referred to himself as an
"orthodox" Christian, and came to identify such a position with
Catholicism more and more, eventually converting to Roman Catholicism.
George Bernard Shaw, Chesterton's "friendly enemy" according to
Time, said of him, "He was a man of colossal genius" (The above
info is from the Wikipedia entry)
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