Orthodoxy
G.K. Chesterton
16 people recommended it in 12 threads, 2014–2022.
What people on Hacker News said
Definitely spurred a lot of re-thinking of my own biases/priors, and anything that has that effect is usually at least fun to read.
I found Orthodoxy, which many consider his best book, to help not simply with one particular topic, but just about how to question assumptions generally.
"Orthodoxy" by Gilbert Keith Chesterton is something not to be missed if you are looking for one of the finest works of christian philosophy in XX century.
'Orthodoxy' by G.K. Chesterton, because it shocked me out of self-absorbed materialist nihilism.
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