The Edwardian Socrates: G.K. Chesterton as Philosopher

Uncommon Sense by Society of GK Chesterton

May 26, 202637:05Arts

Landon Loftin, editor of Chesterton and the Philosophers and a speaker at this summer's Chesterton Conference, joins Joe Grabowski to discuss the first book to put G.K. Chesterton in direct conversation with figures of t...

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