To have a right to do a thing is not at all the same as to be right in doing it.

Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1874–1936), Schriftsteller

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Topics: Ethical Questions, Justice & Commitment, Wisdom & Understanding

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Gilbert Keith Chesterton

Gilbert Keith Chesterton war ein englischer Schriftsteller, Journalist und katholischer Apologet, der in der ersten Hälfte des 20. Jahrhunderts in England wirkte. Bekannt wurde er durch die Kriminalgeschichten um Pater Brown sowie theologische Werke wie „Orthodoxy“, in denen er den christlichen Glauben mit pointierten Paradoxien und Zivilisationskritik verteidigte. Heutigen Bibellesern vermittelt sein Werk scharfsinnige apologetische Impulse, steht jedoch wegen wiederkehrender antijüdischer Passagen in seinen Texten auch in der Kritik.

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