The Dumb Ox Summary
G. K. Chesterton

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The Dumb Ox Summary

The Dumb Ox is a biographical sketch of the 13th century Dominican Friar St. Thomas Aquinas. The book is about evenly split between considering St. Thomas' life, and the writings that he produced; however, the author does attempt to combine the two. A large focus of the book is to interest modern readers in St. Thomas, and this is seen very clearly in the opening chapter, "On Two Friars". Chesterton is...

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