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The Dumb Ox Summary & Study Guide Description
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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 very aware that readers may be intimidated by, or just uninterested with, the figure of St. Thomas, who is well known as being a very thorough and systematic philosopher and theologian. Therefore, the first chapter is dedicated to associating him with the very vibrant and lovable character of St. Francis, with whom the author hopes the reader is familiar with and fond of.
The book discusses at some length what is known about St. Thomas' early life. St. Thomas...
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