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Blessed Giles of Assisi has hitherto been known in this country in two ways: by the chapters included in most editions of the Little Flowers, which give episodes in his life which are very beautiful, but not perhaps all ofunquestion able authenticity; and by his Golden Sayings, which have been admirably translated into English and edited by Father Paschal Robinson, o.f.m. This work is a completely satis factory edition of the Golden Sayings, and those who are primarily interested in Blessed Giles on account of his ascetic philosophy and of the contribution which he made to the religious philosophy and to the literature of the Middle Ages may not need to go further afield. But others, to whom the human document is of even greater fascination, will want to know Blessed Giles himself. As far as the present writer is aware, there is as yet no critical version of the Life of Blessed Giles published in this country, nor any translation of his life into English. To combine as far as is practicable the critical and the popular - never an easy task - is the object of this work.
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