# Mr. Lowes Dickinson — Heretics character guide

> Mr. Lowes Dickinson in Heretics by G. K. Chesterton.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Mr. Lowes

**First appearance:** 0013-xii-paganism-and-mr-lowes-dickinson

## Who they are

A historian and writer whose views on paganism are critiqued.

## Relationships

### [Unknown Narrator](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/heretics_se/characters/unknown_narrator)

_rivalry_

Dickinson is critiqued for his pacifist and idealist views, which the narrator sees as naive.

## In the story

### [XII: Paganism and Mr. Lowes Dickinson](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/heretics_se/chapters/xii-paganism-and-mr-lowes-dickinson)

Chesterton engages with Dickinson's contrast between Christianity and Paganism, particularly his paper 'How long halt ye?' and his ideal of full and satisfied humanity.

### [Concluding Remarks on the Importance of Orthodoxy](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/heretics_se/chapters/xx-concluding-remarks-on-the-importance-of-orthodoxy)

Mentioned as a pagan whose paganism is more grave than Christianity.

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