Wild Doubts of Doubt
Just a quick disclaimer to those unfamiliar with this blog: My quoting someone does not imply agreement or endorsement. I … Continue reading Wild Doubts of Doubt
Tag: Orthodoxy
Reason in the Void
A few comments on Chesterton’s Orthodoxy. He writes: “This chapter is purely practical and is concerned with what actually is … Continue reading Reason in the Void
On Paying for Sunsets
A witty retort from the talented yet damnably heretical writer, G.K. Chesterton: “Oscar Wilde said that sunsets were not valued … Continue reading On Paying for Sunsets
Blank and Bankruptcy
“It may be added that the same blank and bankruptcy can be observed in all fierce and terrible types of … Continue reading Blank and Bankruptcy
That Hideous Necessitarianism
“Imagination does not breed insanity. Exactly what does breed insanity is reason. Poets do not go mad; but chess-players do. … Continue reading That Hideous Necessitarianism
Small Points of Theology
“Last and most important, it is exactly this which explains what is so inexplicable to all the modern critics of … Continue reading Small Points of Theology
Heavy, Humdrum, and Safe
Some more quotes from the extremely prolific heretic, G.K. Chesterton: “People have fallen into a foolish habit of speaking of … Continue reading Heavy, Humdrum, and Safe
Bustle of Indolence
The following interesting comments are from the great wordsmith and Roman Catholic heretic, G.K. Chesterton: “It is customary to complain … Continue reading Bustle of Indolence
A Sort of Spiritual Freedom
“The Catholic Church believed that man and God both had a sort of spiritual freedom. Calvinism took away the freedom … Continue reading A Sort of Spiritual Freedom
Almost Furious
Interesting quote by a heretic who was quite the wordsmith: “Christ had even a literary style of his own, not … Continue reading Almost Furious
