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A Piece of Chalk by G.K. Chesterton- Creation and Poetry
I remember one splendid morning, all blue and silver, in the summer holidays when I reluctantly tore myself away from the task of doing nothing in particular, and put on a hat of some sort and picked up a walking-stick, … Continue reading
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Tagged beauty, Cosmological Physics, design, God, goodness, poetry, religion, vice, virtue
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On Turnpikes and Medievalism by G.K. Chesterton
Opening my newspaper the other day, I saw a short but emphatic leaderette entitled `A Relic of Medievalism’. It expressed a profound indignation upon the fact that somewhere or other, in some fairly remote corner of this country, there is … Continue reading
Faith is Reasonable: Faith is Rational
Many discuss faith and reason without providing precise and accurate definitions. Faith is reliance. Faith cannot be relied on (not if we are speaking precisely). So, faith does not rely on evidence or lack or evidence. If I see a … Continue reading
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Tagged belief, empirical, faith, faith and reason, faith quotes, logical, quotes about faith, quotes on faith, reason, reasonable faith, religion
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Of Truth by Sir Francis Bacon
What is truth? said jesting Pilate, and would not stay for an answer. Certainly there be, that delight in giddiness, and count it a bondage to fix a belief; affecting free-will in thinking, as well as in acting. And though … Continue reading
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Tagged Bacon, reality, reason, reasonable faith, religion, Thoughts, truth or fiction, virtue, what is truth?
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On Mending and Ending Things by G. K. Chesterton
Originally Published in the Illustrated London News, December 23, 1905 A certain politician (whom I would not discuss here on any account) once said of a certain institution (which wild horses shall not induce me to name) that “It must … Continue reading
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The Equality of Sexlessness by G. K. Chesterton
–From GK’s Weekly, July 26, 1930 In almost all the modern opinions of women it is curious to observe how many lies have to be assumed before a case can be made. A young lady flies from England to Australia; … Continue reading
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Logic and Truth: According to Chesterton
Logic and truth, as a matter of fact, have very little to do with each other. Logic is concerned merely with the fidelity and accuracy with which a certain process is performed, a process which can be performed with any … Continue reading
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Ethics is the Study of Righteousness
Ethics is the field of study about what is right or wrong to desire, will and enact, as humans. What is righteousness? This is the question. Or in other words, ethics is the study of what outward and inward behavior … Continue reading
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The Joke of Miracles: Silly Nonsense of Disbelieving Miracles
Miracles are not contrary to nature, but only contrary to what we know about nature. –Saint Augustine The profound silliness involved in disbelieving in the possibility of miracles is very simple. To think that miracles are physically … Continue reading
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