UncommonSense/Pints with Chesterton Orthodoxy Chpt 5

The Flag of the World

Chesterton claims that both optimists and pessimists are completely wrong in how they think about the world. How can this be? How does belonging to the world and being a citizen of it change us and where should it guide us?

chesterton.org

pintswithchesterton.com

Decent but not deep

It took after the GKC Society announcement and understandable segue through one of the host’s welcoming news of her new baby, Alexander, about 12:30 before the chapter gets discussed. Not sure if the “pathetical fallacy” of “oh what nice weather we’re having” means the material itself has stronger logical reasoning…it meanders on in Chestertonian fashion amiably yet didn’t seem to delve deeper much.