tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10584495.post4048066331313860307..comments2024-03-27T15:34:14.749-07:00Comments on dangerous idea: A Chesterton Quote in Defense of my DisciplineVictor Repperthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10962948073162156902noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10584495.post-36702895296704598342009-05-29T17:33:11.212-07:002009-05-29T17:33:11.212-07:00Chesterton as an intellectual snob. Ha ha ha haChesterton as an intellectual snob. Ha ha ha haAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10584495.post-61229152538805750292009-05-27T08:15:10.485-07:002009-05-27T08:15:10.485-07:00Mark,
Chesterton isn't talking about reading phil...Mark,<br /><br />Chesterton isn't talking about reading philosophy, but about doing it -- you are making a different version of the mistake mentioned in Chesterton's second paragraph. And that fits with Chesterton's view elsewhere, where he regards common people of the type you mentioned as capable of being philosophical in their own right. It's not that he's a snob about philosophy; it's that he has a more democratic view of what philosophy is than you do.Brandonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06698839146562734910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10584495.post-22643540784467470802009-05-26T23:44:56.125-07:002009-05-26T23:44:56.125-07:00What a piece of intellectual snobbery! What about ...What a piece of intellectual snobbery! What about the shopkeeper/ postman/ gardner who lives a cheerful, fulfilled, worthwhile life through doing a good job and being part of the community and has never read a word of philosophy in his or her life?<br /><br />By all means read philosophy. I do. It is good fun. But don't get self-important. In the end it is what people do that matters, not what they say.Mark Frankhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07117994136165938870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10584495.post-48153274887630088592009-05-26T21:09:40.959-07:002009-05-26T21:09:40.959-07:00I'm on Chesterton's side too, but not 100%. Yes we...I'm on Chesterton's side too, but not 100%. Yes we need philosophy, but we need it to be practical and not too pedantic. (By all means philosophers can be pedantic when talking to each other, but we need them to talk to us too, and then they must be more practical.)<br /><br />Without regard for philosophy, we don't avoid philosophy altogether, we just fall victim to bad philosophy.unkleEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12207729664951716799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10584495.post-23622969483143173632009-05-26T18:29:31.573-07:002009-05-26T18:29:31.573-07:00As usual, Chesterton puts words to what I always t...As usual, Chesterton puts words to what I always thought, and puts them much better than I could in two centuries.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com