Comments on: An Homage to Chesterton http://www.frontporchrepublic.com/2010/07/an-homage-to-chesterton/ Place. Limits. Liberty. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 02:38:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Joey http://www.frontporchrepublic.com/2010/07/an-homage-to-chesterton/#comment-84067 Joey Mon, 31 Jan 2011 15:19:00 +0000 http://www.frontporchrepublic.com/?p=12004#comment-84067 I just don't get the digs on vegetarians. I just don’t get the digs on vegetarians.

]]> By: Andrew Brinkerhoff http://www.frontporchrepublic.com/2010/07/an-homage-to-chesterton/#comment-59252 Andrew Brinkerhoff Thu, 15 Jul 2010 21:29:31 +0000 http://www.frontporchrepublic.com/?p=12004#comment-59252 If I may make a plug, perhaps my favorite Chestertonian story is the anti-dystopic "Napoleon of Notting Hill" (set, coincidentally, in 1984 London) which joyfully weds his localist and romantic impulses. The uproarious first chapter, "Introductory notes on the art of Prophesy" ( http://books.google.com/books?id=KkKo6WYHuf4C&lpg=PP1&dq=napoleon%20of%20notting%20hill&pg=PA3#v=onepage&q&f=false ), is itself worth the price of the book. If I may make a plug, perhaps my favorite Chestertonian story is the anti-dystopic “Napoleon of Notting Hill” (set, coincidentally, in 1984 London) which joyfully weds his localist and romantic impulses. The uproarious first chapter, “Introductory notes on the art of Prophesy” ( http://books.google.com/books?id=KkKo6WYHuf4C&lpg=PP1&dq=napoleon%20of%20notting%20hill&pg=PA3#v=onepage&q&f=false ), is itself worth the price of the book.

]]> By: Gerry T. Neal http://www.frontporchrepublic.com/2010/07/an-homage-to-chesterton/#comment-58387 Gerry T. Neal Mon, 12 Jul 2010 07:52:09 +0000 http://www.frontporchrepublic.com/?p=12004#comment-58387 I have loved the writings of G. K. Chesterton ever since I read the one-volume omnibus collection of the Father Brown stories with an introduction by Auberon Waugh. As someone who has been a lifelong traditionalist conservative with libertarian sympathies, Chesterton's "Orthodoxy" was instrumental in helping me realize the priority of traditionalism over libertarianism in my thinking. The part of "Orthodoxy" that most spoke to me was the section on the "democracy of the dead", which helped crystallize the notion of society as something existing across the boundaries of the generations, in which the past truly does deserve a voice on par with that of the present. This was an excellent tribute to a wonderful author, Mr. Wilson. I have loved the writings of G. K. Chesterton ever since I read the one-volume omnibus collection of the Father Brown stories with an introduction by Auberon Waugh. As someone who has been a lifelong traditionalist conservative with libertarian sympathies, Chesterton’s “Orthodoxy” was instrumental in helping me realize the priority of traditionalism over libertarianism in my thinking. The part of “Orthodoxy” that most spoke to me was the section on the “democracy of the dead”, which helped crystallize the notion of society as something existing across the boundaries of the generations, in which the past truly does deserve a voice on par with that of the present.

This was an excellent tribute to a wonderful author, Mr. Wilson.

]]> By: PDH http://www.frontporchrepublic.com/2010/07/an-homage-to-chesterton/#comment-58079 PDH Sat, 10 Jul 2010 00:28:25 +0000 http://www.frontporchrepublic.com/?p=12004#comment-58079 Dear James, This is a good memorial to Chesterton and his humane thought. I particularly appreciate your emphasis on his critique of progressivism, his small-scale patriotism, and his mimetic discovery of human and catholic truths. Best, PDH Dear James,

This is a good memorial to Chesterton and his humane thought. I particularly appreciate your emphasis on his critique of progressivism, his small-scale patriotism, and his mimetic discovery of human and catholic truths.

Best,
PDH

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