Definitions
A mixture of the familiar with the unfamiliar.
What is romance?
This is the symbol for madness
What is a circle?
This is what Chesterton means by Orthodoxy.
What is the Apostle's Creed?
The common man that Chesterton refers to.
Who is the man of Romance?
Chesterton thought that you couldn't call all ________ all _________ because something must be unifying them to call them all __________
What are chairs?
The literal translation is "against belief/knowledge."
What is paradox?
Chesterton said that a limited/restricted worldview is like looking through this object.
What is a straw?
According to Chesterton, this is essential to sanity.
What is faith/mysticism.
Like this pre-Socratic philosopher, those with self-destructing thoughts believe that the only constant in nature is that it is in a constant state of change/flux.
Who is Heraclitus?
In order to choose anything, Chesterton says you must ___________ everything else.
The cure to madness
What is mysticism?
It's not imagination that drives a man mad but rather this.
What is logic/reason?
According to Chesterton, this is the symbol of sanity.
What is a cross?
The part of Christianity that modern man has rejected.
What is sin?
Debating these individuals, according to Chesterton, will not result in anything productive because their worldviews are so "complete" but limited.
What are madmen?
The belief that only the self exists
What is egoism?
The two extremes of madness.
What are egoism and materialism?
The purpose of religion, according to Chesterton, is for reason to be defended from these tendencies.
What are suicidal tendencies/self-destructive thoughts?
Chesterton's example of a popular theory that can lead to self-destructive thoughts when taken out of the context of Christianity.
What is evolution?
According to Chesterton, walking down Taylor St. means not walking down this street.
What is Sesame Street?
The idea that there is no free will and that all actions are simply an effect caused by some sort of material cause.
What is determinism?
The old virtues went mad because of this phenomenon.
What is isolated?
According to Chesterton, these three things lead to a good life.
What are paradox, romance, and Christianity?
Chesterton thought that you could judge a modern thought by this.
What is madness?
According to Chesterton, the human intellect is free to __________ itself.
What is destroy?