Chesterton'a "lunar virescence"

entonio at gmail.com · 04 Jun 2012, 23:43 · from 2012-June.txt.gz

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From: entonio at gmail.com (entonio at gmail.com)
Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2012 00:43:43 +0100
Subject: (urth) Chesterton'a "lunar virescence"
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No dia 01/06/2012, ?s 20:50, David Stockhoff <dstockhoff at verizon.net> escreveu:

> On 6/1/2012 3:48 PM, entonio at gmail.com wrote:
>> I think you have to be a catholic or a 'paleoconservative' in order not to be offended by Chesterton, unless you are very well read (quality more than quantity), in which case you may choose to enjoy his genius past anything else.
>> 
>> Maybe Wolfe can afford to be soft spoken because Chesterton took upon himself the dirty work that needed done. The man was a Maccabee.
> 
> Interesting. What should I be offended by? His politics, or his religion?

_Orthodoxy_ reads like a scathing attack on most non-catholic philosophy. I've met few priests as sage as Father Brown and none so outspoken. _The man who was thursday_ seems to unrelentingly mock socialists. Jerry can see the wit in it even if finding it silly, but Jerry is far away from being the gen.pub. 

> I especially appreciate his disdain for imperialism and its expression in the press.

That's one of the bits that will appeal to a 'paleoconservative'.

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