Wednesday, 21 July 2021
These are observations on what works, from critiques I made during my Summer 2021 Worldbuilding Course
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Month: July 2021
Essays: G. K. Chesterton: family & sociability
Thursday 6 July 2021
I also read CK Chesterton’s essay on the family as an institution. I’d dipped into it before, but read it all the way through and now have my own copy of the book to mark up. He has some funny and acute observations:
Continue reading Essays: G. K. Chesterton: family & sociabilityThe man who lives in a small community lives in a much larger world. He knows much more of the fierce varieties and uncompromising divergences of men. The reason is obvious. In large community we can choose our companions. In a small community, our companions are chosen for us.
GK Chesterton, In Defense of Sanity – On Certain Modern Writers, p 10-11
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