Philosophy

This is really a page devoted to debunking anti-Christian philosophies.

Free Thought

"Thinking in isolation and with pride ends in being an idiot. Every man who will not have softening of the heart must at last have softening of the brain." - G. K. Chesterton, Orthodoxy

Skepticism

"As a politician, [the Skeptic] will cry out that war is a waste of life, and then, as a philosopher, that all life is waste of time." - G. K. Chesterton, Orthodoxy

"The man of this school [Skepticism] goes first to a political meeting, where he complains that savages are treated as if they were beasts; then he takes his hat and umbrella and goes on to a scientific meeting, where he proves that they practically are beasts." - G. K. Chesterton, Orthodoxy

Nihilism

"All the will-worshippers, from Nietzsche to Mr. Davidson, are really quite empty of volition. They cannot will, they can hardly wish. And if any one wants a proof of this, it can be found quite easily. It can be found in this fact: that they always talk of will as something that expands and breaks out. But it is quite the opposite. Every act of will is an act of self-limitation. To desire action is to desire limitation. In that sense every act is an act of self-sacrifice. When you choose anything, you reject everything else. That objection, which men of this school used to make to the act of marriage, is really an objection to every act. Every act is an irrevocable selection and exclusion. Just as when you marry one woman you give up all the others, so when you take one course of action you give up all the other courses." -- G. K. Chesterton, Orthodoxy

Philosophy vs Ideology

"Ideology is the opposite of philosophy. Philosophy is the curiosity which guides its inquiry according to universal principles. Ideology is a prior prejudice that seeks out an echo-chamber of reaffirming information." -- Archimandrite Maximos, Facebook post, 5 Feb, 2016

Avoid Dogmatic Discussions

"Flee from discussions of dogma as from an unruly lion; and never embark upon them yourself, either with those raised in the Church, or with strangers." --St Isaac the Syrian, Homily 17