Chesteron’s fence is empiricism’s warning to rationalism.
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Hold on let’s not mess with the metaphor that much until we understand why it’s there.
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Duh. It’s there because Chesterton was a conservative cleric in cahoots with the manorial class.
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I feel like you haven’t found the fence metaphor wanting, but that you’ve found it difficult and left it untried.
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