Chapter IV
G.K. Chesterton
Chesterton's line argues against the modern obsession with novelty. In a time when progress was equated with abandoning the past, he suggested that tradition serves as a form of inherited wisdom, a collective voice that deserves consideration. The concept is a jab at chronological snobbery, the belief that newer ideas inherently surpass the insights of those who've gone before. Orthodoxy was Chesterton’s response to the prevailing skepticism of his age, a reminder that the past, too, has a seat at the table.