Noticing the overlooked aspects of anything takes a peculiar wisdom; you must see with fresh vision the things that jaded sight no longer notices. Part of this fresh vision comes from the sense that the world is a wonder, not made by us, but nevertheless a strange and mostly cheery home for us. Consistent with this vision of a cottage garden-type world in a quaint universe, G.K. Chesterton (1874-1936) saw that the homely but overlooked qualities of love and humility are essential, rather than irrelevant, to robust epistemology and reasonable knowledge. When the people who presumed to lead society began to steer it away from faith that the universe had its origin in a personal Creator ... Please log in or subscribe for $12/month.