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From the wiki: "Chesterton's fence is the principle that reforms should not be made until the reasoning behind the existing state of affairs is understood." O
by oji0hub 6y ago
From the wiki:
"Chesterton's fence is the principle that reforms should not be made until the reasoning behind the existing state of affairs is understood."
Ok great.
"The quotation is from Chesterton's 1929 book, The Thing: Why I am a Catholic"
So, Catholicism?
- esja 6y agoWhat do you mean?
- birdsbirdsbirds 6y agoWell, do they abide to Chesterton's fence by themselves? [1] [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filioque https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filioque
- notahacker 6y agoI mean, yes, it was part of Chesterton's defence of Catholicism,; more specifically it was the opening to his defence of the traditional nuclear family. But it's recognised more widely for espousing a (or the) basic principle of conservatism: don't try to fix things until you know if they're actually broken or not