The Man Who Was Thursday - ACS Season III

This is a dramatic scene from G.K. Chesterton's Novel: The Man Who Was Thursday

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[TheaterOfTheWordInc]

There is a published dramatic adaptation of the novel by Chesterton's sister-in-law, Ida.

[Alberto2382]

I think the most daring proposition from Chesterton is that rebel/king are often the same. He's a big time critic of liberalism and well as state socialism. The police and the "anarchists" are both products of modernity. In my opinion that's the message that Chesterton wants to convey. Unfortunately as far as I know he doesn't condemn voluntarist axiomatic principles from people like Scotus and Bacon who undermine faith through axiomatic propositions which led to modernity itself. Mystery is all

[aelredtheless]

I recently read The Man Who Was Thursday but no longer have access to the book. One thing I didn't notice was any explanation of who this policeman really was. Was he merely what he seemed, another person who had had an encounter with the man in the dark room and didn't know the full story about Sunday? Or might he have been a sort of, well, good version of the evil poet (not wanting to give away too much for those who haven't read the book)?

[aelredtheless]

@GenghisKhan44 That's a difficult question to ask about anyone of Chesterton's generation, since it is that general period which the Traditionalists view as Traditional Catholicism itself. Personally, I suspect Chesterton would have been what he, I think, was in life after his conversion: an orthodox mainstream Catholic.

[GenghisKhan44]

Do you think Chesterton might be a Traditionalist Catholic today?

[Spiritfilled63146]

Love it!!

[lelobest]

the Philosophers of Chesterton's time are the Liberals of today

[Chesterton7]

fantastic

[pedrohqb]

I was thinking over this scene, and I don't agree with it. The most dangerous person is not the completely lawless modern philosopher. What is most dangerous, most harmful, most terrifying TODAY is the completely lawless modern jurist, since he does not make their mad little movements, but they do obtain the enforcement of Law, making them obligatory to all. If the old anarchists used to explode people, now they do "explode" by Law. And the only weapon against it is good Christian jusphilosophy.

[pedrohqb]

The punishment created the crime... reminds me of these sick philosophers of post-modernism... Foucault, for example.

[pedrohqb]

O homem que era quinta-feira. I love this, seriously. Greetings from Brazil. Sadly I do not have ETWN in local TV. But at least I can watch it by Internet.

Viva Cristo Rei!