HERETICS (CHESTERTON) AND SCIENCE ANALITIC LIMITATIONS

Science can analyse a pork-chop, and say how much of it is phosphorus and how much is protein; but science cannot analyse any man’s wish for a pork-chop, and say how much of it is hunger, how much custom, how much nervous fancy, how much a haunting love of the beautiful.

The man’s desire for the pork-chop remains literally as mystical and ethereal as his desire for heaven

Ok then, Science says how much Phosphorus there is in a chop, which is no mean feat. But, as Chesterton points out, Science doesn´t say too much about human desire about chops or other human desires. We have other stuff for this purpose, such as Arts or Poetry. Something like that we talked about in this blog regarding Emilia Pardo Bazán and Ramón y Cajal