GK Chesterton and the Diabolic

Excerpt from G.K. Chesterton, the Diabolist & “The Most Terrible Thing”

In the end, G.K. Chesterton recognized in The Diabolist the fearsome eternal ramifications and destructive temporal consequences of an intelligent, “reasonable”, winsome person who had chosen to live a life of inverted morality. His was a clever, unmoving “enlightenment” that led to the suicide of the soul. It was chilling. It was unnerving.

And it was the most terrible thing.