A Naive Reaction

I read the following quotation this morning.

Reason is itself a matter faith. It is an act of faith to assert that our thoughts have any relation to reality at all.

G. K. Chesterton

I live in a material world both physically and socially. I am alive because I know how to negotiate the world by using my reason in its various forms.

Faith has nothing to do with my belief in reason. The utility of reason is so apparent and valuable that it is almost trivial to remark upon it.