tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post3948596960078550479..comments2024-03-28T18:48:41.469-07:00Comments on One Cʘsmos: The Rule of Vertical LawGagdad Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-14151331391230386012013-02-21T08:55:49.469-08:002013-02-21T08:55:49.469-08:00Definitely sounds like my sort of thing. Wish they...Definitely sounds like my sort of thing. Wish they had a kindle version though.tedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07354048695798015131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-69364111308043468022013-02-21T08:48:37.602-08:002013-02-21T08:48:37.602-08:00I really liked it. Very concise -- hardly a wasted...I really liked it. Very concise -- hardly a wasted word, and yet, he covers virtually the whole of reality, from metaphysics to cosmology to natural theology to anthropology to ethics, aesthetics, and political philosophy (with cogent and intellectually honest arguments both for and against each position). It's just a shame that kids can't be exposed to this stuff in high school, but if they were, that would spell the end of the left, so it will never happen so long as they're in charge of indoctrination. Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-76018325173802913732013-02-21T08:38:20.723-08:002013-02-21T08:38:20.723-08:00So the Kreeft book is worth a browse?
Saw him spe...So the Kreeft book is worth a browse?<br /><br />Saw him speak once locally (since he's a Boston College prof). Brilliant guy, and has no problems with dueling naysayers.tedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07354048695798015131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-83084098378402464402013-02-20T15:43:24.071-08:002013-02-20T15:43:24.071-08:00For example, forcing women to live in black bags h...<i>For example, forcing women to live in black bags has nothing to do with any real archetype. Rather, this is the transparent expression of a deep hatred and fear of women, leant a patina of pseudo-sanctity by an appeal to some twisted religious darketype.</i><br /><br />Just as with any good lie, there is a hint of truth there inasmuch as a society which values feminine modesty in a <i>positive</i> sense - teaching girls how to be ladylike, dressing appropriately, etc. - is going to be healthier than one in which women dress themselves in labia or idealize sluttiness. But of course, healthy modesty is a far different thing than imprisoning women in hefty bags to protect them from male predation (which I have to believe is less than successful, anyway).juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-29824318070281167752013-02-20T11:54:25.101-08:002013-02-20T11:54:25.101-08:00Likewise, the Fall of A & E cannot be an analo...<i>Likewise, the Fall of A & E cannot be an analogue of something within the godhead, ... the Fall is a contingent, even if nastily persistent, pattern, and therefore doesn't negate the divine archetype.</i><br /><br />There is a sort of abandonment by the Creator in creation. The Fall is, perhaps, that movement or intention perverted.mushroomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07651027035577798096noreply@blogger.com