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CS Lewis Love vs. Kindness
By the goodness of God we mean nowadays almost exclusively His lovingness; and in this we may be right. And by Love, in this context, most of us mean kindness—the desire to see others than the self happy; not happy … Continue reading
What did Aquinas want as reward for his labors?
From a course by Peter Kreeft on Aquinas To conclude this short biography, the following story about Aquinas is incredibly telling, Brother Reginald, his confessor, swore that in the middle of the night he saw Thomas alone, lying flat on … Continue reading
“To say that a stone falls to Earth because it is obeying a law makes it a man and even a citizen.” -C. S. Lewis
“To say that a stone falls to Earth because it is obeying a law makes it a man and even a citizen.” -C. S. Lewis
Crime and Disease, CS Lewis
For if crime and disease are to be regarded as the same thing, it follows that any state of mind which our masters choose to call ‘disease’ can be treated as crime; Lewis, C. S. (1994). God in the Dock. … Continue reading
JBP on Lying
Lie at the bottom of the Soviet experience and Freudian pathology, right at the beginning of the interview. And then Jung and Nietzsche and the destruction of Christianity leading to nihilism and totalitarianism. 7:00 “you can’t be an evolutionary thinker … Continue reading
Probably the Best Sustained Self-explanation of JBP
18:20 a.) The dominance hierarchy/social world b.) the natural world and c.) The subjective
David Brooks in the loss of a shared story
You can’t beat a theory with a process. We need a common story.
