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Johannine Philosophy: John Calvin and John Paul II on the Purpose of Philosophy

Posted in Catholicism, John Calvin, John Paul II, Metaphilosophy, Theology on October 1, 2009 | 4 Comments »

One of the reasons for my starting this blog was to try to think through what the best relationship between Christianity and an activity like philosophy could be. See my first post here. It’s my hope that this question interests not only those who dabble in philosophy, but other Christians who may be curious whether there [...]

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On Living Your Philosophy

Posted in Analytic Philosophy, Augustine, Diogenes, Greek Philosophy, John Calvin, Metaphilosophy, Myles Burnyeat, Paul Helm, Plato, Presbyterian Theological Centre, Socrates, Stoicism on September 18, 2009 | 9 Comments »

Nowadays, if a philosopher finds he cannot answer the philosophical question ‘What is time?’ or ‘Is time real?’, he applies for a research grant to work on the problem during next year’s sabbatical. He does not suppose that the arrival of next year is actually in doubt. He insulates his ordinary first order judgments from [...]

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Know Thyself

Posted in Epistemology, Ethics, Immanuel Kant, John Calvin, Ludwig Wittgenstein, Mind on August 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

 
Nothing is so difficult as not deceiving oneself.
– Ludwig Wittgenstein, Culture and Value (1938)
 
Only the descent into the hell of self-knowledge can pave the way to godliness.
– Immanuel Kant, The Metaphysics of Morals (1797)
 
Humanity never achieves a clear knowledge of itself unless it has first looked upon God’s face, and then descends from contemplating Him [...]

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