Posted in Aquinas, Bible, Mind/Body, Sacramentology, philosophy, tagged Wright, baptism, metaphysics, forms, leithart, 1 Corinthians on July 11, 2008 | No Comments »
Peter Leithart and others have noted the post-modern phenomenon of what I shall call the impenetrable ego. In his book on baptism Leithart notes that the idea that the ritual actually affects the person (socially, psychologically, ontologically) seems eerie because we have this idea that “who I am is deep down inside and cannot be touched by [...]
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Posted in Anselm, Aquinas, Bible, History, Mind/Body, metaphor, philosophy, tagged epistemology, skepticism, aristotle, metaphysics, forms, realism, nominalism, John on July 10, 2008 | No Comments »
The whole realist/nominalist argument among the Medieval philosophers often seems arcane and pedantic to us post-moderns. I mean, who cares if the form is in the thing or somewhere else? The whole idea of a form in things is way too “spooky.” Reality is given to us; we don’t need forms right? Well, without answering [...]
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Posted in Aquinas, Bible, Mind/Body, philosophy, tagged epistemology, apologetics, reason/revelation, Medieval, autonomy, contra Gentiles on July 9, 2008 | No Comments »
Rudi Te Velde says that Aquinas did not write the Summa contra Gentiles as a missionary manual for Dominicans to evangelize the Muslims. This timeless work was written to refute certain errors that had come to light in the Medieval context. These errors go beyond that of the Muslim faith.
The list of errors is not restricted to contemporary [...]
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Oliver Sack’s book Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain looks fascinating. From the summary he tells of patients with Parkinson’s Disease and Alzheimer’s who seem to be completely healed when listening to music. Check it out:
This gives a new perspective on David’s healing harp.
[PS: Ed, I haven't forgotten ... will reply in a day [...]
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