The following post is our continuing commentary by Morris Augustine. _______________________________________________ In Chapter IV, "The Relationship Between...
Daniel Scuiry
scuiry@...
Dec 2, 2000 12:22 pm
829
... Morris, I don't think the disputed question format of itself is evidence of a Thomistic perspective as many twentieth century neo-Thomists (Gilson, ...
Daniel Scuiry
Daniel.Scuiry@...
Dec 13, 2000 10:25 pm
830
<<<It is because the Pope's Encyclical, which addresses the very heart of the problem I have just discussed.: how human reason, truth and knowledge can be...
kdb4251@...
Dec 22, 2000 6:08 pm
831
Kirk ... at. On the contrary, I think Thomism was extensively discussed a while back, with some people finding flaws in it, others defending it, and several ...
George Ochoa
corey-ochoa@...
Dec 23, 2000 12:26 am
832
Morris ... No need to be sorry. I've been busy too; that's why it's taken me so long to respond to your post. ... Good, then we agree on that point. I also...
George Ochoa
corey-ochoa@...
Dec 23, 2000 2:38 am
833
George: Thank you so much for your careful consideration of my points. I am afraid those points were dashed off in too much haste. At the time I was...
Morris Augustine
maugust@...
Dec 23, 2000 7:09 am
834
Kirk and All: Yes, the pope's efforts were inadequate=but who has done an adequate job? Who had shown us the way to reconcile our faith in God, our love and...
Morris Augustine
maugust@...
Dec 23, 2000 7:09 am
835
... That's the problem: Thomism was EXTENSIVELY discussed. ... Because the world that people live in today is not some "hierarchy of being" ascending into some...
kdb4251@...
Dec 23, 2000 3:30 pm
836
... [...] ... You are right in saying that we must deal with everyday's problems and the Church should help us do this, but I think the problem with your ...
Bernard SUZANNE
bernard.suzanne@...
Dec 25, 2000 3:57 pm
837
Morris Augustine wrote: [...] ... The fact that we are not able to PROVE what we believe doesn't mean that we should stop believing it. The fact that we...
Bernard SUZANNE
bernard.suzanne@...
Dec 25, 2000 3:57 pm
838
Kirk ... being" ... On the contrary, if in fact there is a hierarchy of being in which paradise consists in contemplation of the pure being of God, then that...
George Ochoa
corey-ochoa@...
Dec 26, 2000 11:09 pm
839
Kirk I inadvertently sent a partial reply to your last post (of Saturday, December 23, 2000 7:29 AM), before I'd had time to finish it. Please disregard that...
George Ochoa
corey-ochoa@...
Dec 27, 2000 12:31 am
840
Morris I don't have anything new to say in response to your last post. Thank you for the discussion. Regards George...
The following post is our continuing commentary by Morris Augustine. _______________________________________________ Chapter V, "The Magisterium's...
Daniel Scuiry
scuiry@...
Dec 27, 2000 7:44 am
844
Kirk: How about a little experiment -- tell us what you think churches (or the Catholic Church especially) ought to be doing, and on what basis they ought to...
Richard Dougherty
doughr@...
Dec 27, 2000 5:58 pm
845
... Richard, Of course there has to be reference to something beyond. The big problem as I see it - not only Catholic, but all the mainline churchs -- is that...
kdb4251@...
Dec 28, 2000 4:04 am
846
... listen to what they have to say," I agree with you completely! Watering down, saying that all religions are more or less true: these are NOT the answer,...
Morris Augustine
maugust@...
Dec 28, 2000 4:30 am
847
George--and Kirk: May I suggest that the heart of your difference lies in your differing ideas about what "truth," "being," and "essence," are? And that,...
Morris Augustine
maugust@...
Dec 29, 2000 2:07 am
848
Morris ... Morris, I must object again to your habit of using epithets like "serious" for philosophers you happen to prefer. Your usage implies that ...
George Ochoa
corey-ochoa@...
Dec 29, 2000 3:38 am
849
In a message dated 12/28/2000 9:08:48 PM Eastern Standard Time, ... Things are not as bad as all that, are they? When we reflect on experience can we not...
At 10:46 PM 12/28/00 -0800, you wrote: <snip> ... To George: Morris' commentary is an essay completed two years ago. I am sharing it "as-is" without any...
Daniel Scuiry
scuiry@...
Dec 29, 2000 5:49 am
852
Following up on what Daniel answered to Morris about the history of philosophy, let me say that most of what both of you say about objective vs subjective...
Bernard SUZANNE
bernard.suzanne@...
Dec 29, 2000 10:42 am
853
... The question is HOW? How do we know truth? Thomas following Aristotle, who leaned a lot on Plato, saw that our senses processed data and was able to come...
Morris Augustine
maugust@...
Dec 29, 2000 1:08 pm
854
Daniel: Thank you. I gree completely that there are no living Kantians, certainly not me. I simply meant that he got us beyond the realm of human minds being...
Morris Augustine
maugust@...
Dec 29, 2000 1:13 pm
855
OK, I apologize for such adjectives as "serious" in relation to philosophers. You are right. Of course there are serious, and excellent, Thomists, etc. My...
Morris Augustine
maugust@...
Dec 29, 2000 1:21 pm
856
Bernard: Hooray. I love Plato too. Try to get my students to read the Symposium and Phaedo whenever I get the chance. And of course it is the Why that counts....
Morris Augustine
maugust@...
Dec 29, 2000 1:32 pm
857
In a message dated 12/29/2000 8:09:51 AM Eastern Standard Time, ... Dera Morris: How indeed! I would suggest that what you see as the divorce between faith and...
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