Spot on in every way. Unfortunately I know too many that ferociously protect their bubbled illusion. They made a risky, uninformed choice. They will now defend it to the death. We have to leave those behind unfortunately & try to get through to those 'still on the fence'.
I recently read these books that support this premise.
Matthias Desmet - “Psychology of Totalitarianism”
Chantal del Sol “Icarus Fallen”; “Unlearned Lessons of the twentieth century”.
And of course Hannah Arendt.
Also, with a longer historical vision, we can see that the change from old Greco/Roman world to the addition of judeo/Christian thought was a huge mental, cultural shift.
Then, as Herbert Butterfield explained, the addition of ‘science’ was more important than the reformation or the renaissance.
We’re still working out the impact.
One takeaway, ontology is epistemology. If we’re just chemical robots (Decartes), we’re result of chemical programming; if only smarter animals (Darwin), we’re driven by instinct (Freud); no way to find foundation for morality, truth. If we’re created in image of God (Moses), we have spark of divine and can glimpse the mind of God (Kepler, Newton, Maxwell).
Outstanding explanation Kate, will pass it on, thank you.
Spot on in every way. Unfortunately I know too many that ferociously protect their bubbled illusion. They made a risky, uninformed choice. They will now defend it to the death. We have to leave those behind unfortunately & try to get through to those 'still on the fence'.
Thank you for writing that. I hope the people who need to see it, see it.
Kate
I agree.
I recently read these books that support this premise.
Matthias Desmet - “Psychology of Totalitarianism”
Chantal del Sol “Icarus Fallen”; “Unlearned Lessons of the twentieth century”.
And of course Hannah Arendt.
Also, with a longer historical vision, we can see that the change from old Greco/Roman world to the addition of judeo/Christian thought was a huge mental, cultural shift.
Then, as Herbert Butterfield explained, the addition of ‘science’ was more important than the reformation or the renaissance.
We’re still working out the impact.
One takeaway, ontology is epistemology. If we’re just chemical robots (Decartes), we’re result of chemical programming; if only smarter animals (Darwin), we’re driven by instinct (Freud); no way to find foundation for morality, truth. If we’re created in image of God (Moses), we have spark of divine and can glimpse the mind of God (Kepler, Newton, Maxwell).
I’ve enjoyed your work for years.
Thanks
Clay
Be the king. Lead the charge. Of my life. Always and forever.
Excellent, Kate, thank you! I would love to translate it into Hungarian in my blog, if you allow.