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December 2, 2009
Wonderful.
"We continue to live in the universe of the cosmos and not in the universe of science." -Tanis Evans
Posted by Vanderleun at December 2, 2009 7:47 AM. This is an entry on the sideblog of American Digest: Check it out.
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Worth checking out here:
http://www.brusselsjournal.com/node/4173
Especially Remi Brague's interviews. Here's a gem:
What changes with the monotheisms is not the description of the physical universe and its articulations, but rather the way in which man expresses his sense of his own presence within that universe. In my Wisdom of the World, I began with four ideal-typical models: the “Timaeus” model (broadly speaking, the main current of ancient philosophy from Plato to Proclus, including the Stoics), Epicurus, “Abraham,” and Gnosticism. Building on generally similar descriptions of the world, each of these proposes a different response to the question “What we are doing on this earth?” Are we imitating the beautiful order of the heavenly bodies; comfortably settling in on an island of humanity within an indifferent universe; drawing ourselves closer to the creator of a good world, but obeying his law or following his Son; or, finally, fleeing, not, as Mallarmé invites us, là-bas, but to on high, toward an alien God, escaping an imperfect or prison-like world? The ancient and medieval model, which held firm for a good millennium and a half, emerged out of a compromise between “Timaeus” and “Abraham.” What interests me is not so much its description (even if I have had to pursue a description in some detail), but rather the problem posed by its disappearance with the modern age. It left us alone. Nothing in the physical world responds to man’s ethical demands.
In a word, great!
Posted by: RiverC at December 2, 2009 8:14 AM
We live in a universe of science, not in a universe of vague dreams and wishful thinking.
Posted by: Alan at December 2, 2009 9:27 PM
Alan,
Science describes. When people think it also prescribes, they sink into the nihilism that has made Europe the "CONTINENT FOR SALE" it now is.
Posted by: Richard Lund at December 3, 2009 6:33 AM
We live in a universe that we begin to comprehend with science and with live in a universe that remains at all its boundaries -- inner, outer --- wrapped in mystery. In time, we'll see.
"We shall not cease from exploration and the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started... and know the place for the first time."
Just wait. You'll see.
Posted by: vanderleun at December 3, 2009 6:44 AM