April 2011
7 posts
Boethius, Divine foreknowledge, and Free will
note: Boethius makes absolutely zero sense to me on this one but here it goes….————————- Divine foreknowledge (omniscience) creates a problem for the existence of free will.The form of this problem goes as follows… 1) If God has foreknowledge then God know beforehand with certainty everything I am going to do2) If God knows I am going...
Augustinian theodicy and the problem of Evil
The problem of evil is traditionally seen as the problem of a world in which an all-powerful, all-knowing, all-loving God exists and yet pain and suffering still exist. Any response to this problem needs to explain two kinds of evil—human evil (murder, child abuse, theft) and natural disasters (tornado’s, earthquakes, disease).The logical form of this problem is… 1) If God is...
Anselms Ontological Proof
Anselm’s Ontological Proof —> his goal was to refute the fool that in his heart says there is no God 1) We have an understanding of God who is “that than which nothing greater can be conceived” (TTWNGCBC)2) If God existed only in our understanding (A), and not outside our mind then God would not be the greatest possible being (B) 3) It is greater to exist outside the...
Lucretius on Sisyphus and public office
“Sisyphus too exists before our eyes in real life. He is the man who thirsts to run for the rods and cruel axes of public office, and who always returns beaten and dejected. For to pursue the empty and unattainable goal of power, and in its pursuit to endure unremittingly hard toil, that is the struggle of pushing uphill a stone which, in spite of all, at the very peak rolls back and...
Marcus Aurelius -- your mind vs. outside events...
You have power over your mind - not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength. ~ Marcus Aurelius Posted via email from Quote for the day | Comment »
Free-market ideologues
“The ‘truths’ peddled by free-market ideologues are based on lazy assumptions and blinkered visions” —Ha-Joon Chang Posted via email from Quote for the day | Comment »
Ludwig Wittgenstein... try to understand people...
“Understand people. Whenever you feel like hating them, try to understand them.” —Wittgenstein Posted via email from Quote for the day | Comment »
