Augustine's mysticism is the basic cause of the Christian Dark Ages (400-800AD), the most consistently Christian culture in Western history. Of course, Christianity is part of the West like a fly is part of a bowl of soup. Immanent truth is mysticism, ie, truth allegedly, impossibly, in reality, known by a non-sense-based method. Truth i…
Augustine's mysticism is the basic cause of the Christian Dark Ages (400-800AD), the most consistently Christian culture in Western history. Of course, Christianity is part of the West like a fly is part of a bowl of soup. Immanent truth is mysticism, ie, truth allegedly, impossibly, in reality, known by a non-sense-based method. Truth is a product of the focused mind, neither subjective or mystical. Science is solely a product of philosophy, ie, Thales discovery of natural causes, Socrates discovery of definitions, Aristotles discovery of systematic logic and scientific method (see his biology) and Francis Bacons discovery of systematic induction. Supernaturalism, faith , an unreal, random universe subject to supernatural whim and faith contradict science. Philosophy causes science and is currently destroying it with various subjectivisms and mysticisms. Rome collapsed because post-Aristotle, philosophy lost its nerve with superficial views, eg, hedonism, skepticism, Stoicism, and Platonic mysticism, all leading to Christianity. We will have a new Dark Ages unless Rand beccomes much mmore influential.
Yes, people are now starting to see the danger of nihilism that Rand, w/philosophy, saw in the 1950s. The danger is now so concretely in-your-face that even poorly educated, anti-intellectual conservatives see it. Philosophy is the longest-range view. It influenced, however indirectly, some 1960s rock music.
Troubled By These Days And Times-Savoy Brown, blues
Weve been trying to get high without having to pay-Broken English, sung by Marianne Faithfull,classically educated
Augustine's mysticism is the basic cause of the Christian Dark Ages (400-800AD), the most consistently Christian culture in Western history. Of course, Christianity is part of the West like a fly is part of a bowl of soup. Immanent truth is mysticism, ie, truth allegedly, impossibly, in reality, known by a non-sense-based method. Truth is a product of the focused mind, neither subjective or mystical. Science is solely a product of philosophy, ie, Thales discovery of natural causes, Socrates discovery of definitions, Aristotles discovery of systematic logic and scientific method (see his biology) and Francis Bacons discovery of systematic induction. Supernaturalism, faith , an unreal, random universe subject to supernatural whim and faith contradict science. Philosophy causes science and is currently destroying it with various subjectivisms and mysticisms. Rome collapsed because post-Aristotle, philosophy lost its nerve with superficial views, eg, hedonism, skepticism, Stoicism, and Platonic mysticism, all leading to Christianity. We will have a new Dark Ages unless Rand beccomes much mmore influential.
Yes, people are now starting to see the danger of nihilism that Rand, w/philosophy, saw in the 1950s. The danger is now so concretely in-your-face that even poorly educated, anti-intellectual conservatives see it. Philosophy is the longest-range view. It influenced, however indirectly, some 1960s rock music.
Troubled By These Days And Times-Savoy Brown, blues
Weve been trying to get high without having to pay-Broken English, sung by Marianne Faithfull,classically educated
Like A Rolling Stone-Bob Dylan