“The very fact of having fixed conclusions to strive for in orthodox belief does not render the Christian philosopher dogmatic but rather intellectually fruitful, willing to take and follow reason further than the putatively undogmatic unbelieving philosopher” ReasonPhilosophyBeliefIntellectOrthodoxyPhilosophy Of ReligionDogmatismChristian Philosophy Author:Gregory B. Sadler
“Within Hobbes’ depiction of the motives for conflict. . . there is a problematic in which the grave threat that human beings pose to other human beings is not constituted simply by the structures of human passions, interests, and desires, nor by the addition of a self-deceptive and egotistical desire for recognition and proof of one’s perhaps illusory power. In this moment, it is the very rationality of other humans, reason in the broad sense, understood as roughly equal to oneself in both capacity and structure, that poses such a threat” ReasonPoliticsHuman NatureDangerConflictRationality Author:Gregory B. Sadler
“Simply to render oneself able to understand what other Christian thinkers have themselves come to understand and to more or less felicitously communicate requires that one's mind not be a blank slate but already properly formed, disciplined, and exercised.” DisciplineTraditionIntellectTheologyIntellectual LifeChristian PhilosophyChristian Thought Author:Gregory B. Sadler
“The more rigid and exclusive one makes the border between philosophy and theology, the more that distinction itself has to fall on the side of theology, and the more inaccessible that very distinction becomes to philosophy” PhilosophyReligionTheologyBordersIntellectual LifeChristian PhilosophyDistinctions Author:Gregory B. Sadler
“Wrangling about precisely what constitutes genuine philosophy, proper philosophical practice, method, and aims is an important part of modern philosophy’s content and heritage” PhilosophyModernModernityDefinitionModern PhilosophyHistory Of PhilosophyModern Thought Author:Gregory B. Sadler
“Humans do not simply, innocently, and honestly disagree with each other about the good, the just, the right, the principles and applications of moral distinction and valuation, for they are already caught, like it or not, in a complex dynamic of each other’s desires, recognition, power, and comparisons which not only relativizes moral distinctions and valuations, but makes them a constant and dangerous source of discord.” PhilosophyDesirePoliticsPowerMoralityConflictRecognitionDisagreementsThomas HobbesMoral Theory Author:Gregory B. Sadler