Monday, October 09, 2017

Hmm …

… Maverick Philosopher: The Ultimate Paradox of Divine Creation.

You don't understand classical theism unless you understand it to be a form of idealism. But creatures, and in particular other minds, exist on their own, in themselves, and their Being cannot be reduced to their Being-for-God.  Therein lies the difficulty.Is divine creation a mystery or an impossibility?
Well, I suppose this poses a problem if one regards God as the terminus ad quem of a reasoning process. But I think it is effectively addressed by the author of The Cloud of Unknowing in another of his works, The Book of Privy Counseling:
"And so I urge you, go after experience rather than knowledge. On account of pride, knowledge may often deceive you, but this gentle, loving affection will not deceive you. Knowledge tends to breed conceit, but love builds. Knowledge is full of labor, but love, full of rest."

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