tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post5854380244138225437..comments2024-03-28T12:50:25.792-04:00Comments on The Philosopher's Stone: CREDIT WHERE CREDIT IS DUERobert Paul Wolffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11970360952872431856noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-41106908757142559132018-09-17T05:27:02.035-04:002018-09-17T05:27:02.035-04:00Dr. Wolff,
Here is an idea... Why I believe the G...Dr. Wolff,<br /><br />Here is an idea... Why I believe the Gospel invites the truth about piety...<br /><br />[On Plato's Euthyphro Genius: God's Transcendent, Truthful Understanding of Piety vs Man's Relative Understanding of Piety]<br /><br />1. I believe only an infinite mind (or God) can know the 100% truth about piety.<br /><br />2. For only the infinite mind of God could know every specific act of piety that did occur, is occuring, or will occur. <br /><br />3. Socrates is not vexed by Euthyphro's specific understanding of piety, but is vexed because Euthyphro has no generalized (or categorical) definition & understanding of piety. For I think Socrates believed the category should be able to prove the specific, and the specific should be able to prove the category. However, since specific examples of piety are endless, and their category is really just one, Socrates thought it would be more practical to learn the one category of all endless, specific acts of piety first.<br /><br />4. So I conceive it is not inconceivable that if piety is to be known categorically, only the infinite mind of God can originally know the true category of piety, since only God has the omniscience to know all of the specifics of future (& past and present) individual acts of piety for all eternity.<br /><br />5. For to know a true category 100% of the time, there must not be a new particular precedent in all eternity. Perhaps, Socrates is not wrong that a particular instance of piety cannot lead to a 100% true category & definition of piety, but what he fails to mention to Euthyphro is that all specifics (or particulars) of piety, if known in their entirety for all eternity, would be able to reveal (or point to) their single categorical definition with the fullest accuracy.<br /><br />6. If all of the above is true, men must always be in need of pious instruction and understanding, from the voice or word of God. So when man cannot be taught what piety is (and how to live piously in a community) from the voice or word of God, then John S. Mill's Utilitarianism is the next best thing. The difference is, God's mind is infinite and all knowing, whereas man's mind is finite, fickle, and limited. So the unchanging wisdom of God should be sought after for instruction in truth since it is infinitely greater than the fickle, changeable opinions of men. "...To this end was I born, and for this cause came I into the world, that I should bear witness unto the truth. Every one that is of the truth heareth my voice." --John 18:37Michael Llenoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05689105280485818465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-35792448335999525362018-09-16T12:45:14.670-04:002018-09-16T12:45:14.670-04:00Oh good lord. Red Delicious apples are not delicio...Oh good lord. Red Delicious apples are not delicious.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-82293746910799178052018-09-16T11:14:02.487-04:002018-09-16T11:14:02.487-04:00The fact that your really good ideas have never be...The fact that your really good ideas have never been the product of a committee does not mean that no really good ideas have ever been the product of committees.s. wallersteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17448905469871566228noreply@blogger.com