tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8483622.post8902088220687290917..comments2024-02-29T20:00:59.902-08:00Comments on Cartago Delenda Est: The Results Are In. The Nikon D90 Kicks Ass.Matteohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05393908406875742989noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8483622.post-92122118074188992852009-04-24T19:13:00.000-07:002009-04-24T19:13:00.000-07:00Well, sounds like you were better prepared than I ...Well, sounds like you were better prepared than I was for Feser's book - I've never had a philosophy course in my life! (I just read a lot.) Possibly Feser's new book on Aquinas would help fill out his argument for you (I haven't read it).<br /><br />Hart's new book is a bit dry in places, but its cumulative impact on me was immense. It might be the most profound meditation on how Christianity changed the West that I've read since "The Everlasting Man". (Not to compare the two books, which are totally unlike each other in many ways.) I would also recommend Hart's little book on theodicy, "The Doors of the Sea".Warrenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13623170987747998335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8483622.post-89747637684372021202009-04-24T17:03:00.000-07:002009-04-24T17:03:00.000-07:00Back when I was taking photojournalism classes in ...Back when I was taking photojournalism classes in college our teachers would always tell us that it's not about what camera you use, it's the user.johnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8483622.post-29117071127125281172009-04-24T14:21:00.000-07:002009-04-24T14:21:00.000-07:00Warren,
Thanks for the recommendation. I added Ha...Warren,<br /><br />Thanks for the recommendation. I added Hart's book to my Amazon wish list about a week ago, and greatly look forward to ordering and reading it. I also recently reread Feser's book. Many parts are absolutely brilliant, but I wish he'd laid out the Aristotelian/Thomistic case in a bit more detail before launching into the final two chapters, in which he seems to be correct in his conclusions, but didn't exactly have me along for the ride since I wasn't completely up to speed, especially when it came to having a better intuitive grasp of final causes. It helped somewhat that I'm not completely unfamiliar with Aristotelian thinking because I took an upper division course in Aristotle when I was getting my engineering degree at Berkeley. That class was one thing that kept me from falling into too much New Atheist-style sophistry in my thinking from that point on. However, Feser didn't bring the whole thing back to life in my mind as much as he could have.Matteohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05393908406875742989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8483622.post-70718220850056012192009-04-24T07:50:00.000-07:002009-04-24T07:50:00.000-07:00Matteo,
Totally off the subject, but here's anoth...Matteo,<br /><br />Totally off the subject, but here's another book recommendation for you: "Atheist Delusions" by David Bentley Hart. Magnificent - another mighty weapon in any Christian culture warrior's arsenal.<br /><br />I must say, the "New Atheists" may be clowns, but they have caused a number of books to be written in rebuttal that range from good to brilliant, by people like Berlinski, Feser, D'Souza, and now Hart.<br /><br />(BTW, I only recently discovered the "Beware the Believers" video on YouTube. I assume that you saw it long ago, but if you somehow missed it, it's required viewing - utterly hilarious!)Warrenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13623170987747998335noreply@blogger.com