A Philosopher Looks at the Religious Life

[Hume]

Philosophers have not always looked kindly on the religious life, particularly when understood as a vowed ascetic way of life of the sort undertaken by priests, monks, and nuns, who profess vows of poverty, celibacy, and obedience. One thinks of Hume’s remarks about the uselessness of “the monkish virtues” or Nietzsche’s criticisms of “the ascetic priest” as embodying an unhealthy, life-denying will-to-power.

It is refreshing, therefore, to find a philosopher defending the religious life, as Zena Hitz does in her new book.

A Philosopher Looks at the Religious Life

Philosophers have not always looked kindly on the religious life, particularly when understood as a vowed ascetic way of life of the sort undertaken by ...

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[Daylight63]

Philosophers have not always looked kindly on the religious life, particularly when understood as a vowed ascetic way of life of the sort undertaken by priests, monks, and nuns, who profess vows of poverty, celibacy, and obedience. One thinks of Hume’s remarks about the uselessness of “the monkish virtues” or Nietzsche’s criticisms of “the ascetic priest” as embodying an unhealthy, life-denying will-to-power.

It is refreshing, therefore, to find a philosopher defending the religious life, as Zena Hitz does in her new book.

A Philosopher Looks at the Religious Life

Philosophers have not always looked kindly on the religious life, particularly when understood as a vowed ascetic way of life of the sort undertaken by ...

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Interesting.

Religion is for dumb people.

Religion makes people dumb.

 

[Margot]

Philosophers have not always looked kindly on the religious life, particularly when understood as a vowed ascetic way of life of the sort undertaken by priests, monks, and nuns, who profess vows of poverty, celibacy, and obedience. One thinks of Hume’s remarks about the uselessness of “the monkish virtues” or Nietzsche’s criticisms of “the ascetic priest” as embodying an unhealthy, life-denying will-to-power.

It is refreshing, therefore, to find a philosopher defending the religious life, as Zena Hitz does in her new book.

A Philosopher Looks at the Religious Life

Philosophers have not always looked kindly on the religious life, particularly when understood as a vowed ascetic way of life of the sort undertaken by ...

ndpr.nd.edu

Nietzsche ended up talking to his horse! As far as I know, the horse was nondenominational

 

[Hume]

Interesting.

Fascinating.

 

[Hume]

Nietzsche ended up talking to his horse! As far as I know, the horse was nondenominational

teeee heeee heeee!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Daylight63]

Fascinating.

Especially light of the two posts I put after that.

 

[Hume]

Especially light of the two posts I put after that.

I have no idea what your posts are about.

 

[Daylight63]

I have no idea what your posts are about.

They were quotes from you. Look again.

If YOU don't know what they are about, well, then you have more work to do on your positions.

 

[Hume]

They were quotes from you. Look again.

If YOU don't know what they are about, well, then you have a problem.

So, you think I did not know I posted that? Really?!

 

[Daylight63]

So, you think I did not know I posted that? Really?!

You just said:

I have no idea what your posts are about.

 

[Hume]

You just said:

You are coming off as a troll.

 

[Daylight63]

You are coming off as a troll.

To be fair you say that about literally EVERYONE on this forum.

So it kind of loses its value.

 

[Hume]

To be fair you say that about literally EVERYONE on this forum.

So it kind of loses its value.

Spoken like a troll.

 

[Daylight63]

Spoken like a troll.

QED

 

[Cypress]

Philosophers have not always looked kindly on the religious life, particularly when understood as a vowed ascetic way of life of the sort undertaken by priests, monks, and nuns, who profess vows of poverty, celibacy, and obedience. One thinks of Hume’s remarks about the uselessness of “the monkish virtues” or Nietzsche’s criticisms of “the ascetic priest” as embodying an unhealthy, life-denying will-to-power.

It is refreshing, therefore, to find a philosopher defending the religious life, as Zena Hitz does in her new book.

A Philosopher Looks at the Religious Life

Philosophers have not always looked kindly on the religious life, particularly when understood as a vowed ascetic way of life of the sort undertaken by ...

ndpr.nd.edu

I liked the example given of Father Zoisima and Aloysha Karamazov as a Hegelian synthesis between Christian asceticism and Christian humanism.

 

[Hume]

I liked the example given of Father Zoisima and Aloysha Karamazov as a Hegelian synthesis between Christian asceticism and Christian humanism.

Well, may not be the place. But Hegel never talked about synthesis in that way. The dialectical process is not a conscious bringing together of opposites. Fichte invented the terms which Hegel never used.