tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2197051945822486684.post8823725286373149053..comments2024-03-29T05:05:01.273+11:00Comments on Thinking Out Aloud: Aquinas: A Beginner’s Guide (1)Lorenzohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00305933404442191098noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2197051945822486684.post-87274604014882899392012-04-23T17:15:27.280+10:002012-04-23T17:15:27.280+10:00My problem is that I do not have a "yes, that...My problem is that I do not have a "yes, that's right" reaction, but nor do I have "this bit is obviously wrong" to the Five Ways arguments. It is not helped by the fact that I do not accept Aristotelian metaphysics, though I have done some more serious thinking on the last, and probably should have another look at them in the light of that.Lorenzohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00305933404442191098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2197051945822486684.post-44435929142028467622012-04-22T12:11:24.980+10:002012-04-22T12:11:24.980+10:00What, in heaven's name, does convince you? An...What, in heaven's name, does convince you? Anything? Anyone? Just wondering, if I may...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2197051945822486684.post-54287521443853181112010-08-05T07:36:37.438+10:002010-08-05T07:36:37.438+10:00Feser is very good at convey the five ways and, wh...Feser is very good at convey the five ways and, while I was not convinced of the success the arguments themselves, Feser is convincing on the point that modern critiques generally seriously misrepresent the arguments they are critiquing. (And I am not firmly convinced of their lack of success either.)Lorenzohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00305933404442191098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2197051945822486684.post-62059542934256739832010-08-05T04:11:28.122+10:002010-08-05T04:11:28.122+10:00Can you comment on his defence on the Quinque Viae...Can you comment on his defence on the Quinque Viae?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2197051945822486684.post-913260350206268402010-02-17T20:35:42.103+11:002010-02-17T20:35:42.103+11:00The thought that I might be stopping you from read...The thought that I might be stopping you from reading good books is a worrying one! But I am also flattered.<br /><br />The notion that we can achieve some strong level of harmony is, indeed, very dangerous. They end up as wars against people as they are in the name of how people are deemed to ought to be, and that is oppressive, often deadly.Lorenzohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00305933404442191098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2197051945822486684.post-25820386364069998152010-02-16T23:49:32.046+11:002010-02-16T23:49:32.046+11:00You are saving me from reading lots of books, Lore...You are saving me from reading lots of books, Lorenzo, because your reviews are so comprehensive. This is very lazy, I know, and I need to stop it, but it is also a credit to your reviewing. <br /><br />When it comes to Aquinas, I must admit those links you put up at our place (on Adrien's Gentileschi post) had me thinking, 'what a moral dwarf'. <br /><br />But then I am an empiricist and positivist (as are most lawyers, when it comes down to it, even on the Continent). Law is about the messiness of humanity, not some ideal. Attempts to make it about some ideal tend to get very bloody.skepticlawyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09282438188120264295noreply@blogger.com