Liber locorum communium
Saturday, June 9, 2012
"We may firmly believe what we might conceivably doubt; and may hold to be true what might conceivably be false."
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Michael Polanyi, Personal knowledge: towards a post-critical philosophy, pt. 3, chap. 10, sec. 5 ((London: Routledge & Kegan Paul,...
Not all those who "wander" are lost
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"Columbus sailed out to find a Western route to the Indies; he failed and after repeating his voyage three times to prove that he had r...
Wednesday, June 6, 2012
pro vobis et pro multis
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"according to Matthew and Mark, Jesus said 'for many', while according to Luke and Paul he said 'for you', which seems...
Saturday, June 2, 2012
0 for 2
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"papal infallibility ex cathedra has only been invoked twice, and both times it erred." "As one wit has put the matte...
Monday, May 28, 2012
"'do your graces think it's an easy job to blow up a dog?'"
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"I know very well what the temptations of the devil are, and one of the greatest is to give a man the idea that he can compose and publ...
Sunday, May 27, 2012
Roeber on Orthodoxy on same-sex unions
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"At least in certain circles, Lutherans now seem to be speaking a language and preparing to 'bless' unions so foreign that the ...
Monday, May 21, 2012
"We must now recognize belief once more as the source of all knowledge."
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Michael Polanyi, Personal knowledge: towards a post-critical philosophy, pt. 3, chap. 8, sec. 12 ((London: Routledge & Kegan Pau...
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