[lit-ideas] Re: Faith
- From: Brian <cabrian@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 16 May 2005 16:39:50 -0500
On May 16, 2005, at 3:02 PM, Robert Paul wrote:
> I really have no idea what it means to 'reconcile' faith and
> reason. Why
> do they need 'reconciling'? Anselm described his project as 'faith
> seeking understanding' (fides quaerens intellectum), and uses such
> famous catch-phrases as 'credo ut intelligans' ('I believe in order
> that
> I may understand') which express his commitment to the
> compatibility of
> reason and beief, (or 'faith'). Is there a tradition in which if
> something is believed on 'faith' (the Old Testament word translated
> into
> English as 'faith' is much closer to 'belief') it cannot be
> believed in
> any other way?
Yes, scientism and postmodernism are two traditions that propose
that. But they aren't using your classical definition of faith. A
very good post, Robert.
~Brian~
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