by rusmeister » August 30th, 2007, 1:02 pm
What you say is entirely reasonable (Holy frijole, we are in agreement! :shocked: ) - the one thing I would qualify is that Eastern Christianity (Orthodoxy) is less aligned with Western thinkers like Plato and Aristotle than the Western (Roman) Church - at any rate there is decidely more room for Mystery, less of a need to fully understand and explain God and more leeway in things like the application of dogma.
Yes, Shaw was an absolutist, too. The link above is actually to Chesterton's work on Aquinas - which is a curious work because it deals with A's philosophy first and foremost, rather than being simply a biography. Chesterton also wrote a whole book on Shaw, which reveals the differences between the two men, and Chesterton both honors Shaw's amazing genius and reveals his glaring weaknesses:
It is relevant, because Shaw's philosophy had a profound effect on how our public schooling developed, and brought the struggle of the ancients into the modern era. Shaw was to Chesterton what Professor Moriarty was to Sherlock Holmes.
Actually, Carol, I suppose the digression was my fault - I find Disney's censorship of an important comment by Lewis on modern practice to be offensive - as both JR and I said (and people like Stanley have articulated loudly and clearly in the past regarding screen adaptations), an author should not be misrepresented for the sake of placating certain people. It's clearly a moral vs money question. I know I'd be burned if I had written something and saw it censored like that and you all probably would be, too.
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