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Spinoza, Kant, Solomon Maimon & Jewish Secularization In 18th Century Europe
‘The Road to Modernity’ by Gertrud Himmelfarb, the wife of Irving Kristol and mother of Fox News contributor and founder/editor of Washington’s ‘The Weekly Standard’ William Kristol is the most significant public contribution to any understanding of the European Enlightenment … Continue reading
Posted in Antiquity, Conservatism, John Paul II, Philosophy, Politics, Pope Benedict XVI, Uncategorized
Tagged 18th Century Enlightenment, Benedict XVI, Catholic, Guardini, Hans Urs von Balthasar, Henri De Lubac, Himmelfarb, Irving Kristol, Jewish Intellectuals, Jews, Kant, Modernity, Pope John Paul II, Ratzinger, Road To Modernity, Second Vatican Council, Secular, Secularization, Solomon Maimon, Spinoza, William Kristol, Yves Congar
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John Paul II: The Defeat Of Modernity & A New Birth Of Freedom
Raymond Aron, Isaiah Berlin, Winston Churchill and Pope John Paul II had much in common. Aron and the French left were ardent in their support of a secular humanism that had its birth in 1789, Berlin was a deracinated Jew … Continue reading
Posted in Arnold Toynbee, Eric Voegelin, John Paul II, Morality, Theology, Uncategorized
Tagged Huxley, Isaiah Berlin, Liberty, Modernity, Morality, Orwell, Pope John Paul II, Raymond Aron, Winston Churchill
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The Motivation of John Paul II
Throughout his Papacy John Paul II had the conviction that the Church must play the central role in assisting how to discern true from false freedom. As a trained moral theologian, Karol Wojtyla understood the demands of reason in modernity, … Continue reading
Posted in Ethics, John Paul II, Morality, Sexual Ethics, Theology
Tagged Modernity, Motivation of John Paul II, Sexual Ethics
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Benny Avni: A Prostrate West, A Rising Militancy In Persia & A Look Into The Heart Of Islam
An old secret that western contemporary governments use in order to protect intelligence agents is to plant them as journalists; shielded by a Constitution gives them unimpeded range to explore, divulge and develop unattractive options to shape public opinion. Benny … Continue reading
Posted in Benny Avni, International Relations, Islam, Israel, Middle East Peace, Morality, Near East, Politics, Satan/Evil, Terrorism
Tagged Amir Tahari, Benny Avni, Bernard Lewis, Colonialism, Failure of Islam, Fouad Ajami, Imperialism, Iran, Islam, Islamic Enlightenment, Islamic slavery, Islamofascism, Max Boot, Modernity, Oriana Fallachi, Persia, Suicide bombings
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