Sublime

Walden,

These are God’s grubby people.

Merold Westphal,

“the majesty of man.”

This is not an entirely modern discovery. John Calvin begins his theology with the assertion that wisdom in religious matters consists in perceiving the interconnectedness of self-knowledge and the knowledge of God.

Yannaras asserts that to understand God is to never see God as an atomistic being. To do so will lead us to assume that God uses relationships for instrumental ends. Rather, starting with the contemplation of the Trinity, Yannaras reveals that this overconcern with epistemology not only has turned our relationships into instruments but has hampered

concerning the nature of being itself.

in Kant, philosophers are a bit like librarians: if you want to know something, go upstairs to the section labelled Science.

for others.”