Throughout the long centuries of western metaphysics the problem of the infinite has kept surfacing in different but important ways. It had confronted Greek philosophical speculation from earliest times. It appeared in the definition of the divine attributed to Thales in Diogenes Laertius (I, 36) under the description "that which has neither beginning nor end. " It was presented on the scroll of Anaximander with enough precision to allow doxographers to transmit it in the technical terminology of the unlimited (apeiron) and the indeterminate (aoriston). The respective quanti tative and...
Throughout the long centuries of western metaphysics the problem of the infinite has kept surfacing in different but important ways. It had confronted...
""What may I hope for?"" Immanuel Kants third question, both speculative and practical, speaks to the heart of the problem of human destiny. Such a question can hardly help but call for careful scrutiny by Catholic philosophers. It confronts Catholic philosophy as inevitably and as poignantly as it does any other comprehensive humanistic thinking. It is especially urgent at present, as humanity seems to be destining itself to a suicidal end in a worldwide nuclear holocaust.
Owens takes the notion of human destiny taught as a revealed truth by the Catholic Church and considers it...
""What may I hope for?"" Immanuel Kants third question, both speculative and practical, speaks to the heart of the problem of human destiny. Such a qu...
