Thursday, March 20, 2014

A Lenten Meditation from Merold Westphal

“If Christianity is Platonism for the masses, scientific objectivity is Platonism for the enlightened elites of modernity.”
Merold Westphal, Suspicion and Faith. (New York: Fordham UP, 1998) p. 227

1 comment:

  1. David, so sad that I just now discovered your blog after all these years. You may not be aware of my man-blog, Men on the Moon: http://mensstudies.wordpress.com

    When I first moved to Sioux Falls I thought Plato's Closet was a clubhouse for those of us who were influenced by the great philosopher but didn't want anyone to know...

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