“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
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
ReplyDeleteWhen 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...