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"Sin is the dare of God's justice, the rape of His mercy, the jeer of His patience, the slight of His power, and the contempt of His love."
-- John Bunyan (1628-1688)
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Monday, December 05, 2005
1 Comments:
Patrick states:
"God and immortality are conditions for the proper expression of pure practical reason."
This is a good way of putting it Patrick and this is the latter part of Kant's thinking in his moral philosophy.
I never said Kant was an atheist. In fact I emphatically deny that claim (re-read my "note about my posts on Kant’s “Kingdom of God.”"
I think you raise and intersting point when you say that perhaps Kant's God was one of philosophy and not a Christian Theistic God.
That may in fact be how it is cashed out in Kant's overall presentation, however, I honestly think Kant believed that what he was asserting could perhaps point one to some notion of the Christian God; but I am uncertain of this and am speculating - much to Kant's insistence that I not do that ; )
You are correct by declaring that Kant placed more emphasis on the practical aspect of his philosophy than the theoretical, most contemporary scholars of Kant do not see that though, and this is one reason why they get lost or confussed in Kant (especially with a mere one-sided reading as I pointed out in my posts).
Thanks for your thoughts. Sounds like you have really read Kant.
*However, next time post your comments in the Kant section and not in a quote from Bunyan ; )
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