by Kevin Bauder | Aug 16, 2017 | Apropos of Nothing
. . . Swallow it. Here’s how, according to the Scientific American. Lesson One: Essentially, sword swallowers have to figure out how to carefully align a sword with their upper esophageal sphincter — a ring of muscle at the top end of the throat– and...
by Kevin Bauder | Aug 16, 2017 | Bauder's Reading, Bibliology, What We're Reading
[W]e should not approach the Bible as if it addresses all information in the world. One cannot look up 2 + 2 in the Bible and discover that the answer is 4. The Bible is not an encyclopedia, a dictionary, or a textbook. Nor did God mean for it to be treated in this...
by Kevin Bauder | Aug 16, 2017 | Affections, Ethics
Peter Leithart contrasts the answers given by Kant and Aristotle. In Aristotelian ethics, the passions aren’t a matter of choice, not in the moment when we experience them. Yet, emotions can be trained. . . . We aren’t responsible for the momentary...
by Kevin Bauder | Aug 15, 2017 | Apropos of Nothing
If you’re interested, you can see it at the Daily Timewaster.
by Kevin Bauder | Aug 15, 2017 | Anthropology, Theology
Voluntarism is the priority of will (and, on a right understanding, affection) over intellect. Joel Zartman explains why we should believe in human voluntarism but reject divine voluntarism.
