Saint Augustine, Proto-Austrian

Source: Ludwig Von Mises Institute
Published: Feb 24, 2023
Author: Connor Mortell
Post Date: 2023-02-24 05:24:31 by Charles_Byrd
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In a past Mises Wire article, I’ve written about how Saint Thomas Aquinas’s definition of hope correlates incredibly well with what Carl Menger would describe in his definition a good six centuries later.

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#1: watchman    To: Charles_Byrd, vicomte13 (#0)

One of the characteristic features of Catholic thought over the centuries has been its emphasis on reason. Man’s mind, according to this tradition, is capable of apprehending a world of order that exists outside itself. Man is able to abstract “universals” from the myriad objects and sense data that appear to him and thus bring order to the chaos of mere data above which mere brutes can never ascend.

Pseudo-intellectual gobbledygook.

Vic, I need you to interpret whole article this for me.

Certainly, I am a mere brute...

watchman posted on 2023-02-24 07:45:35   Reply   Private Reply

#2: watchman    To: All (#1)

Vic, I need you to interpret whole article this for me.

My computer upgraded to Windows 11 without asking or notifying me.

I make a lot of mistakes, but I certainly don't recall this mess.

I'm getting intrusive word suggestions as I type.

Predictive text?

Very distracting. Must be a way to turn this off.

watchman posted on 2023-02-25 22:59:41   Reply   Private Reply

#3: Vicomte13    To: watchman (#1)

I'm not an Augustinian Catholic, I'm afraid. So I'm not going to be able to help you here. I don't buy his whole central thesis, and can't be bothered to get into the intellectual weeds with a guy long dead with whom I fundamentally disagree.

Vicomte13 posted on 2023-05-10 14:33:13   Reply   Private Reply