Daily Archives: July 13, 2009

Manichaeanism vs. “Fallen Goodness”

Johannes Quasten, Patrology, vol. III: The Golden Age of Patristic Literature (Westminster: Christian Classics, 1990) 99-100. Didymus the Blind was a fourth century Christian thinker in Alexandria, Egypt. Quasten discusses Didymus’ belief in apokatastasis, the view that God will ultimately … Continue reading

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Plato and the Health Care Debate

Frederick Copleston, A History of Philosophy, Volume I: Greece and Rome (Westminster: Newman, 1959) 128. [Plato’s] relatives in the Oligarchy of 403-4 urged Plato to enter upon political life under their patronage; but when the Oligarchy started to pursue a … Continue reading

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