On Monday, May 27, 2019 at 6:19:13 AM UTC-5, Bruno Marchal wrote: > > > On 24 May 2019, at 09:56, Philip Thrift <[email protected] <javascript:>> > wrote: > > > The advantage for being raised Protestant is that the only next step is > atheism - the ultimate Protestantism. > > > From a (neo)platonic perspective, atheism is a slight variant of > Christianity: > - same conception of the creator (and interdiction to improve the notion) > than the christian, even if it is just to deny its existence. > - same conception of the creation (a well defined reality made of stuff). > > Bruno > > > Recent writers have revealed Thomas Aquinas to be a *materialist*.
https://thomistica.net/news/2013/5/29/denys-turner-on-aquinas-the-materialist.html : Denys Turner’s exciting new reading of Thomas Aquinas emphasizes what he provocatively calls Thomas’s materialism, his insistence that matter bears meaning. Perhaps surprisingly closer to what Strawson calls "real" materialism, vs. the mockery the "physicalists" have made of it. @philipthrift -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/4790ffc5-2e8e-40b3-968f-05ee716bace8%40googlegroups.com.
