Jefferson was exposed to religious philosophy. Was he a rational free
thinker?
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--- In [email protected], "mark robert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> Geof,
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> You seem to imply that one can not think rationally once exposed
> to religious philosophy. I disagree.
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> -Mark
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> Logic and intellect are essential for any rational philosophy.
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> I think common sense is a subjective phenomena, since Marx would
> claim that
> collectivism is common sense based on his theory of historical
> inevitability.
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> Regarding the Founders, they only way I could buy that their
> morality is not
> based on Judeo Christian principles would be if they had no
> exposure to
> these philosophies of any kind. If they had been educated with
> only Greek
> philosophy and been shielded from all else, and developed the
> government
> they did, then I would say their morality is based on Greek
> principles.
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> Could someone develop a philosophy like the Founders solely from
> introspective analysis? Certainly, and that would be quite a
> brilliant mind
> at that! I think that would only be possible in the total
> absence of the
> knowledge of the wealth of Western philosophy.
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> From: [email protected]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
> Behalf Of mark robert
> Sent: Monday, January 02, 2006 9:13 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: RE: [Libertarian] Re: Fwd: The "W" In Christmas
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> Geof,
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> Regarding your last question: Do you not acknowledge that
> ethics/morality can come from common sense / intellect / logic
> alone?
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> -Mark
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