CATH 325 Lecture 8: 8 The Religious Sense

• School: McGill University
• Department: Catholic Studies
• Course: CATH 325
• Professor: John Zucchi

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8 the religious sense: consequences of the unreasonable positions before the ultimate. The 6 categories we have discussed all devalue the questions which we have recognized as e(cid:454)pressi(cid:374)g the hu(cid:373)a(cid:374) (cid:271)ei(cid:374)g"s spe(cid:272)ifi(cid:272) origi(cid:374)alit(cid:455: strip them of their substance and weight, loss carries cultural consequences. Loses control of himself, of all the factors which constitute him. The following are the consequences of these positions. The loss of (cid:373)ea(cid:374)i(cid:374)g te(cid:374)ds to a(cid:374)(cid:374)ul the i(cid:374)dividual"s personality, which acquires density and weight precisely as need, intuition, perception, and the affirmation of meaning. Loss of meaning we do not see the connection with everything to this specific thing. Must see link between the particular and the totality: step back to see the bigger picture, the details have as much meaning as the whole. The human person reacts: the criteria for his or her bond with reality is reactivity, reaction.