CATH 325 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Utopia, Stoicism

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

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6 the religious sense: unreasonable positions before the ultimate question emptying the. (cid:862)u(cid:374)reaso(cid:374)a(cid:271)le(cid:863) positio(cid:374)s individuals assume before the questions which constitute the religious sense. An unreasonable position is one which claims to explain a phenomenon, but does so in a way which does not consider adequately all of the factors. In one way or another, these positions are either temptations, or actual attitudes of life. All of us have temptations to empty or reduce the question. The theoretical denial of the questions, defines the great questions as senseless: sentences which express such questions are only grammatically correct otherwise, they do(cid:374)"t (cid:373)ake se(cid:374)se. The questions into which one condenses the confused, indiscriminate, and reflective callow capriciousness of adolescents, their primitive and undeveloped philosophy. Must constantly verify within ourselves does this make sense. This energy becomes limited to a self-affirmation: personal praxis. Instill faith in others in hours of despair.