RELG 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Mysterium Tremendum, Sapere Aude, Rudolf Otto
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Rene descartes (1596-1650 ce) cogito, sum i think, i am: deceiving god; evil demons; it"s all a dream, all things are subject to rational consideration. Immanuel kant (1724-1804 ce) sapere aude dare to know: leave behind accepted traditions, rational, ethic laws are the ground of religion, and no more. David hume (1711-1776 ce) those who undertake the most criminal enterprises are commonly the most superstitious : morality in autonomous from religion, promise of heaven and threat of hell is not necessary for moral basis (echoes. Religion becomes related first and foremost to morality. Distinguishing between a secular and religious sphere. Development of the academic study of religion and the bible. Rudolph otto the idea of the holy (1917) The holy = that which is numinous. Numinous = a non-rational, non-sensory experience or feeling whose primary and immediate object is outside the self. Based on latin numen divine power.
