Philosophy 4990A/B Chapter Notes -Deeper Understanding, Pragmatism, Second Vatican Council
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Human nature and divine nature are safeguard in all their autonomy and at the same time the unique bond which sets them together in mutuality without confusion of any kind if revealed. The human spirit is often invaded by a kind of ambiguous thinking which leads it to an ever deepening introversion, locked within the confines of its own immanence without reference of any kind to the transcendent. If this technology is not ordered to something greater than a merely utilitarian end, then it could soon prove inhuman and even become a potential destroyer of the human race. Prompts a second requirement: that philosophy verify the human capacity to know the truth, to come to a knowledge which can reach objective truth by means of that adaequatio rei et intellectus. Second vatican council: intelligence is not confined to observable data alone.