The Madness

[Rival]

It has overtaken me and I love it. These are from a set called the Library of Christian Classics. The two blue ones are Early Latin Theology and a miscellany from Anselm to Ockham.

 

[Rival]

This is my year covered

 

[Quintessence]

Say what you want about Christianity, it has reams and reams of material that grounded it in the Western intellectual traditions and philosophies of their time. It is something that doesn't get enough time and attention - from the role of Christianity in improving literacy to it inspiring the study of the natural world ("God's creation") - in favor of narratives that downplay the powerful cultural force these religious traditions were (and still are). I hate how I only have a cursory awareness of all of this because it is outright ignored in public education because "religion." I'm mostly aware of it through studying philosophy, where Christian (and Islamic) contributions really can't be ignored if you want to tell the story of Western philosophy.

 

[Rival]

Say what you want about Christianity, it has reams and reams of material that grounded it in the Western intellectual traditions and philosophies of their time. It is something that doesn't get enough time and attention - from the role of Christianity in improving literacy to it inspiring the study of the natural world ("God's creation") - in favor of narratives that downplay the powerful cultural force these religious traditions were (and still are). I hate how I only have a cursory awareness of all of this because it is outright ignored in public education because "religion." I'm mostly aware of it through studying philosophy, where Christian (and Islamic) contributions really can't be ignored if you want to tell the story of Western philosophy.

To few even care to know. Their loss, really.

 

[Rival]

Completed my collection, for now

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[Rival]

Completed my collection for now,

 

[justaguy313]

You might want to check out God, History and Dialectics by Joseph P Farrell

It's his Magnum Opus

 

[Shadow Wolf]

To few even care to know. Their loss, really.

Yeah. Not everyone who history calls "the Great" got that way by being a warmongering douche. Some of them have incredible stories, fought against invasions of a very extreme existentialist threat, and promoted the wellbeing of their people that they built monasteries to take care of the poor, infirm, orphans, and some of them wanted people to be abke to read so much that even some women learned how.
Why people don't want to know that is beyond me. I'd rather learn about the likes of Alfred and Stephen than bloodthirsty dictators and other so-called "greats" whose reputations are military conquests. They are historically important, of course, but so are the real Greats who would have given about anything to avoid another invasion and war and instead have that time debating philosophy or enjoying the laughter or children or building something that bettered the lives of their subjects.
And, if course, it was those Greats who were motivated by their faith to give amd to consider what it means to be entrusted by their god to rule over people.