{"id":13973,"date":"2012-07-09T18:01:00","date_gmt":"2012-07-09T23:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.catholiconnection.com\/2012\/07\/the-polarizing-of-faith-and-reason-in-a-few-quotes.html"},"modified":"2012-07-09T18:01:00","modified_gmt":"2012-07-09T23:01:00","slug":"the-polarizing-of-faith-and-reason-in-a-few-quotes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jonhaines.com\/philosophy\/the-polarizing-of-faith-and-reason-in-a-few-quotes\/","title":{"rendered":"The Polarizing of Faith and Reason In A Few Quotes"},"content":{"rendered":"
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In the so-called “Enlightenment” the classical view of the world was DIVIDED. Two main movements formed which fed off of each other, leaving us with the intense debate we have today:<\/span><\/div>\n
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Fideism<\/span> (Faith)<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

“Faith must trample under foot all reason, sense, and understanding.”  \u2015  Martin Luther <\/p>\n

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Empiricism<\/span> (Science)<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n
(and similar “post metaphysical” theories)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
“If we take in our hand any volume; of divinity or school metaphysics, for instance; let us ask, Does it contain any abstract reasoning concerning quantity or number? No. Does it contain any experimental reasoning concerning matter of fact and existence? No. Commit it then to the flames: for it can contain nothing but sophistry and illusion.” \u2014 David Hume, An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding (1748), ed. L. A. Selby-Bigge (1894), section 12, part 3, 165<\/div>\n
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This is what we had before<\/p>\n