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Apr 29 • 6 tweets • 2 min read • Read on X
Well, 'my corner' is technically Thomistic Philosophy, moderate Realism in the sense of Scholasticism and Aristotle, and Post-Keynesian Economics which is probably not what you are addressing. But I will mark this to make a :thread: and discuss any concerns about the above.
First of all, if anyone wants ask 'what is an Orthodox Christian doing, talking about Thomism...' (especially Orthodox Christians...) I'll point you to Gennadios Scholarios, the Patriarch on whose desk the 1453 conquest of Constantinople landed... amazon.com/Greek-Thomist-…
So, if there's some Orthodox Christian out there with some beef about Thomism or whatever, it's above my paygrade, take it to the guy who made the real calls about the 'Council of Florence' and interfaith, back in the day. But moving on...
Within 'Thomism' (or the Scholastic Philosophy generally) there is a conflict within the 'Third Scholastic' of the late 19th (started by Pope Leo XIII of the Latins) and early 20th century, about Common Sense Realism, btw.
Garrigou-Lagrange supports the idea (in a book on Common Sense), and Gilson of the Toronto Pontifical Institute criticises it. I'm not competent to give a Roman Catholic perspective on this matter at all.

Perhaps @S_Coughlin_DC can weigh in on the relative importance of G-L/Gil
@S_Coughlin_DC For the record, Gilson also criticises the foundational writers of the Third Scholastic... I have him pegged as more of an academic historian of the middle ages than a Thomist myself, but that's just me

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neo-schol…

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Apr 23
Reminder to myself to respond to this important request when I get time, later today.
I can't answer for the persons making the claims on the thread but I will do my best to say what I see as philosophically important for the Classical Liberalism discussion about the Common Sense school. First off, a thread from substack and page from a book by Scholastic...


Garrigou-Lagrange, on the prior art of Scholasticism on 'Common Sense': substack.com/chat/292018
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Mar 8
@Libertyordeaf_ @thepalmerworm Now there we have an interesting topic -- Okham (to be clear he's a Conceptualist and not particularly a 'Nominalist' in the full sense of that word) vs the Subtle Doctor and the Angelic Doctor is a worthy topic.

About the Dominicans vs Franciscan thing, I start with the ...
@Libertyordeaf_ @thepalmerworm 'Theology of Light' -- why start with optics? I think for whatever reason that the Franciscan theology of Light is the core of 'Western Science' as it now exists. That is I take 'Science' as I have learned and practiced it, to be a synthesis of Observation, Experiment, Maths.
@Libertyordeaf_ @thepalmerworm This is the 'Newtonian Synthesis' of the Enlightenment of course, but where did it come from? Observation ('Natural History' -- or 'Physical Research' in Greek is quite old)... but the *fusion* of Physics (what we now call Biology, Chemistry and Physics) ... with Natural History
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Oct 7, 2023
@thepalmerworm Arithmetic and Geometry used to be taught from Euclid. I rather doubt that man ever made their acquaintance.

Early in Euclid there is a theorem that 'separates the men from the boys' ...



'A bridge for asses'en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pons_asin…
@thepalmerworm The Latin proverb is 'repetition is a bridge for asses'... when I first heard that phrase, I thought it meant 'if you apply yourself hard enough and with enough repetition you can do anything you want'

As I got to know classical culture better I realised that is a modern take.
@thepalmerworm The Old Romans knew their donkeys all too well. They knew that if you had a small stream or creek, and a narrow wooden bridge over it, that a donkey or ass would SIMPLY REFUSE TO CROSS -- no matter what you did. You can try to make a bridge for asses, but you will fail.
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May 5, 2023
@thepalmerworm @thetrollbar @S_Coughlin_DC Here's some fun history. The terms Liberal and Conservative only date to the Spanish Cortes (their parliament). The Left and Right are a reference to the revolutionary National Assembly of the French Revolution of course.

Who cares about Liberales and Serviles? Latin America.
@thepalmerworm @thetrollbar @S_Coughlin_DC The Freedom Party and the Serf Party. 'Conservatism' is a rebrand ... 'we're not about serfs. We're about conserving shit'
@thepalmerworm @thetrollbar @S_Coughlin_DC Be that as it may, the issue was the revolution of Bolivar (and the Monroe Doctrine and American support for it).

Liberty is an old cry of course -- it refers to Pope vs Emperor in the Middle Ages. The 'Liberties' (the Papal side) vs the 'Counties' (Feudalism)

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