tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1860123902902527642.post7130226148545078547..comments2024-03-24T05:21:35.370-04:00Comments on Todd Wright Now: The Philosophy of SuccessTodd Wrighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17618731415750572865noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1860123902902527642.post-75087338414011510142012-05-23T18:21:10.101-04:002012-05-23T18:21:10.101-04:00No, I don't. He mistakenly tried to mash toget...No, I don't. He mistakenly tried to mash together two incompatible philosophies. I try to explain this problem in my book The Self-Improvement Book Club Murder. It's also in Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance. Rationality has a very limited scope. It is the tail end of the knowing process. Materialism treats it as the beginning of it, and in fact the end all be all of knowing. Knowing begins in the body and makes its way to the mind, where it is interpreted and turned into words if communication is necessary. Everything starts as a feeling, which is an emanation from Universal Intelligence, if you will. But don't listen to me. Look inside yourself and see how it actually works.Todd Wrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17618731415750572865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1860123902902527642.post-41041401272655746512012-05-23T18:13:32.155-04:002012-05-23T18:13:32.155-04:00I don't think labels such as this are useful.I don't think labels such as this are useful.Todd Wrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17618731415750572865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1860123902902527642.post-47151692731683454362012-05-23T17:35:36.222-04:002012-05-23T17:35:36.222-04:00so do you think that Aquinas was write in he's...so do you think that Aquinas was write in he's teachings?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1860123902902527642.post-972975049834062982010-04-15T15:37:02.420-04:002010-04-15T15:37:02.420-04:00Great comment. Thanks! I don't mean to slam Aq...Great comment. Thanks! I don't mean to slam Aquinas. It's the Aristotelian framework he ushered in that seems problematic. It seems to me he came to an understanding of this late in life.Todd Wrighthttp://toddwrightnow.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1860123902902527642.post-80726783157957616432010-04-15T13:38:06.271-04:002010-04-15T13:38:06.271-04:00Sorry, just stumbled onto your site.
In my view, ...Sorry, just stumbled onto your site.<br /><br />In my view, "Truth" appeals to the intellect while "the Good" appeals to the Will. (Did I just quote Aquinas?) Both are necessary to us as creatures to find God because these two faculties are what allow us to "know and love the Lord"...(the First Commandment). No reason to subordinate one to the other in God himself though. In God, they are the same.<br /><br />Don't be so quick to slam Aquinas. He actually quotes Pseudo-Dyonisus (the author of Mystical Theology) 1,700 times. Pseudo-Dyonisus actually states that the highest name one can call God is "the Good" or "Too Good" in his book the Divine Names.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com