tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post7926252927714663109..comments2024-03-29T12:03:37.344+00:00Comments on Bruce Charlton's Notions: Bryan Magee - the noble nihilistBruce Charltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-91477005611755913072011-04-06T14:23:22.883+01:002011-04-06T14:23:22.883+01:00Mark - you're asking a lot for a blog comment!...Mark - you're asking a lot for a blog comment! Read Magee's autobiography, why don't you? It's very good. <br /><br />Nihilist is someone who denies the objective, unchanging nature of reality.Bruce Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-64878167767665027292011-04-06T10:09:48.597+01:002011-04-06T10:09:48.597+01:00"Magee is worth noting as someone for whom I ..."Magee is worth noting as someone for whom I have very high regard and whom I regard as being wrong about almost everything on which I have read his opinion."<br /><br />It might be useful for readers of this blog if you were to specify in what ways you consider him to be "wrong". <br /><br />Likewise, in what sense could you possibly say that Magee is a "nihilist", noble or otherwise?<br /> <br /><br />MarkAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-29803395414897262492011-02-18T05:56:03.717+00:002011-02-18T05:56:03.717+00:00I mean that all philosophy is a partial and distor...I mean that all philosophy is a partial and distorted view of the world, especially philosophy from post-Descartes era - and Magee uses Kant/ Schopenhaur as his basis - which is a very partial and distorted (and, as he acknowledges explicitly) incoherent kind of philosophy. <br /><br />A truly serious philosopher of life would have to acknowledge that Aristotle/ Aquinas are unsurpassed - that the modernist project in philsophy failed... <br /><br />But, Thomism itself is arbitrary in core respects - and requires to be grounded in Christian theology, which itself requires to be grounded by Christian holiness (faith, hope and love). <br /><br />SO, the bottom line in intellectual matters is revelation and the Saints; who by their sanctity provide the best grounding of knowledge that is available on earth. <br /><br />However, the Saints themselves are often modest/ scathing about what they know.Bruce Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-45126041819701718882011-02-18T02:54:09.258+00:002011-02-18T02:54:09.258+00:00Could you tell me what exactly you mean by this?
...Could you tell me what exactly you mean by this? <br /><br />"I hope there is still time for Magee to transcend philosophy, to go-behind his assumptions (which he would need to do), and to recover the spontaneous humanity from which he could swiftly think through to a satisfactory conclusion. "Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15327920740398636480noreply@blogger.com