Steve Finley
@fionnlaidh
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Gilbert of Poitiers died this date in 1154. Neoplatonic philosopher theologian. Controversial commentaries on Boethius in which divinity is a property distinct from God. Influential early thinker on individuation. Tried for heresy but not condemned, despite Bernard of Clairvaux.
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Once had principles. Not now.
@fionnlaidh Surprised Rubio has lasted this long - once had principles & those are anathema.
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Étienne Tempier died this date in 1279. As Bishop of Paris he promulgated the Condemnation of 1277, a landmark in the history of medieval theology and philosophy, condemning the views of Aquinas and radical Aristotelians, marking the emergence of philosophy distinct from theology.
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So Substack we know. But what do you call the meaning, or message, that’s right there on the surface, completely open and obvious? They never talk about that. (Using his hand as a visual aid.) What do you call what’s above the Substack?.
They say only a few people bought the Velvet Underground LP but they all went on to form a band. Similarly, all those who love @WhitStillman movies (and retweeted the clip below) appear to have a Substack.
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As the revolution turns on its own, now casting for the role of Jean-Lambert Tallien. Rubio? Thune? Grassley? Cassidy? Stefanik? Anybody?.
WSJ: “After months of pushing out career government officials and Democratic holdovers, President Trump is starting to turn on some of his own picks”
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On the Sheffield-Egremont Road, where the Appalachian Trail crosses, just by Rebellion Road
Shay's Rebellion began today in 1786, a tax protest in Massachusetts. Washington favored a strong response. Jefferson was indifferent, saying the tree of liberty must be refreshed with blood. Washington prevailed. #EarlyAmerica #ShaysRebellion
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Is this casuistry, ignorance or just pure, raw ambition?.
JD Vance: When Biden was in office, Zelensky would come to Washington, and leave with $50 billion without any real purpose, any real diplomacy, any real understanding of what we were going to buy with that $100 billion…It just felt like this weird money pit. (Not a single word
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"I Dreamed I Saw St. Augustine" is a song by Bob Dylan that was originally released on his 1967 album John Wesley Harding. St. Augustine died this date in 430.
Bob Dylan — Tales of Rock 'N' Roll: Highway 61 Revisited. Documentary film. Set to play here as a broadcast at 11 PM, UK time.
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Augustine died this date in 430. The path from Paul to Luther. Preeminent thinker of the first millennium. Neoplatonist. Prolific ideologist of Christian doctrine and tireless opponent of heresies. Consequences of original sin: inherited guilt, the need for grace and redemption.
Finding Saint Augustine in Puerto Rico. The pavement is wet after San Juan's daily rain. #FeastDay #SanAgustin
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Augustine died this date in 430. The path from Paul to Luther. Preeminent thinker of the first millennium. Neoplatonist. Prolific ideologist of Christian doctrine and tireless opponent of heresies. Consequences of original sin: inherited guilt, the need for grace and redemption.
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Thomas Bradwardine died this date in 1349. Scholastic philosopher and mathematician. Space is an infinite void. Influenced by Augustine, precursor of Luther: monergism, faith, double predestination. Anti-Pelagianism: God determines everything; man has no free will.
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Friedrich Nietzsche died this date in 1900. Major influence on all modern thinkers. Unsparing critic of traditional morality, religion and conventional philosophical ideas. Genealogy of Morals, Beyond Good and Evil, Apollonian and Dyonisian, ressentiment, eternal return.
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David Hume died this date in 1776. Immensely influential philosopher. Empiricist who brought the scientific method to bear on the study of human nature. Effects are different events from their causes: inductive reasoning and belief in causality cannot be justified rationally.
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RT @OrinKerr: Over time, I get more and more persuaded, and more and more comfortable being persuaded, that Erie Railroad Co. v. Tompkins w….
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Peter Lombard died this date in 1160. Scholastic theologian influenced by Augustine and Abelard. His Four Books of Sentences, the standard theological textbook for four centuries, shaped major thinkers from Aquinas, Scotus and Ockham to Luther and Calvin.
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Marsilius of Inghen died this date in 1396. Nimble philosopher: Aristotelian nominalist, Ockhamist, empiricist, Thomist, Neoplatonic Augustinian. Faith precedes reason: only through faith can man know God. Influential thinker on the problem of divine foreknowledge and free will.
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Blaise Pascal died this date in 1662. Polymath, physicist, philosopher. Science is a progressive accumulation of truths. Father of modern probability theory. The Pensées, Pascal's Wager. Deeply influenced by Augustine; faith transcends reason. Polemical defender of Jansenism.
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Francisco de Vitoria died this date in 1546. Early thinker on free-market economics and individual rights. Defended the inherent dignity and property rights of indigenous Americans with Charles V. Catholicism responding to the impact of Humanism, the Reformation and colonialism.
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