Not a revolutionary
But a peacemaker;
Humbled to assign the
Will to its docile place;
Letting essence lead existence
To define and fulfill all joy;
No need to hastily tear down
What justice patiently builds up.
Gary Edward Geraci
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- Comment from author about the poem: This poem seeks to, as simply as posible, offer a charitable, Christian response to the four atheistic philosophers that are most influential to contemporary thinking: Marx, Nietzsche, Sartre, and Foucault. For an excellent presentation on these four thinkers please see Bishop Robert Barron’s excellent YouTube presentation: “Ideas Have Consequences: The Philosophers Who Shaped 2020”
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Hi Gary – I’ve just seen the Utube presentation by your Bishop and thoroughly enjoyed It. Not put off by the collar and crucifix as it was a recommendation from you; I found him a clear lucid speaker. He clarified and occasionally added to the sometimes sketchy knowledge I have of your four philosophers – still incomplete because they are all more complicated than that (kudos, by the way, for managing to dive into Foucault and come up without permanent brain damage).
Only when he reached his conclusions was I forced to disagree – and you would expect that from me too, wouldn’t you?
Your verse? Your charity? Can’t quite come to grips with that in this context. But Justice I would always vote for – the only question is: who defines what justice is, and how is it achieved? And I will make an educated guess: my solution/explanation will differ from yours.
Take care.
No problem Dave - happy to get your perspective as now you have watched the same piece that inspired this piece. The proof of my charity is to, rather than explode into a tirade regarding the perspectives of each of the four, anti-Christian philosophers discussed, instead offer a short response, consisting of two lines, each response separated by a semi-colon and consisting of a response to what I considered the ‘meat and potatoes’ of each philosophers work. Certainly an oversimplification - a fair criticism but such is minor, obscure poetry when you’re not bending to any editor , political correctness, cultural mandate, MFA classroom professor; etc. Freedom brother; freedom!
A fine meditative write Gary.
I don't read much of philosophy, though I have a book of over 1,000 pages on it. Gave up at about page 3. A lot of it is humanly-based wisdom, not the best path to go down.
I will try again. I will be back in 5 minutes and let you know all that it said! lol.
Yes, I remember Orchidee; I believe it’s a work of St Thomas Aquinas that you own if my memory serves me accuretly. LOL. Did you know that you can watch short you tube videos now, presented by American, Dominican Friars, about the major thoughts and teachings of St Thomas Aquinas? “Aquinas 101” by the Thomistic Institute. Often times I have to watch multiple times before the subject matter sinks in,
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