August 26, 2010

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If we could demonstrate the existence of God, everything would eventually be subjected to the sovereignty of man.

Escolios a un Texto Implícito: Selección, p. 290

4 comments:

  1. I have to add here that I highly doubt this aphorism can be construed to be compatible with (what I understand to be) established Catholic teaching that the existence of God is not merely a matter of faith, but can indeed be known by man.

    This is perhaps the clearest example of what I have characterized elsewhere as the "fideistic trend in Gómez Dávila's thought."

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  2. OTOH:

    "The philosopher does not demonstrate; he shows.
    He says nothing to someone who does not see."

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  3. Timon,

    You're probably correct to read those two aphorisms together, but I'm still uneasy about this one, at least the way it is formulated.

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  4. The original Spanish is:

    Si pudiéramos demostrar la existencia de Dios, todo se habría sometido al fin a la soberanía del hombre.

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