tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1576348122642600522.post2971345231733516308..comments2022-12-03T22:34:15.837-08:00Comments on The Sodality of Garcia Diego: O Star of Wonder, Star of NightAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12934915699058471651noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1576348122642600522.post-29019992773870102902015-01-06T06:48:42.196-08:002015-01-06T06:48:42.196-08:00Thanks, Matt. This post deserves a bookmark as a g...Thanks, Matt. This post deserves a bookmark as a good and useful overview. Even more, I particularly value the way that you show just how far we can know, and where (legitimate) speculation begins. In the words of one of my favorite poets, Alexander Pope, you here "mark that point where Sense and Dulness meet" (51). Indulge me in a longer quote from the same "Essay on Criticism" (published 1711) showing the limits of intellectual activity and narrow specializations. Read these lines in an acerbic tone: <br />One Science only will one genius fit;<br />So vast is Art, so narrow human wit: <br />Not only bounded to peculiar arts, <br />But oft in those confin’d to single parts. <br />Like Kings we lose the conquests gain’d before, <br />By vain ambition still to make them more:<br />Each might his sev’ral province well command, <br />Would all but stoop to what they understand. (60-67)<br /><br />So, there's a reminder of our mental limits to inspire intellectual humility & restraint--and yet of course we, collectively and individually, do long to know more. Psalm 8 and also Augustine's opening lines on the "restless heart" remind me of how we are spurred on to seek and know ever more, in both depth and breadth. May we do so faithfully.<br />May the magi (whether or not they went by the names of Melchior, Caspar, and Balthazar!) pray for all of us as we seek the Christ Child on our journeys, both intellectually and spiritually. Thanks again. TMRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04235887730874692726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1576348122642600522.post-3849602886216332832015-01-05T12:38:43.757-08:002015-01-05T12:38:43.757-08:00This is really well written- I love apologetics an...This is really well written- I love apologetics and learning how science and religion are compatible friends. Interesting how everything aligned for the birth of our Savior and to recognize that we are finite beings with a very limited view of the infinite truth. Great painting of Saint Barbara - Michael, my favorite so far! Happy 2015- looking forward to your future posts.In My Shoeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11468345499538506840noreply@blogger.com