tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4865004314650777465.post7695751062393681209..comments2023-10-28T11:12:02.164-04:00Comments on The Philosopher Mom: Hans II: The Anthropological ReductionErika Ahernhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11477804033751036631noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4865004314650777465.post-40244515366908228992009-03-03T13:53:00.000-05:002009-03-03T13:53:00.000-05:00I don't think anyone in particular necessarily fal...I don't think anyone in particular necessarily falls into these errors--it's just the trend of the history of ideas to take good thoughts and pervert them. <BR/><BR/>Anyway, I think Hans is referring to Aristotle mostly and Plato a little bit. Aristotle would fall under the "anthropological approach" category most readily, and he avoids the major errors of the Stoics and Epicurus. I love Pascal's scathing commentary on those Stoics.<BR/><BR/>Right about the shifts in Catholic philosophy: They do not have to be mutually exclusive. They seem to fit the signs of the times in which they take precedence. It will be interesting to see where phenomenology goes (ah! I wish I could be alive in 250 years to look back and see more clearly!). Our times seem to cry out for a personalistic approach to doctrine and morals, so the hard work of such (very bad or non-) Catholics in Stein's circles is bearing much fruit. Time will tell!Erika Ahernhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11477804033751036631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4865004314650777465.post-81611219513548375162009-03-02T13:12:00.000-05:002009-03-02T13:12:00.000-05:00Thank you for this. I'm studying phenomenology (St...Thank you for this. I'm studying phenomenology (St. Edith's Stein's background), and I can see how it can easily fall into this error, though it doesn't necessarily.<BR/><BR/>A couple of questions, though. You write, "Thinkers who got their anthropology right were, of course, ancient Greeks, the Church fathers, and Pascal (oh, rapture!)." Which "ancient Greeks" do you mean? (one of the Pre-Socratics? Plato? Aristotle? Epicurus? The Stoics?...)<BR/><BR/>What do you make of the shift in Catholic anthropology from Augustine's very Platonic view through Aquinas's more Aristotelian view to JPII's phenomenological one? Personally, I don't think they have to be mutually exclusive, but rather that they emphasize different truths of human nature that were important for their time.Annehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07125552796651201301noreply@blogger.com