A escolha do novo Papa, a política e a Fisioterapia

Weaponising Speculation

“…It the groundless ground on which our optimistic absurdity can be built [20]. It is what Meillassoux explained through his version of correlationism in discussing absolutes:…”

“…As Enrica Ruaro has suggested, in scholarly discussions of this question the via negativa or path of negation is seen as the principal means by which Dionysius weaponises this speculation [20]. In his Mystical Theology, key to this methodology, he writes:…”

“…Of this fact the following may also be taken as an indication: The higher our mind is raised to the contemplation of spiritual things, the more it is abstracted from sensible things: but the final terminus to which contemplation can possibly arrive is the divine substance: therefore the mind that sees the divine substance must be totally divorced from bodily senses, either by death or by some rapture. Hence it is said in the person of God: No man shall see me and live (Exodus,xxxiii,20)'; Summa Contra Gentiles, trans. J.Rickaby (London: Burns and Oates, 1905 ), 216.…”

“…This difference can be encapsulated thus: empirical and verificationist vs. transcendental and speculative. The verificationists are 'word dealers' and thus rely on logic (logos) as their primary method [20]. The dream reveals this to be an utterly ineffective method for facing real and not just formal problems: the word is by no means mightier than the sword when it has to face the 'thundering sound of marching troops' which announce the town's looming downfall [21].…”

“…1. Manuel DeLanda, A Thousand Years of Non-Linear History (Swerve Editions, 2000) see Introduction,[11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22]. This brief outline is based on Manuel DeLanda, Intensive Science and Virtual Philosophy (London, New York: Continuum 2002).…”