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Blog: IrishPhilosophy.com Catherine Barry, Hume Scholar, working on a PhD at Maynooth University on religious toleration in 18th century Ireland. #EarlyModern, with a broad interest in Irish intellectual thought.
👤 Joined on 16 November 2024
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@irishphilosophy.bsky.socialA horse, to take to France, thereby settling a long-running national mystery #SpeirGorm
Show PostIt's an interesting aspect of modern US evangelical Protestantism that it has largely embraced the doctrine of free will, in direct contradiction to their spiritual ancestors.
Show PostAnother moment: when El-Sayed asked him if he (El-Sayed) had to live by Christian doctrine and he said, “No.” and Sayed asked, “Why?” Tommy’s answer, “Because you have free will.” All the major 16th-cen Protestant reformers, whom the CN crowd presumably embrace, rejected the doctrine of free will.
Show Post18th October is the feast of St Luke the Evangelist. München, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, BSB Clm 11019; Gospels of Luke and John; late 9th century or early 10th century; Mainz (?); ff.1v-2r
Show PostIn shock news, it's politics all the way down. And the venerable rightwing tradition of screaming victimhood while smacking people over the head with sticks continues apace...
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