
Ep. 21 - Martin Luther and Descartes
Awakening from the Meaning Crisis
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The Importance of Being True to Yourself
Luther was a monk and yet he comes to the conclusion that the monasteries should be shut down. He valorizes individual conscience as the final authority over a person's spiritual life. So do you see what's happened here? The connection to reality, being true to reality, has been superseded by being true to yourself. That is also emerging with a cultural grammar that is training us in narcissism.
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