Madison's Notes S2E19 Modern Crises, Ancient Wisdom: A Conversation with Spencer Klavan
Mar 14, 2023
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Old Books Narrative
- The narrative that old books are worthless prevents people from discovering their value.
- Telling people negative things about these books discourages them from exploring the ideas within them.
Scientism's Limits
- Scientism, the belief that science exhaustively describes reality, is a reductive idea.
- It neglects fundamental questions about purpose and ethics, not answered by science.
Greek Philosophers and Religion
- The assumption that Greek philosophers were entirely secular is false.
- Plato's Timaeus, for example, presents a worldview with a divine creator and lesser gods.