Alasdair McIntyre, Walter Farrel OP, and Charles de Koninck, among others, agree that Suárez (1548-1617) was neither a Thomist nor a reliable interpreter of Thomism.
MACHINE WORSHIP How Modern Man is trapped in his own inventions...ideas and processes which have produced a system of machine worship, replacing the earlier revolutionary cult of the worship of Man.
Forwarded this email? Subscribe here for more MACHINE WORSHIP How Modern Man is trapped in his own inventions Frank Wright Dec 19 READ IN APP In this brief series I will explain some of the ideas and processes which have produced a system of machine worship, replacing the earlier revolutionary cult of the worship of Man. Seen from a critical perspective, modern “progress” from the deification of Man to that of his machines is the liberation of mankind into a trap. FROM MAN TO MACHINE Our lives are already shaped by machines. Socialised on algorithms, our food and food-for-thought are produced by a constantly refining technique and technology on whose products we increasingly rely for our sustenance and our sense of reality. Yet the progress of the last century towards a utopian technological society seems to have hit the brick wall of reality . The consensus politics that has managed the West by this technique has produ...