tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7708139263643046536.post5075099513977648064..comments2024-03-29T05:31:25.038-04:00Comments on Kresta In The Afternoon: Heidegger IIUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7708139263643046536.post-6259560821065783032011-10-23T04:26:35.527-04:002011-10-23T04:26:35.527-04:00Joseph Cardinal Ratizinger: "Milestones"...Joseph Cardinal Ratizinger: "Milestones" - Pope Benedict's autobiography - places his association with Nazism accurately.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7708139263643046536.post-51077453989549111392010-03-10T08:27:24.286-05:002010-03-10T08:27:24.286-05:00Mr. Kresta, et al.
I really enjoyed this two-part...Mr. Kresta, et al.<br /><br />I really enjoyed this two-part piece. I'm only tangentially familiar with anything worth calling "in-depth" in philosophy, but my understanding is that Heideggar really turned 20th-century philosophy on its head with his critique of "being". I had a philosophy professor in undergrad who was devoted to people like Heideggar and it was a tough going listening to him critique stalwarts like Plato and Aristotle, and of course the Gospel.<br /><br />Indeed, Heideggar even earned a place in Pope Benedict's "Introduction to Christianity" - a piece I've thoroughly enjoyed being beat up by (by its beauty and intellectual rigor, not by any negative qualities). My question to you concerns Pope Benedict XVI, and it has two parts:<br /><br />- Do you know of any other works by our Holy Father that address the criticisms of someone like Heideggar? Perhaps Pope John Paul the Great addressed him more directly as a philosopher. My reason for questions like this is that a friend of mine is very caught up in writers like Nietzche and Heideggar, and I'd like to help him if my peanut brain is able.<br /><br />- Related to the first question, do you know of any works that address Pope Benedict's association with Nazism? I've got a few naysayers at work who seem to think the Pope was/is a Nazi. I'm sure you can imagine how difficult that is to hear.<br /><br />I appreciate any feedback you can give. Thank you.<br /><br />Sincerely,<br /><br />Matthew WadeMatthew Wadehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17048985128891457311noreply@blogger.com