Today in my reading of Fr. Frederick Copleston's A History of Philosophy I met Roger Bacon (1219/20 - 1292 edition), who seems super-de-dooper cool, and whose Opus Majus I would really like to have a good look at . . .
And I read three lines which I thought were worth remembering and pondering:
(1) " . . . it is not right to condemn or to neglect any particle of truth."
(2) " . . . all truth of whatever kind leads ultimately to God."
(3) " . . . the divine light operates in all men, good or bad . . . . "
And as I transcribe those lines, it occurs to me that they are all ways of saying the same thing, aren't they? All roads lead to Rome, man.
And I suppose, in a far less profound way, that's my current problem with The News. Everybody seems to be intent upon focusing events through their point of view, which inevitably distorts what actually happened. Which is frustrating as hell. But if you follow the thread of that point of view, you can wend your way through the maze and find the truth. (And flee the minotaur at the same time, which is usually a good idea.) And maybe that's why it's important to watch news that is presented from a perspective you find unpalatable. When FOX News pisses me off, I am going to try harder to follow the thread, to see why they are saying such stupid ass things, to see what truth lies at the other end of that thread.
Mmm-hmm.
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