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“Prayer without study would be empty. Study without prayer would be blind.”
Karl Barth, Evangelical Theology: An Introduction

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Nathan "N.R." Gaddis Do you know that he is paraphrasing a famous quotation from Kant?


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Richard Nathan "N.R." wrote: "Do you know that he is paraphrasing a famous quotation from Kant?"

I did not know that. But I kant say I'm surprised.


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Nathan "N.R." Gaddis Richard wrote: "Nathan "N.R." wrote: "Do you know that he is paraphrasing a famous quotation from Kant?"

I did not know that. But I can't say I'm surprised."


"Concepts without intuitions are empty; intuitions without concepts are blind."


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Richard Nathan "N.R." wrote: "Richard wrote: "Nathan "N.R." wrote: "Do you know that he is paraphrasing a famous quotation from Kant?"

I did not know that. But I can't say I'm surprised."

"Concepts without intuitions are empt..."


Thanks for this. Philosophy is one area in which I'm not as knowledgeable as I should be.


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Nathan "N.R." Gaddis Richard wrote: ""Concepts without intuitions are empt..."

Thanks for this. Philosophy is one area in which I'm not as knowledgeable as I should be.
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That's not philosophy. That's just a hat rack. But you'll do just fine reading Barth's Church Dogmatics once you've finished The Institutes.


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Richard Nathan "N.R." wrote: "Richard wrote: ""Concepts without intuitions are empt..."

Thanks for this. Philosophy is one area in which I'm not as knowledgeable as I should be.
"

That's not philosophy. That's just a hat rac..."


[Gasp] 14 volumes! [Faints]


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Nathan "N.R." Gaddis Richard wrote: "[Gasp] 14 volumes! [Faints] "

I used to have two or three volumes, but decided I'd likely never actually really read them since my dimming of interest in theology, but those two or three volumes were of significant pagination in themselves.

There's also the Outline volume for the more trepidatious layman.


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Richard Nathan "N.R." wrote: "Richard wrote: "[Gasp] 14 volumes! [Faints] "

I used to have two or three volumes, but decided I'd likely never actually really read them since my dimming of interest in theology, but those two or..."


I like the sound of the word "volume" without the s. Now you're talking my lingo.


message 9: by Nathan "N.R." (new)

Nathan "N.R." Gaddis Richard wrote: "I like the sound of the word "volume" without the s. Now you're talking my lingo. "

I prefer the plural. It provides a greater quantity of Pretentiousness Statuses.


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