University of Oradea’s Aula Magna was the place where, for 2 1/2 h, PhD Chris Firestone, associate professor of philosophy at Trinity College, presented Immanuel Kant’s entire philosophy, with the central theme being Kant’s vision upon God and faith.
It was a theoretical presentation complex enough to satiate inquisitive and scholarly minds, but with general concepts so witty explained with examples from real life that everyone could understand, provided he/she followed him closely.
It was an exquitiste time which I enjoyed to the fullest!..Though I am not sure if I would have enjoyed it as much if I hadn’t been (a little bit) atracted to philosophy since highschool and hadn’t known notorious philosophical terms like empirical, transcendental, skeptic, agnosticism, inexorable, ontology, a priori and so on. Believe me or not, there are many that don’t have any idea what they’re about.
I want to share now, in colloquial words, only 3 easy-to-understand statements that Kant holds to be rationally true, as Dr Firestone asserts in his book, In Defense of Kant’s Religion.
v the depravity of human nature: the human nature is evil by propensity (predisposition), but not from necessity;
v the necessity of a disposition that is both divine and human in order to ‘please’ God;
v the people morally converted to this “principle of good” or this “prototype of human perfection” need to band together in a community, so that they are less ‘tempted’ to relapse;
Conclusion? I wish I could attend such awesome conferences weekly! It helps make a clear understanding of concepts and visions I wouldn’t have the time and patience to study otherwise, even with the abundance of information that we have on the internet and in spite of the desire to know more..
