By Anthony Kenny, JOHN HENRY NEWMAN: Part 2 of Three Modern Masters, in An Illustrated Brief History of Western Philosophy [plus my uncle Ambrose whose Assent was not sought]

Apr 02, 2023

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JOHN HENRY NEWMAN

If the nineteenth century set the stage for the fiercest ever battle between science and religion, it was also spanned by the lifetime of a thinker who made a greater effort than any other to show that not just belief in God, but the acceptance of a religious creed, was a completely rational activity: John Henry Newman.

Newman was born i…

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By Anthony Kenny, JOHN HENRY NEWMAN: Part 2 of Three Modern Masters, in An Illustrated Brief History of Western Philosophy [plus my uncle Ambrose whose Assent was not sought]

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