{"product_id":"god-and-the-knowledge-of-thomas-molnar-9781560006657","title":"God and the Knowledge of Reality","description":"\u003cp\u003eWritten simply yet comprehensively, Molnar's anlaysis of the history of philosophy and false mysticism leads him to conclude that a return to a moderate realism will save the philosophical enterprise from a series of epistemological and societal absolutes that are embodied in contemporary rationalism and mysticism alike. Issues that have been systematically excluded from discourse will have to be reintroduced into the discussion of person and providence.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMolnar divided the philosophical systems into two groups according to their vision of God, and consequently of reality.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne group removes God from the human scope, therefore rendering the world unreal, unknowable, and meaningless. The second group holds that God is immanent in the human soul, thereby emphasizing the human attainment of divine status, and reducing the extra-mental world to a condition of utter imperfection. Either way, the result is a pseudo-mysticism, a denial of the creaturely status of human beings.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat is most needed, Molnar claims, is a theory of knowledge whose ideal is not fusion but distinction--between God and Man, subject and object, the self and the society. By thus raising the question of philosophy over against magic Molnar seeks to awaken the reader from neo-dogmatic assumptions and restore speculative thought to its traditional place. Upon publication, Dale Vree in \u003cem\u003eThe Review of Politic , \u003c\/em\u003esaid that \"this book will go a long way in establishing Professor Molnar as one of the distinguished conservative philosophers of our time.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Thomas Molnar\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 156000665X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781560006657\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/31\/1993\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 268\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.97lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.10w x 0.70d","brand":"Thomas Molnar","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48088561123583,"sku":"9781560006657","price":61.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_00041a3c-96fc-42bf-996f-d9c7e3fa2e77.jpg?v=1769105452","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/god-and-the-knowledge-of-thomas-molnar-9781560006657","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}