tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21613239.post3961302608241614270..comments2024-01-21T08:12:21.016-05:00Comments on Saint Ronan Street Diary: Augustine and Ecology (II): The Will to Power and the Order of LoveAndrew McGowanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01304601214734931518noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21613239.post-85656911113071599572010-02-13T06:13:01.415-05:002010-02-13T06:13:01.415-05:00Augustine's belief that "The diversity of...Augustine's belief that "The diversity of material and spiritual things is divinely intended, and inherently good" would seem to me to be a verbalisation of the human need to create order out of chaos, to impose structure on what may be random. The remarkably adaptive nature of the human species is facilitated by a brain that specialises in pattern recognition. The downside is that Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21613239.post-32683228430684799162010-02-13T04:35:23.571-05:002010-02-13T04:35:23.571-05:00Sounds to me as if you are arguing for balance her...Sounds to me as if you are arguing for balance here, between the extreme positions that we get bombarded with in the media?? Power is inherently such a destructive and seductive thing without proper management and checks and balances. Am I getting warm here??? - julieAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com