Right, not arrogant
August 12, 2008 on 9:11 am | In Philosophy, Western Culture, postmodernism | Comments OffIt is not arrogant to believe that there is truth. It is not arrogant to believe in the truth. It is not arrogant to boldly stand for the truth. It is not arrogant to proclaim the truth. In fact, believing in, standing for, and proclaiming the truth is the right thing to do.
To you the reader this might seem obvious and logical, but to postmodern culture this “feels” wrong, and these days emotion comes before logic. The reason is that postmodern culture is a refurbished version of the ancient philosophy of skepticism that declares nothing can be known, there is no absolute truth, and anyone who says otherwise is arrogant. Based on this philosophy the only noble thing you can do is stand for nothing and be tolerant of everything. And if you actually dare desire to achieve intellectual knowledge, you must limit yourself to being a gnostic, that is, knowing the details of different belief systems, but standing for nothing.
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