I thought it was interesting that in class we gave God the metaphor of the sun. He truly is the light by which we see everything else. I think it is pretty evident that by the end of Plato's Republic we will not have a satisfactory answer to what justice is. Due to people's different beliefs and disagreements with what Socrates is doing, the entire group will never be satisfied. I believe that everyone was create with this desire to learn and to know. Most college students are in school because they want to know everything about a certain profession. Similarly, in this philosophy course, we all want to know whatever it is that the class teaches. For now we are speaking about justice, and naturally we all want to know exactly what justice is. However, as I said earlier, I do not believe we will ever reach a satisfactory answer.
For me, I know that my brain is limited. I am aware that there are things that I will never know no matter how long I contemplate or how hard I think. However, just like Mr. Davis said, there is a sort of satisfaction in knowing that we will never know. I am fully aware that I am limited and that God is unlimited and that I truly have to rely on Him for understanding and wisdom. He is the light by which I see everything else, including justice, virtue, and knowledge.
This is why I believe that people of faith (myself included) are satisfied with our ignorance because we know that God knows, and through him we can know these things too, even if we don't have an answer or definition that can be put on paper. Because there is so much in this world that is impossible for us to comprehend, we have to learn to rely on our higher power and trust that we aren't meant to know everything. Don't have blind faith, but educated faith.
ReplyDeleteThat quote was running through my mind all through class, Stone! I thought about bringing it up, but I knew it would lead to an endless discussion. I was thinking about how the sun is made of fire, and there's fire in the cave... so though it's the substance of the sun... it's not the thing itself. In other words, people can have a form of knowledge, virtue, wisdom, etc. but it cannot come into its full being until they encounter the Living God himself... not our comprehension of His bi-products.
ReplyDeleteThe quote was perfect. It said exactly what I was thinking. No one can have a full understanding of knowledge, virtue, ect.. but cannot understand it all until they know the one true God.
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