Dr. J. Budziszewski
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
All you have to do is admit one truth.
Like in my case, I didn't even have to admit one good.
I just had to admit one evil.
And that committed me to everything.
Yeah, my own condition was objectively evil.
It was the only thing that I could clearly recognize as evil.
Okay, fine.
Start there.
And you build.
The universe is so tightly constructed.
It is so tightly woven together that if you...
You can't pry one thread loose without other things unraveling too.
But on the other hand...
It's so tightly connected that when you get one premise right and you think about it clearly, follow the evidence wherever it leads, you just don't know where else you're going to arrive.
I think it was because... If you had to guess.
I can only guess.
It was because he had had experience, perhaps of other students or of other people, who had taken Nietzsche seriously and did start...
Did, did have these existential crises and end up being Christians.
And he didn't want that to happen.
Hmm.