Sunday, May 06, 2007

Filling in for Bryan ...

... Nige Emits some interesting thoughts about the environmentalist faith, which leads me to think of Ronald Knox's book Enthusiasm.

Dr. Johnson defined enthusiasm as "a vain belief of private revelation; a vain confidence of divine favour or communication," and quoted Locke: "Enthusiasm is founded neither on reason nor divine revelation, but rises from the conceits of a warmed or overweening brain."

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