We can
almost hear the objections
of many of our
contemporaries. In modernity,
that light might have been
considered sufficient for
societies of old, but was
felt to be of no use for new
times, for a humanity come
of age, proud of its
rationality and anxious to
explore the future in novel
ways.
Faith thus appeared to
some as an illusory light,
preventing mankind from
boldly setting out in quest
of knowledge. The young
Nietzsche encouraged his
sister Elisabeth to take
risks, to tread new paths with all the uncertainty of
one who must find his own
way, adding that "this is
where humanity’s paths part:
if you want peace of soul
and happiness, then believe,
but if you want to be a
follower of truth, then seek". Belief would be incompatible
with seeking.
From this
starting point Nietzsche was
to develop his critique of
Christianity for diminishing
the full meaning of human
existence and stripping life
of novelty and adventure.
Faith would thus be the
illusion of light, an
illusion which blocks the
path of a liberated humanity
to its future.
(http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/francesco/encyclicals/documents/papa-francesco_20130629_enciclica-lumen-fidei_en.html )
(http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/francesco/encyclicals/documents/papa-francesco_20130629_enciclica-lumen-fidei_en.html )
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