tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2704719460864356051.post5805954208371497955..comments2024-01-04T19:48:08.059-05:00Comments on Mathaytes: The Invisible Giant: Gordon H. ClarkUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2704719460864356051.post-36277310045173140592011-01-17T03:12:23.926-05:002011-01-17T03:12:23.926-05:00Had a long post but due to an error it was lost.
...Had a long post but due to an error it was lost. <br /><br />Robbins was a brilliant thinker, not quite as brilliant as Clarke, but still brilliant. His thoughts on political philosophy/history were great. Too bad he never chose to write a book on that. . . (I think thats called Rothbards Law). Bottom line, in my view , Robbins is worth reading. Some of his works helped shape my political/economic philosophy into what it is today. So I don't think you can dismiss Robbins just because he had a knack for being extremely polemical. <br /><br />That being said, I disagree with a lot of what Robbins had to say and like Clark I don't think he took his philosophy as far as it should have been taken. I believe an apt analogy would be that they saw the top of the mountain but couldn't see what was on the other side.<br /><br />The tl;dr version. <br /><br />Robbins was brilliant you shouldn't dismiss his work.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05304064907368129295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2704719460864356051.post-84558388511622324732010-08-12T09:11:04.189-04:002010-08-12T09:11:04.189-04:00NFI, you touched on an important point. One of the...NFI, you touched on an important point. One of the reasons that Clark may not be as widely read is that the rights to his work are controlled by John Robbins and the Trinity Foundation. It is important for people to make the distinction between Clark's works and those of Robbins and others. The Trinity Foundation does tend to be polemical whereas Dr. Clark was engaged in the acedemic discourse of his time rather than just sniping at it. He was tough but classy. <br /><br />My suggestion is to read Clark in his own words rather than associating his ideas and approach with those of the Trinity Foundation or any other people who claim to follow him.KGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14562049216439963042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2704719460864356051.post-51694256060074826702010-08-12T08:33:35.550-04:002010-08-12T08:33:35.550-04:00Thank you for this tribute.
When I was attendin...Thank you for this tribute. <br /><br />When I was attending a church in Allen Park, MI, after the sermon I asked the preacher if he had herd or read anything by Dr. Clark, he said no so I directed him to the Trinity Foundation. The following week he said he went to the web site and warned me of "that kind of polemical teaching". I never thought of Clark that way. He's precise in his arguments and a classy guy when it comes to disagreeing with opponents. <br /><br />Besides of a couple Bible teachers I know personally, Clark is tops. I find myself agreeing with him more and more, especially his arguments against Empiricism. Thanks again for this and other articles on Mathaytes.NFIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06837450887335960603noreply@blogger.com