To elaborate on the Magisterium of the Catholic Church is our mission on Plinthos (Gk. "brick"); and to do so anonymously, so that, like any brick in the wall, we might do our little part in the strength of the structure of humanity almost unnoticed.
Sunday, November 13, 2016
Democracy is Relativism
"The modern concept of democracy seems to be inseparably united to relativism, which presents itself as the true guarantor of freedom." Joseph Ratzinger, Verdad, valores, poder, Madrid: Rialp, 2012, 84.
"Moral nihilism is the basis of democracy...It needs men without convictions, agile creatures, light, freed from the trouble of value, without moral scruples which keep them from jumping from one constellation of meaning to another. Mann ohne Eigenschaften, a being without qualities: behold the model democratic man." Ibid., 11. (This latter quote is from the introduction, by José Luis del Barco).