PHL 110 Chapter Notes - Chapter 9: Headon
6 May 2019
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Poetics of the impossible and the kingdom of god - john d. caputo. Kingdom of god abides by divine logic that our world cannot understand. Logic of the impossible, rather than impossible logic. Can speak on the logical assumption that with god, all things are possible, including the impossible. Poetics of the impossible - poetics is a logic with a heart rather than just simple logic. Describes the movements of a desire beyond desire; desire to know what we cannot know. To desire what is possible is to curb our passion so it remains confined with the parameters set out to us - mediocre. General rule in the kingdom is the rule of the unruly, the possibility of the impossible. Poetics of the impossible is a discourse with a prophetic concern to contradict the world of its cold-blooded logic and heartless economics.
