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Case ([personal profile] case) wrote in [community profile] fandomsecrets2016-05-28 03:27 pm

[ SECRET POST #3433 ]


⌈ Secret Post #3433 ⌋

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Re: Political ranting (yes, it's Trump again)

(Anonymous) 2016-05-29 05:07 am (UTC)(link)
IIRC, as early as the 4th century, in City of God, Saint Augustine was arguing that just because we don't see an obvious benefit to something doesn't mean that it's without value; instead we should assume that everything that is part of the created world has value, even if we can't comprehend it:

"They do not consider how admirable these things are in their own places, how excellent in their own natures, how beautifully adjusted to the rest of creation, and how much grace they contribute to the universe by their own contributions as to a commonwealth....And thus divine providence admonishes us not foolishly to vituperate things, but to investigate their utility with care; and, where our mental capacity or infirmity is at fault, to believe that there is a utility, though hidden...."