Nietzsche’s Pilate Mark Bäuerlein, First Things Wednesday, July 24, 2019 The cultivated distaste for the absolute existed back then just as it does in our time. Jesus doesn’t respond to Pilate’s question because the question has no answer, at least not a discursive one. Sophisticates such as Pilate can laugh or shrug away any reply. There is no end to their irony. It can be halted only by forces deeper than words: devotion, conviction, sacrifice. © 2024 The Catholic Thing. All rights reserved. For reprint rights, write to: [email protected] The Catholic Thing is a forum for intelligent Catholic commentary. Opinions expressed by writers are solely their own.
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Nietzsche’s Pilate
Mark Bäuerlein, First Things
Wednesday, July 24, 2019