Semantic Gymnastics and the Buttigieg Matriarchy

Robert R. Reilly, Catholic World Report

Tuesday, October 26, 2021

Modern man decided that things no longer have essences; they are without natures. Naming is not knowing, but determining. In other words, since reality is nothing in itself, we get to make it up according to our druthers. We even get to make up ourselves.
 

 

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