Salient. The Newspaper of Victoria University College. Vol. 19, No. 8. July 1, 1955
Biblical View of Nature
Biblical View of Nature
The second basic fact which the common thinking of our age refuses to entertain is the Biblical view of human nature. Frustration in more than one sphere is inevitable when basically corrupt creatures are treated as fundamentally good. A recent book of essays of that great classicist, Cornford, contains a paper entitled "The Unwritten Philosophy". Cornford takes a somewhat pessimistic attitude towards philosophy in general, suggesting that most systems are finally based on what the philosopher desires to be true.
There is vast significance in the unrevealed premise. There is safety in remembering that fact when you hear more, than one persuasive voice. Behind much of the philosophy of our day lies a vast human desire to be independent of a creator, and to exalt a creature who has little to commend him.