"An Ounce Of Truth Is Worth A Pound Of Opinion": What Do Elaine K, Ezra Pound And Thomas Aquinas Have To Do With It?

 

Dear E,

Thanks for sending Ezra Pound's quotation.

Ezra Pound was a vituperative anti-Semite and a fascist who "embraced Mussolini and supported Hitler." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ezra_Pound

Here is how I would re-state Pound's quotation: "If a man isn’t willing to take a risk in supporting the preponderant evidence of Science, either he is no good, or he’s up to no good.”

The essential heresy of our time is that opinion trumps truth.

As the greatest Doctor of the Church, Thomas Aquinas, pointed out back in the 13th century A.D., it doesn't.

Pax

Alan

PS I'm trying to interest people in choosing a different person daily from the following lists and then spend 15 minutes poking around their Wikipedia page. 

The 100 Most Significant Figures In History

Time Magazine

https://ideas.time.com/2013/12/10/whos-biggest-the-100-most-significant-figures-in-history/

Meet The Most Significant Americans Of All Time

Smithsonian Magazine

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonianmag/meet-100-most-significant-americans-all-time-180953341/

"A Failsafe Way To Restore Integrity And Vigor To America's Sick Body Politic: Two Years Of American History - Taught Dialectically - As A Pre-Requisite For High School Graduation"

  https://newsfrombarbaria.blogspot.com/2020/12/the-most-direct-way-to-restore.html  

On Tue, Mar 2, 2021 at 3:29 PM EK wrote:

"If a man isn’t willing to take a risk for his opinions, either his opinions are no good or he’s no good.”

— Ezra Pound (THX, Ken) 

EK - Publisher