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> [“Simply to render oneself able to understand what other Christian thinkers have themselves come to understand and to more or less felicitously communicate requires that one's mind not be a blank slate but already properly formed, disciplined, and exercised.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-b-sadler/simply-to-render-oneself-able-to-understand-what-other-christian/)

[Gregory B. Sadler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-b-sadler/)

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## More by Gregory B. Sadler

> [“Humans do not simply, innocently, and honestly disagree with each other about the good, the just, the right, the principles and applications of moral…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-b-sadler/humans-do-not-simply-innocently-and-honestly-disagree-with-each-other/)

[Gregory B. Sadler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-b-sadler/)

> [“Within Hobbes’ depiction of the motives for conflict. . . there is a problematic in which the grave threat that human beings pose to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-b-sadler/within-hobbes-depiction-of-the-motives-for-conflict-there-is-a/)

[Gregory B. Sadler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-b-sadler/)

> [“If the attitude of many non-Catholic modern philosophers toward Catholic thought could be summarized in a single sentence, it would be: It has been…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-b-sadler/if-the-attitude-of-many-non-catholic-modern-philosophers-toward/)

[Gregory B. Sadler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-b-sadler/)

> [“The very fact of having fixed conclusions to strive for in orthodox belief does not render the Christian philosopher dogmatic but rather intellectually fruitful,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-b-sadler/the-very-fact-of-having-fixed-conclusions-to-strive-for-in-orthodox/)

[Gregory B. Sadler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-b-sadler/)

> [“Wrangling about precisely what constitutes genuine philosophy, proper philosophical practice, method, and aims is an important part of modern philosophy’s content and heritage”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-b-sadler/wrangling-about-precisely-what-constitutes-genuine-philosophy-proper/)

[Gregory B. Sadler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-b-sadler/)

> [“examination of its own history and of the forms of thought given the name “philosophy” indicates that “philosophy” has itself borne many fundamentally different…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-b-sadler/examination-of-its-own-history-and-of-the-forms-of-thought-given-the/)

[Gregory B. Sadler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-b-sadler/)

> [“The more rigid and exclusive one makes the border between philosophy and theology, the more that distinction itself has to fall on the side…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-b-sadler/the-more-rigid-and-exclusive-one-makes-the-border-between-philosophy/)

[Gregory B. Sadler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-b-sadler/)

> [“Simply to render oneself able to understand what other Christian thinkers have themselves come to understand and to more or less felicitously communicate requires…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-b-sadler/simply-to-render-oneself-able-to-understand-what-other-christian/)

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