Bible Quote by Florian Dreveskracht
““A faulty understanding of science, along with rigorism and spiritual flattening in religion, termed scientism or biblicism, respectively, have taken hold of the Book of Man and lead in every way to a miserable, indeed abject, conception of History. There has been a will to reduce History to a universal law, on the pattern of the natural sciences (Ultimate Law of History, abbreviated to ULH). Or the revelations of scripture are presumptuously held for a gnomon, the shadow-stick of a sundial allowing calculation of the course of salvific History. The outcome, at best, was loss of meaning and relativism. Novus ordo is the reckoning. History has its own Universal Formula. This “formula” is not a law, nor a scheme, but an order: Novus ordo.””
About This Quote
Source Essay: Novus Ordo – A New Order of History, 2023
Attempting to reduce history to a universal law leads to meaning loss and relativism; true history follows its own order, not a strict law.
In simple terms: Reducing history to a law erodes meaning.
Key Takeaway
Respect history’s unique order.
Themes
history
philosophy
science
religion
Mood
analytical
critical
Type
philosophical
academic
When to use this quote
- academic research
- teaching
- public discourse
Key Concepts
scientism
biblicism
relativism
Questions to Reflect On
- Can history be both ordered and meaningful?
- How to balance scientific rigor with spiritual insight?
A Different Perspective
Overemphasis on law can ignore human nuance.
