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Karol Wojtyła: The Thought of the Man Who Became Pope John Paul II is unavailable, but you can change that!

The achievements of John Paul II in recent years cannot be overstated. Led by this man and his profound contribution to Catholic social thought, the Catholic Church has become the world’s single greatest voice for democracy and human rights. Protestants, too, have found in Pope John Paul II a brave and steadfast Christian pastor. Few people, however, know the Pope’s background or the philosophy...

being (at least for Kant) totally within the sphere of practical reason and lacking any possible connection with experience. Naturally, this detachment from the realm of sensible experience cannot be complete. It has, as a minimum necessity, a point which human beings can use as a lever to elevate themselves into the realm of pure duty. To be this it must have an empirical-sensible side while through another aspect it is able wholly to respect the chosen connection which almost identifies practical
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