Philosophy and Religion

Idealism of Plato (pointing up) the Realism of Aristotle (pointing down)

In a time when Hope seems to waver, when the subjective takes the place of the objective, it would seem important to remind ourselves some of the principles of sane philosophy.The errors of the modern era started with a rejection of the sane philosophy of St Thomas Aquinas based on reality, that is the objective, and the adoption of  philosophical systems with man, that is the subjective, at their base.

Modernism is first of all a philosophical error before it is anything else. Modernism is characterised by a confusion between the natural and the supernatural which leads to a confusion between the subjective and the objective.

The Supernatural can be defined as that which is above the sphere of nature, or that which belongs to God ( not to be confused with the preternatural which belongs to the spiritual world of angels and demons).
The terms "objective" and the "subjective" come from the words "object" and "subject" as they appear in grammar. So in the sentence "Peter is the first Pope", " Peter" is subject and "first Pope" is object. The Objective and the Subjective are points of view by which we judge a situation. The Good example would be a child under the age of reason who steals something. The Point of view of the object i.e. "Steals something" there is a sin. Objectively speaking to steal is a sin. On the point of view of the Subject "A Child under the age of reason" there is no sin.

The important point is that the objective is more known and more universal than the subjective. A subjective argument is more unsure than an objective one.