You’ve got the history of philosophy: Ancient, medieval, modern. Then you’ve got the Godfather Trilogy: Part I, Part II, Part III. Explore the startling parallels, and their relevance to the dispute between atheism and theism.
Classical theism, atheism, and the Godfather trilogy
by Edward Feser
Comments (3)
The real problem with Godfather III isn't the helicopter scene, or George Hamilton, or even Sofia Coppola. It's the godawful writing.
All you have to do is turn the sound down, now and then, and it's really not all that bad. Parts of it are even kind of compelling.
Still - a very entertaining comparison.
Posted by steve burton | October 17, 2010 8:46 PM
About The Godfather III, the director's cut is much better than the original one, though it still has its flaws.
Posted by The Phantom Blogger | October 17, 2010 9:17 PM
Just for the record: at the same time, judging the work Paley and Swinburne exclusively on the basis of the specifics of their views of the nature of God is like judging Ed Feser exclusively on the basis of his anger with the fact that the Five Ways did not made their way to the recent Blackwell Companion to Natural Theology. But I am sure Ed is well aware of that.
Posted by Vlastimil | October 18, 2010 8:15 AM