By What Standard by Rousas John Rushdoony

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By What Standard
An analysis of the Philosophy of Cornelius Van Til

by Rousas John Rushdoony

Basic to this study is the belief that presuppositions of human thought in every field must be basically one in order to arrive at any concept which both validates biblical faith and human knowledge.  The sovereignty of the self-contained God is the key to every field, in that only the God of Scripture makes all things possible and explicable and is thus the basic premise not only of theology, but of philsoophy, science and indeed all knowledge.  In that God is the Creator of all things, He is their only valid principle of interpretation, in that they derive both their existence and meaning from His creative act.  This belief is herein set forth in terms of various aspects of human thought.  Again basic to this study is the belief that such a philosophy finds consistent and able exposition in the writings of Cornelius Van Til.  This work, therefore, is thus both an exposition as well of Van Til’s development of that philosoophy, a school of thought to which the author subscribes.