Law of the Infinite Cornucopia
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The Law of the Infinite Cornucopia, put forth by Polish
philosopher Leszek Kołakowski suggests that for any given doctrine one wants to believe, there is never a shortage of arguments by which one can support it.
A historian
's application of this law might be that a plausible cause can be found for any given historical development. A biblical theologian
's application of this law might be that for any doctrine one wants to believe, there is never a shortage of biblical evidence to support it.
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
philosopher Leszek Kołakowski suggests that for any given doctrine one wants to believe, there is never a shortage of arguments by which one can support it.
A historian
History
History is the discovery, collection, organization, and presentation of information about past events. History can also mean the period of time after writing was invented. Scholars who write about history are called historians...
's application of this law might be that a plausible cause can be found for any given historical development. A biblical theologian
Theology
Theology is the systematic and rational study of religion and its influences and of the nature of religious truths, or the learned profession acquired by completing specialized training in religious studies, usually at a university or school of divinity or seminary.-Definition:Augustine of Hippo...
's application of this law might be that for any doctrine one wants to believe, there is never a shortage of biblical evidence to support it.