Edward Feser's the Last Superstition: A Quick Review

Just finished reading The last superstition by Edward Feser, yesterday. Boy! It was a fun (and a bit technical and complicated, but t'was worth it) ride!!! I would say that this is the best book on atheism on a Scholastic perspective I've read so far (I'm currently reading Feser's other book on Aquinas entitled, well, "Aquinas", so let's see). This book also opened in me (or actualized my potential, ha!) an interest in the field of Philosophy of Mind.

I would recommend this book to anyone who wants to know not only the truth about the new atheism, built on the mechanistic-cum-materialistic view of the early modern philosophers, but also the truth about classical philosophy, the foundation of traditional western religious belief which, as Feser argues, the New Atheists have no idea about (and apparently admins of Atheism in the Philippines as well are ignorant of, but I digress). And unlike the other books on Theistic apologetics against the New Atheism that focus only on proving God's existence alone, this book goes on to give a rational case not only for classical Theism, but also metaphysical proofs for the soul, natural law, traditional morality, and more (which means this book isn't only against the stupidity of atheism, but also for the absurdity of the homosexual agenda, the pro-contraception, and the pro-abortion movement.)

And what I like most about this book is that in spite of the technicalities and the like, The Last Superstition is a fun book to read. I'm now convinced that Edward Feser is a rhetorical master! The Last Superstition gives us hard truths with hard language, which means this isn't for the soft-hearted, not to mention the soft-hearted atheist.

Hard-hitting, butt-whooping, and manly. The Last Superstition is an intellectual gold mine that the intellectually thirsty ought to give a shot.

(I'll give a longer review of the book in the future, but I'm busy at the moment. If I find time, I'll write it.)

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