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Wiki Markup Gamwell says, "\[i\]n itself, affirmation of the way of reason says nothing about nothing about what understanding of ultimate worth can be validated" _ (Politics as a Christian a Christian Vocation: _ _ 168). But, surely, affirmation of the way of reason says or at least_ _implie4this_ _about what understanding of ultimate worth can be validated-namely, that no such understanding can be validated unlesswhatever else it may assert or imply-it asserts or implies the validity of the way of reason._ _is_ _"a faith, namely, as an aspect of every primal decision for a self-wl.derstanding, whatever its content may otherwise be"?_

Could this be what Gamwell himself in effect allows when he immediately goes on to say that "in another sense," the humanistic commitment

least implies this about what understanding of ultimate worth can be validated—namely, that no such understanding can be validated unless —whatever else it may assert or imply—it asserts or implies the validity of the way of reason. 

Could this be what Gamwell himself in effect allows when he immediately goes on to say that "in another sense," the humanistic commitment is "a faith, namely, as an aspect of every primal decision for a self-understanding, whatever its content may otherwise be"? 

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