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Gamwell says, "\[i\]n itself, affirmation of the way of reason says nothing 
about what understanding of ultimate worth can be validated" (Politics as a 
Christian Vocation: 168). But, surely, affirmation of the way of reason says or
Gamwell says, "\[i\]n itself, affirmation of the way of reason says nothing about what understanding of ultimate worth can be validated" _(Politics as a  Christian Vocation:_ _168). But, surely, affirmation of the way of reason says or at least_ _implie4this_ _implies this about what understanding of ultimate worth can be  validated-namely, that no such understanding can be validated unlesswhateverunless ­whatever 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

 

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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