Scientizing Liberty: Gary Gindler’s Heroic Failure
When discussing political philosophy, it is important to be discussing political philosophy. Political philosophy is not “politics” as we use that term in societal parlance, and political…
What We’re Reading
Charles J. Kim, Jr., The Way of Humility: St. Augustine’s Theology of Preaching. Few figures in western history are as important and influential as Saint Augustine. Author…
Nikolai Gogol: The Russian Writer You Should All Know and Read
Nikolai Gogol (1809-1852) is known for several great works, including the play The Government Inspector, the novel Dead Souls, and short stories including “The Nose” and “The…
A Temptation Reviewed
The wretch just doesn’t see I'm right for him, Why won’t he just magic stone into bread? The ways of his Dad need a little trim, My…
Poverty in the House of Amyclas
The strong, the rich, the proud, and the empowered can batter down my door, but they will find me unalarmed and leave me still endowered with the…
Confronting the Gnostic Cosmos: Understanding Eric Voegelin
On March 12, 1938, German soldiers began crossing the border between Germany and Austria. It was an invasion. The Austrian government was in total disarray. Pro-Nazi sympathizers…
Will the Real Francis Bacon Please Stand Up?
Laurence Berns (1928-2011) was a beloved tutor at St. Johns’s College in Annapolis, Maryland for nearly 40 years. His scholarship, including his translation of the Meno and…
The Cross of Aeneas: Virgil’s Aeneid as a Christian Epic
It is not uncommon knowledge that the great Christian thinker C.S. Lewis owed a great debt to the ancient Roman poet Virgil, whose long poem the Aeneid…
Coming to Love Two Great Books
It began on Staten Island, as few great stories do. I was nineteen years old, and on my first summer vacation from college. Some lazy day in…
Time’s Cycle
A. Everything comes round again be it good or ill; changes come only when old returns, the cycle to fulfill. Again! I fear that everything —ill and…
John the Baptist
The wilderness is an unworldly place, In the dust-pool visions dive into you And swim around your mind. Storms scourge your face And devour your soul all…
Freedom for Authenticity
“Freedom demands that individuals resist domination as much as it calls them to oppose being the perpetrators of domination.” – Melvin Rogers I could be overplaying…
The Common Good and Human Participation
In a world filled with socio-political strife, disagreement, and anger it is necessary to be reminded of the foundational features of society. Society is, in fact, constituted…