Can the Humanities Save Us?
I was recently asked by a student group at my university to participate in a panel discussion about the humanities. Having been asked the rather loaded question,…
I was recently asked by a student group at my university to participate in a panel discussion about the humanities. Having been asked the rather loaded question,…
Introduction: The Corruption of Words Concerning the apparent abuse of the word “eternity,” Romano Guardini observes: “A word is not merely a sign to convey a meaning. …
Teaching and Learning[1] In Guide to Thomas Aquinas, Josef Pieper points out that Aquinas was attracted to the Order of Preachers, in good part, because of his…
Famously, Socrates caps off his preliminary account of the beautiful city in the Republic with a description of the primary condition – by his own admission a…
From images of moral depravity on television and online to the perpetually bad-news news cycle to the blunders, improprieties, and worse of celebrities and politicians, the vile…