From Duncliffe Wood
1 We lie now in absolute stillness: I see this hollow of the wood, These trees, as if they were Joined with us - we with them…
Not Vanity: A Poem
It is not difficult to define the place that physical labour should occupy in a well-ordered social life. It should be its spiritual core. - Simone Weil…
What is Perversion?
Etymologically, perversion designates an overturning, a thorough subversion with respect to a proper telos, a natural course and end. To pervert an art is to turn it…
The Knowledge and Virtue of the Future
The notion of a necessary connection between knowledge and virtue is all but alien to our times. The Machiavellian revolution and the “inversion of values” it involved…
The Oranges: A Poem
So many, mock me in their ripening, Their abundance – singly, in clusters Of twos and threes - bold as nothing Else to see, their globes of…
Travel: A Poem
The birds that traverse the garden – Emerging to sight above the hedge, The silvery magnolia tree, the rose Branches splayed against the sky – From east…
Nomos, Nature, and Modernity in Brague’s The Law of God
By looking at the historical paths of Greece, Israel, Christianity, and Islam, Brague’s The Law of God compares each civilization’s conceptions of law and divinity. For the…
Concepts of Nature: Ancient and Modern
Concepts of Nature: Ancient and Modern. R.J. Snell and Steven F. McGuire, eds.. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, 2016. The word, “nature,” is a broad term, often…
Natural Law and Aristotle: What is Right by Nature?
In classical philosophy "right by nature" was a symbol, with the help of which the philosopher interpreted his noetic experience of right human action. Through the dogmatization…
What is Nature?
Any assertion that this or that is, or is not, "right by nature" must remain void of meaning unless we know what nature is. In this matter…
Examining the Role of Naturalism in Science
The Nature of Nature: Examining the Role of Naturalism in Science. Bruce L. Gordon and William A. Dembski, eds. Wilmington, DE: Intercollegiate Studies Institute Books, 2011. …