One of the observations de Tocqueville repeatedly makes in Democracy in America is that equality, especially democratic equality, tends to dissolve the bonds between people that exist in societies th… more →
Sticky Green LeavesMolly wrote 4 days ago: One of the observations de Tocqueville repeatedly makes in Democracy in America is that equality, e … more →
beaver1312 wrote 1 week ago: Formula prediction: Saint John’s wins by 4 points Other predictions: Don – Saint John … more →
Molly wrote 1 month ago: Ungh! I can’t write coherently about Kant! Here’s my paper… such as it is… … more →
philipcase wrote 1 month ago: The first shot is of the Bell Tower/Steeple of Saint John’s church at 105 Chapel Street downto … more →
Molly wrote 1 month ago: This last week was what would generally be considered “midterms” – we had a short … more →
Molly wrote 2 months ago: Practical Wisdom in Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics* Since virtue, for Aristotle, is the mean … more →
Molly wrote 2 months ago: I’ll be doing War and Peace, starting in about two weeks. … more →
MI SHPO wrote 3 months ago: The List is the Michigan State Historic Preservation Office’s weekly news round-up of historic … more →
Molly wrote 4 months ago: The Connection Between Love and Suffering in The Tragic Sense of Life, Nothing Less than a Man, and … more →
Molly wrote 4 months ago: Fourth Essay Section: love, Suffering, and Don Manuel At our coming into the world it is given to us … more →
Molly wrote 4 months ago: Third Essay Section: love, Suffering, and Alejandro in Nothing Less than a Man NOTE: I may need to a … more →
Molly wrote 4 months ago: Second Essay Section: love, Suffering, and Julia in Nothing Less than a Man NOTE: if titles are not … more →
Molly wrote 4 months ago: A Draft of the first four pages of my essay NOTE: Yeah, I don’t know how to cite sources when … more →
Molly wrote 4 months ago: A statue of a dying saint in a church. No, really. You say you’ve seen Aphrodite looking less … more →
Molly wrote 4 months ago: Bernini, Gianlorenzo Ecstasy of St. Teresa 1647-52. Marble height c. 11' 6" (3.5m) Santa Ma … more →
Molly wrote 4 months ago: "Pietà" by Spanish painter Luis de Morales. Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando, … more →
Molly wrote 4 months ago: I’m not sure that I’ve ever actually written a 15 page paper before. As a result, it sho … more →
Molly wrote 4 months ago: The truth is that my work – my mission, I was about to say – is to shatter the faith of … more →
Molly wrote 5 months ago: They that have power to hurt and will do none, That do not do the thing they most do show, Who, movi … more →