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Fiddling While Rome Burned?
Now that we’ve finished Dante’s epic, we can read commentary on it from one of the 20th century’s great minds. It’s a nice way to pass our 4,000th page of Imaginative Literature this week. Here are th… more →
The Western Tradition
Aquinas: "The soul of the liar is like a counterfeit coin"
wrote 5 hours ago: “The soul of the liar is like a counterfeit coin, stamped with the devil’s effigy; when at the … more →
The separation of morals from government...
wrote 12 hours ago: Photo “MLK on the National Mall” (c) 2011 A. J. MacDonald, Jr The separation of morals f … more →
Calamities - Part II
wrote 13 hours ago: Friday, May 24, 2013 Matthew 24 Calamities – Part II When calamity strikes . . . what do we do? How … more →
Drama around skull and bones of Thomas Aquinas
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wrote 1 day ago: The monks exhumed the “saint” because they feared the body could be stolen. His head was … more →
ILLUMINATE 2013
wrote 1 day ago: For the school year 2013-2014, I’d like to share my message to the students of my dear Faculty … more →
A Reason for Revelation
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wrote 2 days ago: Portrait of René Descartes, dubbed the “Father of Modern Philosophy”, after Frans Hals c … more →
Kilvington's Sophismata
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wrote 2 days ago: The last chapter of Mathematical Structures was about how to spot false proofs. Of course, I am not … more →
Three Ways of Looking at a Mess
wrote 3 days ago: The Apartment There are several reasons why I live alone—as an only child, I intensely value my priv … more →
Review of Christ the Sacrament of the Encounter with God
wrote 4 days ago: Christ the Sacrament of the Encounter with God by Edward Schillebeeckx My rating: 2 of 5 stars A con … more →
If Music is the exaltation of the mind...
wrote 5 days ago: “Music is the exaltation of the mind derived from things eternal, bursting forth in sound. … more →
Prayer of Petition
wrote 5 days ago: Father Geiermann discusses the essentials of prayer of petition. He writes: “It always include … more →
Fiddling While Rome Burned?
wrote 1 week ago: Now that we’ve finished Dante’s epic, we can read commentary on it from one of the 20th century’s gr … more →
Fiddling While Rome Burned?
wrote 1 week ago: Now that we’ve finished Dante’s epic, we can read commentary on it from one of the 20th century’s gr … more →
50 Books That Changed The World
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wrote 1 week ago: 50 Books That Changed The World — Paulo Coelho’s Blog. By Paulo Coelho — Paulo Coelho’s … more →
Mysterious Ages
wrote 1 week ago: This book is part of a series by historian author Thomas Cahill. The series has seven volumes, five … more →
How Far Along the Spiritual Journey Can Non-Christians Go?
wrote 1 week ago: This is a long post. But it asks what I’d consider a relevant and important question: In this … more →
An Outsider Test of Faith - For Insiders
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wrote 1 week ago: Dallas area atheist John Loftus has a book called, “An Outsider Test of Faith.” I have n … more →
3 Short Analyses of Maimonides, Aquinas and Eckhart on "Silence"
wrote 1 week ago: This is a short exegetical piece I prepared for my Supervisors last week. I have been meaning to sha … more →
Short Note on Writing
wrote 1 week ago: Anthony Kenny says (Aquinas on Mind) “The works of St Thomas were the first major corpus to be … more →
