Rhetorica: A Complement to Dialectica
Rhetoric is the crown of the Trivium, and this is not an accident: “these three are one, the glory equal, the majesty coeternal …”
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Texts in Context: Islamic Civilization in the Early Middle Ages
What became of the Muslim invaders Charles Martel trounced? What were they up to in the 10th century? Nothing; just throwing a golden age.
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Dialectica: An Index of Logic (and Fallacies)
Not everyone gets a classical education, replete with grammar, logic, and rhetoric; but when pursuing wisdom, it is never too late to begin.
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Texts in Context: Varangians and Vinlanders
In the tenth century, northern Europe (with exceptions and false starts) is seen at last to enter the circle of post-Classical civilization.
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The Brain, a User’s Manual: Conjunction Junction
The necessary-and-sufficient conditional and the disjunctive lie before us; and then … well, we can burn that bridge when we come to it.
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Texts in Context: The Sons of Midgard
The interwoven tales of the North wind in strange directions; their knots and curls can hardly ever be foreseen.
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The Brain, a User’s Manual: Enough Necessity
Sufficiency and necessity are twins, but not identical twins—though their younger sibling does mysteriously resemble both.
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Texts in Context: The Seven Crowns of Englalond
If there is one thing we know about England during the age of the Heptarchy, it’s that it isn’t that, it’s something else.
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The Brain, a User’s Manual: What Is Stoic Logic?
Now, as we enter the Stoa, let’s pause to examine a hitch in—well, a hitch in logic is just what it isn’t, though many people think it is. Come and have a look.
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Texts in Context: Twelve Centuries Ago
Although “the Dark Ages” have officially passed, Europe is not quite finished being battered within an inch of its life …
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