Humility: A Hidden Source of Strength
Humility: A Hidden Source of Strength By Fr. Robert Nixon, OSB Humility is a vital element in the spiritual life, and one we often misinterpret. Humility is the …
Harvey: The Blood and the Body
Harvey: The Blood and the Body By Matt McKeown All subsequent medicine owes William Harvey an inestimable debt. Sixteenth and seventeenth-century Europe saw a great flowering of scientists. …
The Great Conversation: Hospitality
The Great Conversation: Hospitality By Travis Copeland As we gather to celebrate Thanksgiving, we enter a tradition far broader and older than any one nation or holiday. Hospitality …
Dickens: Satire and Sentiment
Dickens: Satire and Sentiment By Gabriel Blanchard The work of Dickens is at once politically radical and warmly domestic. Nineteenth-century Britain was rich in popular literature, much of …
Student Essay: Without and Within
Student Essay: Without and Within By Brodie Crowder Sawyer and Finn present not only two distinct characters, but two whole modes of constructing narrative. Conflict is perhaps the …
The Great Conversation: Opposition
The Great Conversation: Opposition By Gabriel Blanchard Opposition is one of the richest ideas in the Great Conversation. Opposite-ness is a particular species of the broader genus of …
Montaigne: The Checkered Shades of Faith
Montaigne: The Checkered Shades of Faith By Matt McKeown Belief and skepticism strike us as opposites, but paradox is a familiar element in belief. As we know, the …
Student Essay: Superstition and Religion in “Huckleberry Finn”
Student Essay: Superstition and Religion in Huckleberry Finn By Catherine Gath Twain’s portrait of what religion and superstition are to Finn indicate a subtle relationship between the two. …
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The Great Conversation: Idea—Part II
The Great Conversation: Idea—Part II By Gabriel Blanchard The pendulum of Western thought continues to swing between Plato and Aristotle, yet from radically different pivots … Go here …
Of Mind and Hearth
Of Mind and Hearth By Travis Copeland As the body needs an earthly home to rest in, the soul needs an intellectual one, and for much the same …
