The Brain, a User’s Manual: Using the Square of Opposition
Logic can make us think of the angels—like angels, logicians must frequently beginning by saying “Fear not.”
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Texts in Context: The Surrender
Texts in Context:The Surrender By Gabriel Blanchard Into the established dichotomies of the Græco-Roman West and the Syro-Persian East, suddenly, out of the south, something new leapt forth
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Texts in Context: The Song of the Desert
The defining institution of antiquity had been the forum; that of early modernity would, perhaps, be a school. The path from the one to the other ran through a cloister.
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Student Story: From the Cold
This last city, I felt, was the only chance I had. That chance was dwindling rapidly with every snowflake that fell from the sky.
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The Brain, a User’s Manual: Introducing the Square of Opposition
The Brain, a User’s Manual:Introducing theSquare of Opposition By Gabriel Blanchard With the foundation of predicating laid, we may begin to rear the walls and towers of the
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Texts in Context: The Real Dark Ages
We turn now to the pathless north, to see if there is any light we can shed upon an age famed most for its slain dragons, extinct giants, and other elusive natives of Faërie.
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The Brain, a User’s Manual: How to Talk About Things—Part Three
One of the most common causes of distrust and even enmity among people is mere miscommunication.
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Texts in Context: The Roman Empire After Rome
The reign of Justinian and Theodora seemed like it might be the recovery of a Roman Mediterranean; at first.
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The Brain, a User’s Manual: How to Talk About Things—Part Two
Having armed ourselves with substance, let’s get into some accidents.
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Texts in Context: From Antiquity to the Mediævum
We have come now to, perhaps, the most libeled and distorted period in all of human history. Let’s clear a few things up before we properly begin!
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