The Great Conversation: Wisdom—Part IV
From the more obvious moral and intellectual meanings of wisdom, we pass now to something more esoteric.
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De Pizan: An Author Profile
Victorian novelist Frank Smedley wrote that “All’s fair in love and war”; though we cannot be sure, Renaissance diplomat Christine de Pizan might have thrown her complete works at his head if she had heard that.
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Chekhov: An Author Profile
Chekhov is celebrated for his eponymous gun, but his writing is more like a knife, sharpened to razor-like simplicity.
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The Great Conversation: Wisdom—Part III
Scholars the world over will, doubtless, agree that the greatest artistic embodiment of wisdom in the last hundred years (perhaps, in the last five hundred) was Bugs Bunny.
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Wiesel: An Author Profile
Our society has stereotypes of both atheists and religious people; Wiesel sounds more like a Charles Williams character: “Asked if he were a pessimist or an optimist, he replied that he was an optimist and hated it.”
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The Great Conversation: Wisdom—Part II
The Great Conversation:Wisdom—Part II By Gabriel Blanchard Having discussed wisdom as a synonym for knowledge, we may shift to wisdom as a form of moral goodness. As discussed
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St. Jerome: An Author Profile
We might accuse St. Jerome of many faults—most of them connected with his severe disposition and hot temper—but he cannot be denied a singular presence and style.
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CLT10 National Award Winner Spotlight: Gwynith Hayden
In preparation for the release of the CLT10 awards in September of 2023, CLT is celebrating some of our past National Award Winners! This post celebrates Gwynith Hayden, a rising junior at Thomas Aquinas College.
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The Great Conversation: Subject
Education is debatable: that much is old news. But what is the stuff being debated?
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