Sayers: The Centrality of Accuracy
“Is not the great defect of our education today that although we often succeed in teaching our pupils ‘subjects,’ we fail lamentably on the whole in teaching them how to think?”
Aeschylus: The Formulation of Justice
Aeschylus: The Formulation of Justice By Gabriel Blanchard Civilization is rooted in reasoned and impartial justice. Aeschylus’ place on the CLT author bank may not be obvious at …
Pseudo-Dionysius: Where Knowledge Meets Mystery
The importance of pseudo-Dionysius lies not in his exposition of the geometries of creation, but in his mystical theology, which contextualizes all our knowledge in the mystery of what transcends knowledge.
How to Read Old Books, According to C. S. Lewis
It can be difficult to find an author’s meaning in the thicket of our own assumptions. C.S. Lewis tells us to study both an old book and its context in order to truly understand what it has to say.
