The Great Conversation: Idea—Part I
The Great Conversation: Idea—Part I By Gabriel Blanchard This series is about the great ideas; so what are ideas? At its core, an idea is a fairly simple […]
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Pascal: An Author Profile
PascalAn Author Profile By Gabriel Blanchard In a career of just over twenty years, Pascal changed the direction of European thought. ❧ Full name: Blaise Pascal [blāz päs-käł;
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Archimedes: An Author Profile
ArchimedesAn Author Profile By Gabriel Blanchard In the modern world as much as antiquity, few minds can hold a candle to Archimedes. ❧ Full name: Ἀρχιμήδης Φειδίου (Archimēdēs
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The Great Conversation: Chance
The Great Conversation: Chance By Gabriel Blanchard Chance is one of those strange ideas that seems quite natural as long as you aren’t thinking about it. The general
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Bohr: An Author Profile
BohrAn Author Profile By Gabriel Blanchard Few men have investigated the fundamental structure of matter as deeply as Niels Bohr. ❧ Full name: Niels Henrik David Bohr [nēłz
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The Great Conversation: Sin
The Great Conversation: Sin By Gabriel Blanchard Without saying that sin is a great idea, it is one of the great ideas. Sin is one of the perennial
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Meet the Minds Behind the Great Books
Meet the Minds Behind the Great Books Ever wanted to get to know the great books of the western world? Our purpose at CLT is to encourage everyone
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Cather: An Author Profile
CatherAn Author Profile By Gabriel Blanchard Few authors achieve the distinctive transparency of Cather’s work. ❧ Full name: Willa (née Wilella) Sibert Cather [wĭł-à, wĭ-lĕł-à sē-bŕt kăð-ŕ; see
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The Great Conversation: Prudence
The Great Conversation Prudence By Gabriel Blanchard Prudence, as C. S. Lewis put it, is “practical common sense”; but that hardly constitutes material for philosophy. Does it? At
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The Great Conversation: Labor
The Great Conversation: Labor By Gabriel Blanchard We know Labor Day as a popular holiday, but what exactly is it celebrating? Labor—or as we more often call it,
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