The Great Conversation: Theology
The Great Conversation:Theology By Matt McKeown Few topics are as contentious, or as rich, as that of divinity. We have discussed religion here at the journal before. It …
Einstein: The Father of Modern Physics
Einstein:The Father of Modern Physics By Matt McKeown Einstein’s theories can sound like an avalanche of weirdness for its own sake. The truth is simpler, and more interesting. …
Ovid: Scribe of Venus
Ovid:Scribe of Venus By Matt McKeown In both Ovid’s light verse and his grander work, the two aspects of the Roman Venus are clearly discernible. The first century …
The Great Conversation: Law
The Great Conversation: Law By Matt McKeown Man is a political animal. … Right? Some of the great ideas come up more often around elections, and law is …
The Great Conversation: Desire
The Great Conversation: Desire By Matt McKeown There are few ideas more deceitfully simple than desire. Desire is a more complicated subject than it may appear at first …
The Great Conversation: Beauty
The Great Conversation:Beauty By Matt McKeown The definition of beauty—indeed, whether it can be defined at all—is a remarkably difficult problem in the history of thought. Goodness, truth, …
Maimonides: Guide of the Perplexed
Maimonides: Guide of the Perplexed By Matt McKeown Maimonides shaped all subsequent schools of Judaism, and even the development of Medieval Christianity. The twelfth century was a great …
The Great Conversation: Fate
The Great Conversation: Fate By Matt McKeown Fate is an idea as old as the written word. The will of Jove, the Viking Norns, the cycle of samsāra …
Plutarch: The Purpose of History
Plutarch:The Purpose of History By Matt McKeown History is a standard subject in every curriculum. But why do we study it? Plutarch is not exactly a household name …
Charlotte Brontë: Voice From the Deep
“Jane Eyre” is a classic novel of the Romantic movement, but its moral backbone is what makes its protagonist and her story compelling.
