The Great Conversation: Government
The Great Conversation: Government By Gabriel Blanchard It began to be said several years ago that “strange women lying in ponds distributing swords” were becoming a more appealing …
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The Great Conversation: Relation
The Great Conversation: Relation By Gabriel Blanchard This concept has risen steadily in the Great Conversation, from a lesser footnote to a chief aspect of both physics and …
The Great Conversation: Authority—Part VI
The Great Conversation: Authority—Part VI By Gabriel Blanchard We have discussed autonomy and the authority spheres of the temple, the forum, and the academy; one more remains. This …
The Great Conversation: Authority—Part V
The Great Conversation: Authortity—Part V By Gabriel Blanchard The authority of the scholar contains certain ironies that may not show at a glance … This post is Part …
The Great Conversation: Authority—Part IV
The Great Conversation: Authority—Part IV By Gabriel Blanchard Having discussed power in the spheres of religion and the individual conscience, we now come to the public sphere of …
The Great Conversation: Authority—Part III
The Great Conversation: Authority—Part III By Gabriel Blanchard “We hold these truths to be self-evident”; but are they? Go here for Part I, or here for Part II. …
The Great Conversation: Authority—Part II
The Great Conversation: Authority—Part II By Gabriel Blanchard The idea of religious authority swiftly brings us to what some people regard practically as its opposite, the question of …
The Great Conversation: Authority—Part I
The Great Conversation: Authority—Part I By Gabriel Blanchard The question of authority impinges on practically every other field of inquiry that exists or can exist. Though curiously omitted …
Trivialities and Quadrivialities
Trivialities and Quadrivialities Is the Medieval-Classical Model of Education Truly Still Relevant? By Gabriel Blanchard The classical renewal movement has long argued that the skills of the Trivium …
The Great Conversation: Technology—Part II
The Great Conversation: Technology—Part II By Gabriel Blanchard What does technology, especially with its peculiar relationship to information, bode for our future? Go here for Part I. The …