Great Ideas

They say that money can’t buy happiness. All the same, most of us would appreciate the opportunity to check for ourselves.

Religion is a gigantic subject. The astonishing diversity of religions is only part of the reason; we have also to consider what religion is to different people, or to the same person in different ways.

“Either there are no thinkers, no thought, no anything; or there is a real bridge between the mind and reality.” — G. K. Chesterton

The virtues have been a favorite topic of the Great Conversation, and courage has received a surprising variety of definitions, from warlike to explicitly nonviolent.

The idea of angels provides a wealth of material not just for religious thought, but for philosophical exercises and artistic expression.