The Great Conversation:Definition By Gabriel Blanchard To define terms is always hard, usually dull, often frivolous—and unavoidable. All language involves definition, at least implicitly; or, to put the […]
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The Great Conversation:Love—Part IV By Matt McKeown Agapē, or charity, is by most accounts the highest of the four loves; and it is a challenging height. Go here
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The Great Conversation:Love—Part III By Gabriel Blanchard Romantic love has had a fascinating history in our intellectual tradition. Go here for Part I and Part II. Now we
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The Great Conversation:Love—Part II By Matt McKeown Friendship is a neglected subject in our day, in strange contrast to earlier centuries. Go here for Part I, “affection” (στοργή
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The Great Conversation:Love—Part I By Gabriel Blanchard Love is one of the richest and most varied topics of the Great Conversation. It has long been conventional in western
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The Great Conversation: Democracy By Matt McKeown Almost every nation in the world today calls itself a democracy, and almost none agree on how to define the term.
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The Great Conversation: Universal & Particular By Gabriel Blanchard Here we have, arguably, the single oldest discussion in philosophy. Philosophy as we know it was born in Ionia
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The Great Conversation: Revolution By Matt McKeown Is revolution indeed condoned by “the Laws of Nature and of Nature’s God”? The United States, and in fact almost every
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The Great Conversation: Necessity & Contingency By Gabriel Blanchard Though the pair may sound abstract, the ideas of necessity and contingency are interwoven with a vast range of
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Humility: A Hidden Source of Strength By Fr. Robert Nixon, OSB Humility is a vital element in the spiritual life, and one we often misinterpret. Humility is the
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