Beowulf: A Book Profile
“Beowulf” combines a Christianized worldview with the melancholy themes of the Norse Ragnarok, and in so doing achieves a solitary poetic quality.
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Great Works & Authors
Classic Learning in Black History: Part III
To ignore the Great Books is to ignore centuries of Black American heritage; these were the texts by which the community gained freedom, in body and soul.
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Euripides: An Author Profile
The plays of Euripides confront us with sophisticated moral problems and subtle characterization that advance even on Æschylus and Sophocles.
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Student Essay: A Comparison of Plato’s and Aristotle’s Views of Eudaimonia
Plato and Aristotle, though agreeing on many points, have radically dissimilar understandings of “eudaimonia” (happiness). How do they inform one another?
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Confucius: An Author Profile
Confucius is not only one of the great minds of China, but has wielded an influence on the politics and culture of the entire world.
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St. Thomas à Kempis: An Author Profile
St. Thomas à Kempis’ “Imitation of Christ” is one of the most influential religious works in history, crossing denominational and even religious lines.
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Herodotus: An Author Profile
Herodotus does not give us merely a drily “objective” outlook on the history he relates, but examines the rational and moral character of his subjects.
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More: An Author Profile
St. Thomas More’s conception of education tied it firmly to virtue, and specially to the virtue of humility, which he considered indispensable.
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Lewis: An Author Profile
The life of the imagination, according to Lewis, has the capacity to reflect and communicate divine truth; to divide imagination from reason is foolishness.
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Boethius: An Author Profile
The wheel of fortune, the problem of evil, and the mystery of divine foreknowledge are famous problems; Boethius, in a forgotten book, addressed them all.
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