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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Great Works & Authors
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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Defending Our Students From Propaganda
The only defense against the worst is a knowledge of the best. By their ignorance people enfranchise their exploiters. —Wendell Berry
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Voltaire: An Author Profile
As one of the principal architects of the French Enlightenment, Voltaire wields an influence on all subsequent world history.
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Dostoevsky: An Author Profile
Dostoevsky remains relevant to our time because he did not bind his concerns to his. He thrills with what Joseph Frank called “eschatological apprehension.”
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Of Morals and Mystery
Sayers’ work becomes what Woolf calls “a room of one’s own,” a place where she can be at liberty write without thought to the expectations of her sex to marry nor to limit herself to the conventions of her Oxford education.
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Epictetus: An Author Profile
Self-mastery, over both emotions and thoughts, is an invaluable skill that every person should work to acquire.
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