The Great Conversation: Wisdom—Part I
What is wisdom?
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Great Works & Authors
Mill: An Author Profile
MillAn Author Profile By Gabriel Blanchard Despite coming late in its history, Mill may have been the single most potent shaper of classical Liberal political theory. ❧ Full
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D’Argenteuil: An Author Profile
D’ArgenteuilAn Author Profile By Gabriel Blanchard We do not typically think of wife and nun as words that can apply to the same woman at the same time.
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Cooper: An Author Profile
CooperAn Author Profile By Gabriel Blanchard Virgil wrote the line mens immota manet lacrimæ volvuntur inanes* about Æneas; but if he had been thinking of Cooper, he might
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Lessons From Purgatory
Lessons From Purgatory By Autumn Kennedy In its own capacity, Dante’s Purgatorio resembles Virgil, shepherding its readers up the sacred mountain in this life as he shepherded its
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Malory: An Author Profile
MaloryAn Author Profile By Gabriel Blanchard No one codified the legend of King Arthur and its meaning for English culture as powerfully as Thomas Malory. The historical basis
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The Legacy of the Nibelungenlied
The Legacy of the Nibelungenlied By Gabriel Blanchard What legacy is there to utter destruction? As it turns out, if it has a poet on its side, quite
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The Nibelungenlied: A Book Profile
The NibelungenliedA Book Profile By Gabriel Blanchard Romance; treachery; vengeance; many unpronounceable names: here we have the ingredients of high epic. The Nibelungenlied, or Song of the Nibelungs,
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Woolf: An Author Profile
WoolfAn Author Profile By Gabriel Blanchard In her narrative techniques and personal ideals, Woolf was emblematic of all of twentieth-century literature. It has been pointed out (sometimes even
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The Great Conversation: Education—Part I
The Great Conversation: Education—Part I By Gabriel Blanchard We shall doubtless get to the last in due time, but what, in the first place, is education for? On
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