Our society has stereotypes of both atheists and religious people; Wiesel sounds more like a Charles Williams character: “Asked if he were a pessimist or an optimist, he replied that he was an optimist and hated it.”
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We might accuse St. Jerome of many faults—most of them connected with his severe disposition and hot temper—but he cannot be denied a singular presence and style.
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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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Von GoetheAn Author Profile By Gabriel Blanchard Goethe inaugurated a fundamental change in the passions that inspire literature in general. Romanticism is an idea we tend to take
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OrigenAn Author Profile By Gabriel Blanchard In the person of Origen, Christianity became for the first time an officially, and formidably, intellectual force. It seems impossible to call
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St. Gregory of NyssaAn Author Profile By Gabriel Blanchard Shaped by the world of seventeen centuries ago, the work of St. Gregory of Nyssa shows surprising contemporary relevance.
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KantAn Author Profile By Gabriel Blanchard We find ourselves to be in a modern world; whose fault is it? The traditional and perhaps best answer here is “Hegel,”
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AbelardAn Author Profile By Gabriel Blanchard The intellectual revival that took place in eleventh and twelfth century Paris lies at the heart of western thought. Born in Brittany
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MontesquieuAn Author Profile By Gabriel Blanchard We have a general notion of the debt our government structure owes to the British, the Romans, even possibly the Iroquois; but
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PasteurAn Author Profile By Gabriel Blanchard From the shots we cajole our little ones through (or grimace over ourselves!) to the milk we pull from the fridge in
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