The Great Conversation: Language
“The medium is the message,” Marshall McLuhan wrote, and when the Great Conversation touches on language, it’s hard to argue with him.
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“The medium is the message,” Marshall McLuhan wrote, and when the Great Conversation touches on language, it’s hard to argue with him.
The Great Conversation: Language Read More »
St. Thomas à Kempis’ “Imitation of Christ” is one of the most influential religious works in history, crossing denominational and even religious lines.
St. Thomas à Kempis: Workaday Mysticism Read More »
Though often given second place beside deductive logic, induction is a powerful and surprisingly subtle instrument in the pursuit of knowledge.
The Great Conversation: Induction Read More »
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.
Herodotus: The Meaning of the Classical Mind Read More »
Those who refuse to learn history, as the saying goes, are bound to repeat it. What can we glean from the past to improve our own time and guide our future?
Student Essay: The Importance of History Read More »
What is happiness? Is virtue necessary for happiness, or are they in competition with each other? Is happiness under our control or beyond it?
The Great Conversation: Happiness Read More »
St. Thomas More’s conception of education tied it firmly to virtue, and specially to the virtue of humility, which he considered indispensable.
Thomas More: What Makes a “Man For All Seasons”? Read More »
It cannot be disputed that we as a nation have failed to live up to our ideals. But this failure of action does not diminish the value of these ideals; indeed, it only highlights our desperate need for them.
Abandoning America’s Founding Ideals Read More »
Is Aristotle’s idea of friendship and its virtues in harmony with Biblical depictions of friendship, or in conflict with them? Tabitha Jacobs explains.
Student Essay: Aristotelian and Biblical Friendship Read More »
The life of the imagination, according to Lewis, has the capacity to reflect and communicate divine truth; to divide imagination from reason is foolishness.
C. S. Lewis: Imagination and Joy Read More »