Equiano: An Author Profile
Few figures in our Author Bank have life stories as dramatic as Olaudah Equiano’s—an “interesting narrative” indeed …
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Sojourner Truth: An Author Profile
The tall, lean shape of Sojourner Truth strode tirelessly across the North, carrying the law and the gospel of freedom in its mouth.
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On Piety—Part I
Classical piety needs to be recovered by Christians, and by all people who seek to lead lives of true, enduring, and robust virtue.
Wiesel: An Author Profile
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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St. Jerome: An Author Profile
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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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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The Great Conversation: Pleasure & Pain—Part III
The Great Conversation:Pleasure & Pain—Part III By Gabriel Blanchard Having considered the surprisingly ascetic philosophy of Epicurus, and the broader implications of the existence of pain, what is
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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 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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