The Great Conversation: Man—Part I
The Great Conversation: Man—Part I By Gabriel Blanchard If man is the measure of all things, how are we to understand man? And if not, how are we […]
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The Great Conversation: Man—Part I By Gabriel Blanchard If man is the measure of all things, how are we to understand man? And if not, how are we […]
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The Great Conversation: Form By Gabriel Blanchard Many terms that are colossal in meaning sound unassuming: God, beauty, truth; none is more deceitfully humdrum than form. The theory
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The Great Conversation: Magic—Part II By Gabriel Blanchard The effects of magic on both history and literature are well-nigh incalculable, both when it is believed in and when
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The Great Conversation:Magic—Part I By Gabriel Blanchard From The High History of the Holy Graal to Macbeth to The Lord of the Rings, we seem to have an
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The Great Conversation: Liberty—Part III By Gabriel Blanchard Many figures from history write of a “true freedom” they contrast with mere autonomy: a freedom of will, intellect, and
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Thoreau: Defiance, Loneliness, and Beauty By Travis Copeland Few authors are less timely than Thoreau, and it is in this that he is most edifying to us. Henry
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The Great Conversation: Liberty—Part II By Gabriel Blanchard The liberties of speech and person we take for granted are part of a larger philosophic framework—one with a more
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The Great Conversation: Liberty—Part I By Gabriel Blanchard Liberty is among the most complex and controversial topics in the Great Conversation—which is saying a lot! One of the
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Student Essay: Ardor and Artistry By Caleb Diener The meaning of art is always hotly disputed: it was true in classical Athens, it was true in the Russian
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The Great Conversation: Experience By Gabriel Blanchard Nothing gains credentials for fools like experience, just as nothing discredits the well-informed like the lack of it. Like many themes
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