The Great Conversation: Physics
The Great Conversation: Physics By Gabriel Blanchard Under the seemingly-unassuming name “Physics Dept.,” colleges all over the country house scholars who would unveil what may be the almost-literal …
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The Great Conversation: Authority—Part V
The Great Conversation: Authortity—Part V By Gabriel Blanchard The authority of the scholar contains certain ironies that may not show at a glance … This post is Part …
Freud: The Enigma of the Mind
Freud: The Enigma of the Mind By Gabriel Blanchard All too casually we toss around terms like “unconscious,” “complex,” “neurotic,” “anti-cathected sublimation” … Freud may seem like an …
Trivialities and Quadrivialities
Trivialities and Quadrivialities Is the Medieval-Classical Model of Education Truly Still Relevant? By Gabriel Blanchard The classical renewal movement has long argued that the skills of the Trivium …
The Great Conversation: Technology—Part II
The Great Conversation: Technology—Part II By Gabriel Blanchard What does technology, especially with its peculiar relationship to information, bode for our future? Go here for Part I. The …
The Great Conversation: Technology—Part I
The Great Conversation: Technology—Part I By Gabriel Blanchard We live in a technological age; we have a vague sense that that means our world is in some sense …
Pasteur: The War of Life Against Life
Pasteur: The War of Life Against Life By Gabriel Blanchard From the shots we cajole our little ones through (or grimace over ourselves!) to the milk we pull …
St. Hildegard of Bingen: “The Sibyl of the Rhine”
St. Hildegard of Bingen: “The Sibyl of the Rhine” By Gabriel Blanchard Today we discuss the life and times of a renaissance woman—albeit the rennaissance in question was …
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Boyle: “The Sceptical Chymist”
Boyle: “The Sceptical Chymist” By Gabriel Blanchard We often, rightly, admire the intellectual gifts of great authors; yet there is a moral quality the sciences especially can’t go …
The Great Conversation: Same & Other
The Great Conversation: Same & Other By Gabriel Blanchard The person in the mirror is the same person as you. … Isn’t it? One of the first things …