Twelve Aquinas Aphorisms
Simple observations from the medieval poster boy will give you new perspectives
Thomas Aquinas
Pulling Thomas Aquinas Kicking and Screaming into the Twentieth Century
There are some authors who make you think, “I could read this guy, and just this guy, for the rest of my life. He'd bring me to greater and greater levels of wisdom and understanding.”
For me, the German philosopher Josef Pieper (1904-1997) is such a writer. He
Five Pieces of Furniture for Your Intellectual Living Room
These truths settle nothing but ought to inform everything
Western Civilization Hit Its Apex During Advent 1273
A civilization can, indeed, advance and decline at the same time. Eric Voegelin, New Science of Politics, 132.
As civilization advances, the sense of wonder declines. Abraham Heschel, God in Search of Man
Modern civilization is gnostic civilization. Gnostic civilization is left-hemispheric civilization.
Gnosis: Knowledge. Specifically, explicit knowledge, the kind
How to Raise a Sane Child
Rule Number One: Don't be a Nominalist
My three-year-old son Jack received a menagerie of thirty-some plastic animals at Christmas to go with the dozen or so he already owned. He played with his “anmuls” constantly, carrying them around in different containers (wagon, bag, box, hat) and setting
The Silence of St. Thomas, by Josef Pieper
A Micro-Review/Essay
St. Thomas Aquinas: “The Dumb Ox," by G.K. Chesterton
A Micro-Review/Essay
Thomas Aquinas: Pinnacle to Obsolescence in 200 Years and Why It Matters
Aquinas knew there was something prior to essence and being. Western culture lost sight of it.