Truth: Our Daily Bread
If Socrates were alive today, it is likely that he would sit close to a newspaper per stand and address the people rushing to grab a...
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Man Alone Can Procreate
John Paul II will leave us a precious legacy: his staunch defense of life, and his theology of the body. He has succeeded in unveiling...
Murder of Culture
Wherever we turn, we are faced with the words "in our culture." "Our culture tells us." We are implicitly told that we have a social duty...
The Blessings of Old Age
We know neither the day nor the hour. In our sick and violent society, in spite of the laws of statistics, no young person has any...
Two Types of Blindness
Plato’s name has been mentioned more than once in these pages. He deserves to be mentioned once again...
Wrong Approaches to Art
Perfect eyesight does not guarantee artistic appreciation. An eagle sees better than we do; a dog's ear registers many sounds that escape...
Kierkegaard Against Feminism: Beautiful Words About Women
To write on Kierkegaard's thought is an act of daring. In a way this is true of many philosophers. One only needs to think of the various...
Classroom Conversion
Not long ago, in my "Introduction to Philosophy" course, I was discussing truth. I gave my students the classical argument against...
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