The ultimate question, of whether or not modern technology ought to be embraced, depends ultimately upon what kind of values it instills within society.
The ultimate question, of whether or not modern technology ought to be embraced, depends ultimately upon what kind of values it instills within society.
“All education is conversion” -Pierre Hadot
In his essay, “Walker Percy’s Devil,” Thomas LeClair contends that Art Immelmann, the devil figure in Love in the Ruins, represents a temptation not only
Teaching is among the noblest of professions, a tremendous gift and a tremendous responsibility.
It takes something drastic to affect a radical re-prioritization of the good of matrimonial and domestic love over those of power and convenience
Part I: Pasnau’s Objection
“Everyone is guilty for everyone else,” claims Dmitri Karamazov in Dostoevsky’s The Brothers Karamazov. In the same breath, he declares his innocence and need for
This dancer embodies geometry by creating lines and shapes, and she embodies arithmetic by solving an equation within her body. As one leg reaches to create a line beyond her ear, the foot in opposition holds her firmly to the ground. Her arms equally form a circle about her head; she doesn’t have to think about whether or not her arms are equal, she knows her arms are equal. Her eyes know the angle at which to look at the ground. Her body knows the created patterns, equations, and lines.
The following five poems (offered in no particular order), I suggest, every bachelor of arts—indeed, every liberal artist—should carry in memory.
So, to complement all the other ways we mark Independence Day—in John Adams’s words, by “solemn Acts of Devotion to God Almighty” as well as “Pomp and Parade, […] Shews, Games, Sports, Guns, Bells, Bonfires and Illuminations”—here are three overlooked lessons from the Declaration of Independence.
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Newman’s Idea of a University stands as one of the greatest works on the nature of education. It arose from his efforts to found a Catholic
The Republic is the most complete attempt by Plato to articulate and answer the question, “What is the best way of life for a human being?” It is
Dr. Amir Sabzevary has spent the last thirty years teaching philosophy and religion. Today, he joins John to talk about the journey of both teaching
This week on the Magnus Podcast, John and Larissa talk moral theology with high school teacher, Rocky Brittain and attempt to answer difficult moral questions
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