Tag Archives: Philosophy

Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose…

Posted on Tuesday, 6 March, 2018 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

The more it changes, the more it’s the same thing. My attention has just been drawn to We Have Never Been Medieval. As I read though this piece, I find myself ever more confirmed in my adhesion to philosophical Idealism, even … Continue reading →

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Collectivism and Unity

Posted on Monday, 5 March, 2018 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

This is a subject I have been picking at for a while, and probably in various ways since my childhood. It is the political mantra proclaiming that mankind must be together and marching in lockstep in order to survive. Ideally, … Continue reading →

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Logos Option

Posted on Wednesday, 28 February, 2018 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

My e-mail address is on the list of Dr Robert Moynihan, and sometimes there are some lovely spiritual reflections. Most recently, he has sent out a letter with the title The Logos Option. It might seem somewhat corny after Benedict … Continue reading →

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Dark Satanic Mills

Posted on Sunday, 25 February, 2018 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

What has become a cliché has its origins in a piece of verse by William Blake. In my ignorance too, I understood the Dark Satanic Mills as the textile factories of the Industrial Revolution where children and poor people worked … Continue reading →

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Replacing Christianity?

Posted on Saturday, 24 February, 2018 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

Some brief correspondence with my sister who is a convinced Baptist indirectly brought my mind to a website I discovered independently a day or two ago, The Spiritual Basis of Romanticism. Before any attempt to make intelligent observations, I tried … Continue reading →

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The Legacy of the Enlightenment

Posted on Thursday, 22 February, 2018 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I have a look at Signs of the Times most days. It is one of those alternative news sites to take with a pinch of salt. It doesn’t go to the extremes of David Icke or Alex Jones, but is … Continue reading →

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Idealism

Posted on Wednesday, 21 February, 2018 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I have just finished reading C.S. Lewis’ Surprised by Joy, and feel a little perplexed about many things, doubtless because I was reading pages with less than the attention and concentration they deserve. I will have to read it a … Continue reading →

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Cosmopolitanism

Posted on Monday, 19 February, 2018 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

Pauline Kleingeld’s article about Novalis’ cosmopolitanism has struck a note with me. It left me a little frustrated in asking myself the question – What’s the use? Will philosophy change anything? Will our personal world views change anything? Does it … Continue reading →

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I Knew It!

Posted on Sunday, 18 February, 2018 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

In the light of my most recent update of a comment on my Post-Enlightenment posting, I made a quick search for a relationship between Romanticism and the Scriptures, struck as I was when reading the Sehnsucht of German Idealism into … Continue reading →

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A Fragment on the End of History

Posted on Tuesday, 13 February, 2018 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I tend to get into somewhat big subjects these days. It is mid February and I haven’t sailed since last October. That alone is no reason to “go off one’s rocker”. Apart from some nasty onsets of anxiety in the … Continue reading →

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