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Tag Archives: Philosophy
Another Kind of Imperialism!
No, this is not the British Empire or even the Great Invisible Empire of Romantia. I’ll just give you the link and recommend reading this fascinating paper. Imperial Ideology: The Idea of the Universal Christian Empire in Late Antiquity
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Retro-futurism
Over the past few days, I have been studying various forms of utopianism in what could be termed-post modern culture. I have often wondered what post-modernism is because the future of Christianity depends on being able to connect with the … Continue reading
Et in Arcadia Ego
This is the title of the opening section of Evelyn’s Waugh’s Brideshead Revisited, a description of the life of an undergraduate at Oxford University in the 1920’s and his friendship with an aristocratic family with no financial worries. I see … Continue reading
Quid est Veritas?
We have read it in the Gospel, heard it in church during Holy Week, and some of us have seen the Mel Gibson film. What is truth? In Thomist philosophy, the truth is something outside ourselves, and seizing the truth … Continue reading
A Relevance of Christianity
Since writing my last post and receiving a very interesting comment, I wonder if I have allowed myself to get onto someone’s conservative bandwagon. After all, the argument of some of the protagonists for women bishops in the Church of … Continue reading
Another Kind of Traditionalism
Traditionalism seems to be one of the most polyvalent words I have ever come across, meaning so many different concepts. People of so many different and opposing ideas often call themselves traditionalists. I have just spent seven years as a … Continue reading
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Cynicism
I often come across comments in blogs, not only my own but also in those of others. The word cynical so often comes into my mind, as synonymous as the attitude of those who are jaded, generally mistrust the integrity … Continue reading
The Illusion of Time
I was out in my boat a few days ago and mused how time seems so different at sea than on land. Has anyone thought about how time goes quickly when you guzzle and gulp your breakfast to get to … Continue reading
Belief and Morality
Here is an interesting essay with comments – If there is a God, then anything is permitted. It is a response to a saying attributed to Dostoevsky to the effect that if there is not belief in God, there is … Continue reading
The Name of the Rose
My copy of this book is now dog-eared and beaten. I think I must have read it about four or five times, and something new always strikes me each time. The film is fun, but much more superficial than the … Continue reading
The Blue Flower 