Posted in philosophy, political theory, technology on May 10, 2008 | No Comments »
My penultimate paper for this semester has been completed. It is a meditation on themes in Martin Heidegger’s essay “The Question Concerning Technology” and Hannah Arendt’s book The Human Condition. As it is rather long (7400 words or so), I’ve put it on a separate page. You can get to it by clicking below.
“THAT WHICH [...]
Posted in Faith & Reason, Theology and Discipleship, philosophy, political theory on October 26, 2007 | 2 Comments »
I. Introduction
How can the human desire for happiness be reconciled to the reality of suffering in the world? Our best efforts to live a good and pleasant life often seem to be frustrated by fate and hindered by our friends. This is a world of trouble, tragedy, and confusion.
The classical philosophers wanted to construct a [...]
Posted in Faith & Reason, Reformed Theology, Theology and Discipleship, philosophy on July 19, 2007 | 1 Comment »
THOMAS AQUINAS. SUMMA THEOLOGICA, FIRST PART, QUESTION 105, ARTICLE 4. “WHETHER GOD CAN MOVE THE CREATED WILL?”
Objection 1. It would seem that God cannot move the created will. For whatever is moved from without, is forced. But the will cannot be forced. Therefore it is not moved from without; and therefore cannot be moved [...]
Posted in Current Events, Evangelism and Apologetics, Theology and Discipleship, philosophy, political theory on July 12, 2007 | No Comments »
How excellent are your works, O God!
Your people see them and rejoice,
those who you have called from every nation, from every time;
the poor and the rich, the unknown and the great.
Out of the east you called Abraham,
and made of him a nation, Israel, your holy people;
From slavery in Egypt you delivered them.
You saw the horror [...]
Posted in Democracy, Faith & Reason, philosophy, political theory on June 22, 2007 | 1 Comment »
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What are libraries for? Are they cultural storehouses that contain the best that has been thought and said? Or are they more like actual stores, responding to whatever fickle taste or Mitch Albom tearjerker is all the rage at this very moment?
If the answer is the latter, then why must we have government-run libraries at [...]
Posted in Democracy, Ethics, Organizations, philosophy, political theory on April 8, 2007 | No Comments »
From Alexis de Tocqueville’s Democracy in America (Mansfield trans.):
“I do not know any country where, in general, less independence of mind and genuine freedom of discussion reign than in America.” (244)
“In America the majority draws a formidable circle around thought. Inside those limits the writer is free; but unhappiness awaits him if he dares to [...]
Posted in Ethics, Faith & Reason, philosophy, sexuality on April 7, 2007 | No Comments »
When sex is “free,” it is valued less; the sense of wonder that it ought to create is diminished; it does not provoke the kind of soul-searching and development that ought to accompany a young person’s rise to adulthood. A young person ought to struggle until love, reason, sex, faith, and virtue are brought together in an understanding of what it truly means to be human. Humanity means not only being the greatest of the animals, but being as far superior to them as they are to the inanimate things.
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