Monthly Archives: July 2012

Theology for Beginners (Sort Of)

Posted on July 30, 2012 by Dr. J

It’s Great Books Monday, and we are entering the dog days of August. It’s too hot to do much outdoors in most of the country. How about picking up a Great Book to pass the time?  Here are the readings … Continue reading →

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Is It Better to Be Feared or Loved?

Posted on July 23, 2012 by Dr. J

It’s Great Books Monday, and we are closing in on 9,000 pages of reading. Congratulations to all who have devoted any amount of time to these works.  Here are the readings for the coming week: “Customs and Opinions of the … Continue reading →

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Is Luxury Good or Evil?

Posted on July 16, 2012 by Dr. J

On this Great Books Monday, I hope you are in a calculating mood. Not only are we embarking on one of Aristotle’s works on logic, but we’re also reading the father of amoral political calculation this week. Here are the … Continue reading →

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Rousseau Misinterprets Christianity—Anyone Surprised?

Posted on July 9, 2012 by Dr. J

It’s (finally) Great Books Monday again, and after several weeks of playing catch-up, we are back on schedule with a Monday post. This week we’ll come within a whisker of our 1,800th page of readings in the sciences, and that’s … Continue reading →

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How Many Metaphysicians Does It Take to Change a Light Bulb?

Posted on July 3, 2012 by Dr. J

Only one, if he can experience it from the inside. (If you read Bergson last week, you got the joke.) It’s still Tuesday here in the Central time zone, so I’m going to claim success this week in continuing to … Continue reading →

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