The Lesson We Overlook at a Solar Eclipse
I missed the solar eclipse of 2024 since I live in the Southern Hemisphere. But today, with high definition media and thousands of cell phone cameras, I was able to witness it by proxy many times over, and also hear the “Oh My Gods” and “Wows” of the crowds. It was moving indeed. Many […]
Light That Illuminates – Light That Blinds
We can measure light, to some extend control it, and for those of us blessed with sight, use it to see, to navigate through life and to shine upon things we love to behold. But its origin in the fearful cauldron of the sun should give us pause. It reminds us that fire, heat and […]
Scholia on an Implicit Person
Scholia on an Implicit Person Explorations in Thomism, Advaita Vedanta and Buddhism Scott Randall Paine, University of Brasilia Introduction Is it a person, a place or a thing? It is not difficult to imagine this question passing through the mind of any one of us, anywhere in the world and at any time. It […]
Chapter 2: Philosophy and the Humanities
Face to Face with Everything How Philosophy Looks at the World, and What It Sees Jumping over Chapter 1 to Chapter 2 from the new book. The Introduction is here. 2. Philosophy and the Humanities We began by philosophizing about philosophy itself, an exercise sometimes called metaphilosophy. In the present chapter we […]
Online Course on Eugen Rosenstock-Huessy
For any of my readers who might be interested, beginning on September 18 I will be giving an 8-week, online course on the thought of Eugen Rosenstock-Huessy (1888-1973), sponsored by the Lyceum Institute (links for information, registration and syllabus below): https://lyceum.institute/news-and-announcements/2023/08/20/fall-2023-eugen-rosenstock-huessy/ Syllabus – Rosenstock-Huessy Seminar, Fall 2023
Pedagógico ou esotérico?
Há diferenças importantes entre uma filosofia, uma religião ou uma organização qualquer que se apresenta como “esotérica”, e uma que simplesmente apresenta uma ordem pedagógica na apropriação daquilo que oferece e ensina. Também no caso do indivíduo, existem situações de vida que exigem certa proteção, mas sem se tratar de algo stricto sensu “oculto”. Mas […]
Ancient, Not Old
Pulchritudo tam antiqua et tam nova (St. Augustine) “Beauty so ancient and so new,” exclaims the saint as he regrets the tardiness of his turn to God, and yet recognizes the advantages of an “ancient” God whose “mercies never come to an end.” (Lamentations: 3,22) God has “time” to wait for us. This is […]
New Book
Face to Face with Everything How Philosophy Looks at the World, and What It Sees* Introduction As human beings we all have faces. But what about the world around us – does it have a face too? Without undue anthropomorphizing, it seems not only that it does, but, […]
Webinar on the Thought of Richard De Smet
Invitation to Inaugural Webinar through ZOOM Theme: INDIAN CHRISTIAN PHILOSOPHIZING Thinking Along With and Ahead Richard De Smet Date: 27th Feb, 2023 Time: 11:00 Brazilian time !! (17h30 – 19h30, Indian Standard Time) Presentations: Inaugural Address: (20 minutes) “Birth and Initial Growth of ACPI – Role of Richard De […]
Common Confusions about Saints and Scripture
Along with the undeniable benefits brought to us by modern science and technology, our thinking has also been encumbered by a few intellectual missteps. So much has been attained through the prioritization of mathematics in dealing with the material world, this quantitative, calculating mode of knowledge has dared to intrude into areas it […]