Why I like Tom
One of my students asked me once what it was I most admired in St. Thomas Aquinas (whom I tend to quote a lot). I’d never been asked that before,
Pointing and Seeing Together
All babies point without training. No mother need instruct her infant to extend its tiny index finger and direct it at an object. They do it on their own, and
Naked Facts
Modesty, as I understand it, is a form of respect we show to other people, acting and dressing in ways that address their higher faculties and do not arouse their
Losing the Evidence
The “obvious” is that which goes without saying. Indeed, it only really goes when it isn’t said. When we say it anyway, it sounds tautological and intrusive. “The world is
The Three Legs of the Stool
Our sensory and emotional lives are rooted in our bodies; our thinking and willing in our minds; our deepest aspirations and our slowly evolving character in our hearts. Our humanity is
Hasty Transitions
The problem with most up-to-date thinkers is that they are eager to transcend what they have never traversed, to overcome what they’ve never come to, and to leave forever behind