Confessing What and To Whom?: A Brief Contrast of Augustine and Rousseau
Both Augustine and Rousseau wrote books by the same name, Confessions, wherein they delineate their life’s story, exposing their corruptionsContinue Reading
Category: Philosophy
Justice in the Tripartite Soul through Virtuous Education: On Plato’s Republic
The following is a somewhat condensed version of a paper I wrote analyzing the educational principles elaborated in Plato’s Republic.Continue Reading
William James & the Pragmatic Principle Applied to Philosophic Theology: A Critique
Lecture 18 (“Philosophy”) of William James’ Varieties of Religious Experience examines philosophy’s usefulness in validating the individual’s experience of theContinue Reading
On Government: Its Institution, Purpose & Law
What follows is by no means an exhaustive treatment of a political philosophy of government, nor does it contain aContinue Reading
Science & the Real: A Case for an Eclectic Structural Realism
Science means knowledge, and the object of which the sciences are oriented is the natural world. Science therefore aims atContinue Reading
Living Wisely #4: Godliness Over Gain
This here is a word sure to prick the hearts of many in the western world, for we are aContinue Reading
Living Wisely #3: Family as the Bedrock of Wisdom
I like to think of Proverbs as a guide to or treatise on the fifth commandment: “Honor your father andContinue Reading
Turretin on the Existence of God
In his Institutes of Elenctic Theology, in the first volume, Francis Turretin (1623-1687) includes a section on classical arguments forContinue Reading
Living Wisely #1: What Is Wisdom?
Wisdom is more than knowledge. It is more than knowing the difference between right and wrong. This is indeed aContinue Reading
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