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Professors Mortimer J Adler and Charles Van Doren stated that a truly great book merits re-reading this several times in their How to Read a Book. Father James Schall also makes this point in his On the Unseriousness of Human Affairs, itself a delightful book which I've enjoyed reading. To paraphrase Fr Schall, one of the advantages of teaching about Plato is that while his students are reading the Republic for the first time, he is given the opportunity to read it for the fiftieth, and he is... Read More
Plato, The Last Days of Socrates: Euthyphro wrote:
Socrates: Now, does holiness, which is to be a kind of ministering, benefit the gods? Does it improve them? Would you agree that when you do something holy you are making the gods bette... Read More
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"Occasionally it happens that certain theologians find it difficult to assent to a given teaching of the magisterium. In such cases, they should not leap to the conclusion that the magisterium has erred. The charism is judging the tru... Read More
Note: This is another post taken from my blog, Equus Nom Veritas. It is my interpretation of Louis de Wohl's novel about don Juan of Austria, and specifically of the passage concerning the future don's training and education, and the attitudes captured towards different kinds of enemies. It is important especially to remember who our real enemy is, for he is the one against whom we must fight. -----
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