Humility
The will doesn’t create the truth; the mind discovers it. It’s our moral duty to conform to it.... Read More
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3 Simple Signs of the Human Soul
Archeologists agree that 3 basic signs of being human are abstract thought (including creative imagination), symbolic language, and religion – each distinguishing us from the other animals. What do these have in common? The ability to rise above the spatial-temporal realm of the physical senses to tap into a transcendent reality. Pre-Christian pagan philosophers could […]... Read More
Analogies and the Narrowing of the Mind
Studies show students can’t grasp analogies anymore. Analogies enable us to see the interrelations of things and expand our minds to more than just discerning what the senses detect. The narrowing of the mind to just univocal thinking is the result of decades of philosophical materialism and scientific positivism preached through the messages of the […]... Read More
Tragic Rejection of the Intuitive Intellect
The intuitive intellect, common to all people from the age of reason, is the true canvas on which the details of reality can be analyzed. Aquinas called the blueprint of reality that the intuitive intellect grasps the natural law, C.S. Lewis called it the Tao. All people have access to it from the age of […]... Read More
