Intellectus and Ratio

Pre-moderns recognized two ways that the mind know things – in Latin, intellectus and ratio. Some say it’s the difference between heart-knowledge and head-knowledge, or right-brain vs. left-brain understanding. Intellectus is more of an intuitive, passive understanding, while ratio is more of a logical, active knowledge. Intellectus sees the puzzle and appreciates it as a […]... Read More

Much Information, Little Understanding, and No Wisdom: Formal Education and the Closing of the Mind

There are three categories of content taught to young people today in public schools: a) leftist propaganda, b) inconsequential and unimportant information that clogs the mind, and, c) truth.  Unfortunately c has become a small portion in how students are being formed.  Has public education gone so far off the track of boundaries of sanity […]... Read More