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Pious Scientists in the Late Middle Ages
Piety, the awe and respect for God and His Creation, drove philosophers and scientists throughout the Christian era beginning during the Roman Empire and continuing through the European Middle Ages—and beyond. Christian philosopher-scientists relied heavily on their Greek and Roman … Continue reading
Posted in books, Christianity, European history, History of Science
Tagged anselm, Christianity, god, history, philosophy, Piety, Religion, Science, thomas-aquinas
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Early Medieval Pious Scientists
The Fall of Rome had a profound effect on learning and knowledge. After the fifth century A.D. those who were concerned with philosophy, which at this time included science, scrambled to keep track of the great books of the Greco-Roman … Continue reading
Posted in Christianity, European history, History of Science
Tagged aristotle, boetius, Christianity, history, isidore-of-seville, john-scotus-eriugena, middle-ages, philosophy, Piety, plato, Science
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Philo Judaeus the Pious Scientist
Ancient thinkers–philosophers and scientists–of the Mediterranean world knew that wisdom is a universal that transcends individual knowing, an awareness of truth that transcends the individual existence of each person. The Old Testament and New Testament imply that the Creation has … Continue reading
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Tagged aristotle, Christianity, history, philosophy, Piety, Religion
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Piety and Science
Records of the human quest for knowledge have existed for four to five thousand years, revealing that as humans have confronted the vastness of the cosmos, as they have watched and listened and felt the natural environment, their response has … Continue reading
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Tagged Christianity, god, history, philosophy, Piety, Religion, Science
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The Conundrum of the Past and Present
The Conundrum of the Past is coming an hour and now is… The mirror of the past is the only way to peer at the image of the Son of Man. The reflection is darkened by time and sin. Specters … Continue reading
Being a Christian Scholar in a Secular Academic World
The culture wars of our times have been centered in universities since the emergence of the Counter Culture in the 1960s. University scholars have often taken the lead in progressive stances on ethical, cultural, and religious issues. For many years … Continue reading
Posted in Christianity, General Essays
Tagged academe, Christianity, faith, god, philosophy, Religion, scholarship, secularism
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“The Thing I Fear Most is Fear”
Such were the words of Michel de Montaigne, the French writer of Essays. Like all humans, Montaigne struggled with fear. How did he wrestle with it, try to conquer it? Montaigne was a thinker, alone in a library, his library, … Continue reading
Posted in Michel de Montaigne
Tagged books, Fear, Life, Montaigne, philosophy, writing
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The Mirror of the Past is found in Books
The mirror of the past is the only way to peer at the image of what is human. The reflection is darkened by time and sin. Specters of the dead, haunting the dusty stacks of long-ago thoughts, turn up repeatedly, … Continue reading
Posted in books, Christianity, Review of books written by Russell Lawson
Tagged bible, books, history, philosophy, Plutarch
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Why Marxism doesn’t Work
Karl Marx was a German intellectual, philosopher, journalist, and atheist Jew who wrote anti-government publications and radical pamphlets and dense analyses of economic, political, and social philosophy. After being exiled from France, he lived in Britain. His collaborator in his … Continue reading
Democracy
The idea of democracy, like the idea of capitalism, promises much, though the reality always falls short. The promise is of wide participation in government, free and open competition among diverse groups, self-determination. Democracy offers the vision of individuals … Continue reading
Posted in European history, General Essays, Government
Tagged Government, history, philosophy
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The American Plutarch 