I often feel that the modern world has gone mad, but I must admit that I was caught off guard when I discovered in the eighteenth-century philosopher Thomas Reid (1710-1796) an epistemological source of our … Immanuel and the Loneliness of ModernityRead more
Skepticism
Cool Hand Luke: Reviewing a Classic
Great movies, like great books, are worth returning to time and again because they deal with transcendent themes. Last night I watched the 1967 movie Cool Hand Luke. When I saw it as a teenager, … Cool Hand Luke: Reviewing a ClassicRead more
The Ethics of Good Reading
A common misconception of the modern world is that one can separate technical training or the mastery of skills from moral formation.[1] In this essay I will argue that good reading is not just a … The Ethics of Good ReadingRead more
Friedrich Nietzsche: The Honest Atheist
I am glad that in an age like ours full of inconsistent and halfway atheists who unwittingly or dishonestly extol the virtues of morality and the truths of science our students at Cair Paravel www.cpls.org … Friedrich Nietzsche: The Honest AtheistRead more
Is Objective Beauty Important?
While mostly everyone will agree that there exist some things that can be described as true or good or at least as false or evil, very few will argue in support of objective beauty. “Beauty … Is Objective Beauty Important?Read more
