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John Le Carré on Israel
Israel is “The most extraordinary carnival of human variety that I have ever set eyes on, a nation in the process of re-assembling itself from the shards of its past, now Oriental, now Western, now secular, now religious, but always anxiously moralizing about itself, criticizing itself with Maoist ferocity, a nation crackling with debate, rediscovering…
A Catholic Novel for a Post-Truth World
Review of Randy Boyagoda’s latest novel Original Prin in The American Interest. CatholicismFlannery O’Connorgraham greeneJohn Kennedy TooleOriginal PrinPaul Eliephilosophical literatureRandy BoyagodaWalker Percy
Literature: What Every Catholic Should Know
and for anyone claiming to be of a cultivated mind. Catholicismjoseph pearcephilosophical literatureWalker Percy
Biographia Literaria
At a guess I’d say this would be in my top dozen all time favourite books. Thank you for making it freely available Project Gutenberg. Biographia Literarialiterary criticismphilosophical literaturePoetryProject GutenbergromanticismSamuel Taylor ColeridgeWordsworth
Pilgrims and Adventurers: Herman Melville on Spontaneous Order and Teleocracy
Potentially interesting paper referencing Hayek and Oakeshott freely available in Soundings: An Interdisciplinary Journal Friedrich Hayekherman melvilleMichael Oakeshottmoby-dickphilosophical literatureSpontaneous order
Catholic Storytelling
Great Catholic narratives grapple with suffering and doubt—experiences that transcend the faith and appeal to readers and viewers of different beliefs — The Atlantic a confederacy of duncesAnthony Burgess.CatholicismEvelyn WaughFlannery O’Connorgraham greeneJohn Kennedy Toolephilosophical literatureShūsaku EndōWalker Percy
Flatland: A romance of many dimensions
Freely available from here, here, and other places besides. One of the better expositors can be found here: But finally, hearing some Flatlander spout nonsense about the two-dimensionality of the universe, A Square can contain himself no longer and proceeds to espouse the gospel of higher dimensions. For this he is imprisoned for life, because…
What makes a Catholic writer in today’s society?
When ideological noise drowns out the writer’s inner voice, few writers do their best work, no matter what their beliefs This from the Superior Catholic Herald CatholicismDana GioiaFlannery O’ConnorMichael HigginsPaul Eliephilosophical literaturethomas mertonWalker Percy
Why Study Philosophy?
This from The Atlantic. Philosophyphilosophy of economicsPhilosophy of EducationPhilosophy of historyPhilosophy of LanguagePhilosophy of mindphilosophy of religionPhilosophy of sciencephilosophy of social science
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