Complex and comprehensive moral philosophies like those of Plato, Aristotle, and Aquinas get the lion's share of credit when we prais...

"The modern world meant for [Tolkien] essentially the machine. . . He used ["machine"] very compendiously to mean. . . almo...

Originally a comment left at The Chronicle of Higher Education website for the article,  In Praise of Leisure , by Robert Skidelsky and Edw...

The man of firm and righteous will,      No rabble clamorous for the wrong, No tyrant's brow, whose frown may kill,      Can shake t...

Marcus Annius Verus, Marcus Aurelius' biological father. 1. I am indebted to my grandfather Verus for his good disposition and swee...

Listening to Bach's Cantata No. 32, I realized how very near the invisible world is to us, if we do not drive it away. When I hear...

To classify Bach's C minor Passacaglia, BWV.582 as one of his most well-known works is optimistic bordering on incredulous. The Bran...

Hector Berlioz,  1832 The high forehead, precipitously overhanging the deep-set eyes, the great curving hawk-nose, the thin, finely-cut...

With apologies to Rod Serling. Tiberius Quartermain had just returned home from another day of trading Triscuits on the wheat exchange. ...