As stated by Mill the topic of On Liberty is the role society should take in interfering with the liberty of an individual, that is, the amount…… Read more “Book Review: On Liberty – By John Stuart Mill”
Tag: Philosophy
Book Review: The Meaning of It All – By Richard P. Feynman
Every now and then I browse for a book to read outside my normal discipline, and this was the one I chose for my quarterly dose of…… Read more “Book Review: The Meaning of It All – By Richard P. Feynman”
Book Review: The Everlasting Man – By G.K. Chesterton
With such a well-beloved author as C.S. Lewis positing this book as one of the great contributors to his conversion to Christianity one can’t help but give…… Read more “Book Review: The Everlasting Man – By G.K. Chesterton”
Book Review: The Consolation of Philosophy – By Boethius
It seems to be a trend in history that the most moving texts are written in prison while awaiting execution and Boethius’ The Consolation of Philosophy…… Read more “Book Review: The Consolation of Philosophy – By Boethius”
Book Review: The Certainty of Faith – By Herman Bavinck
As Bavinck says in his second chapter: “When our highest interests, our eternal weal or woe is at stake, we must be satisfied with nothing less than…… Read more “Book Review: The Certainty of Faith – By Herman Bavinck”
Book Review: A Brief History of Time – By Stephen Hawking
ABrief History of Time is Stephen Hawking’s attempt at taking the advances of science throughout history and presenting them in a readable fashion for the layman. In…… Read more “Book Review: A Brief History of Time – By Stephen Hawking”
Book Review: Symphonic Theology – By Vern S. Poythress
This book begins with a simple undeniable statement: “People are not all alike. They do not always notice the same thing even when they are looking at…… Read more “Book Review: Symphonic Theology – By Vern S. Poythress”
Book Review: Reflections on the Revolution in France – By Edmund Burke
During the late 18th Century the nation of France underwent a time of turmoil which is now known as the French Revolution. Many thinkers of the…… Read more “Book Review: Reflections on the Revolution in France – By Edmund Burke”
Gothic Cathedrals & Medieval Symbolism
In the realm of thought the twelfth and thirteenth centuries were a time of scholasticism, in the realm of politics a time of guilds and the roots of…… Read more “Gothic Cathedrals & Medieval Symbolism”
Book Review: The Universe Next Door – By James W. Sire
In the wake of the Enlightenment it became more and more clear as people began to try and doubt everything that there was to doubt, that…… Read more “Book Review: The Universe Next Door – By James W. Sire”
