Siris

Sweet Delight The rains were soft today -- ah, such sweet delight! Each drop like white wine played across the mind with dance and minuet, a...

A Charm by Rudyard Kipling Take of English earth as much As either hand may rightly clutch. In the taking of it breathe Prayer for all who l...

A very nice bit for those like myself who are interested in the philosophy of reasoning: Now, if we consider closely the use of historical p...

End of term, so things are a bit busy. There will be a post up at some point on the Desert Fathers and moral philosophy, though. Dream Even ...

Martha Nussbaum wrote about the problem of the stereotype of the violent Muslim, which leads Muslim liberals not to be taken at face value. ...

It is a profoundly erroneous truism, repeated by all the copy-books and by eminent people when they are making speeches, that we should cult...

An interesting set of reflections by a guest blogger at Jen's Conversion Diary (from a bit over a month ago). A notable quote: I think ...