Siris

natural simplicity, enlightened self-interest, prudence, holiness NB that Kant equates metaphysics with the pure a priori principles of phys...

 A common diagnosis of problems with various kinds of reasoning is that they involve a confusion of ideas. What exactly is going on when we ...

Sorrow-Charm Powers born of sea and sky, cloud and current, surge and tide; let my hope be not denied: Thought I cast upon the sea, foam and...

 Numberphile recently had a fun video on the number system developed by Cistercian monks, primarily for dates, page numbers, and things like...

 A short while back, Susanna Spiegel had an op-ed critical of hypocrisy-focused criticisms in politics . I've long had the view that mos...

Today is the feast of St. Leo the Great, Doctor of the Church. From his Sermon 95 : The nature then of Christ's teaching is attested by ...

 We live in a consumerist society, which means that we are primed, so to speak, to think of good and bad in terms of consequences. Let conse...