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The Wisdom of Medieval Scholasticism
“The book not only makes a worthy contribution to anyone interested in understanding Medieval philosophy and the thought of Duns Scotus, but to everybody seeking to deepen their appreciation of human existence and its place in ultimate reality.”
Political Theology for Realists
“…even those who might diverge theologically will find this work to be an extremely useful short primer on the history of Christian political thought.”
Cormac McCarthy Symposium
An Introduction to a Symposium on Cormac McCarthy
The Duty of the Craftsman: Beauty and Goodness in Cormac McCarthy
“While McCarthy cannot abide optimistic visions of the world, even his most pessimistic moments are checked by beauty and goodness.”
The Law for Man and the Law for Thing: The Political Theory of Cormac McCarthy
“McCarthy’s portrayal of moral responsibility is better understood from the perspective of the early-twentieth-century literary critic Irving Babbitt…”
As Likely to End the World as to Save It: Knowledge and Science in Cormac McCarthy
“Man’s pursuit of knowledge and his use of that knowledge to modify and mar the earth and to harm other men is a fairly constant theme in McCarthy’s oeuvre.”
Learning from the Habsburg Mystique
“In these evocative tales we see the goal toward which all seven rules are directed: to love, honor, and serve God in this life so that we may be happy forever with Him in the next.”
The Catholic Enlightenment
“Stuart’s work reminds us that the greatest enemy of the Faith is its abuse by those who profess it.”
Tory Violence and Liberal Weakness: An Appreciation of George Dangerfield’s The Strange Death of Liberal England
“Dangerfield’s portrait of those critical years before World War I is not a full scale scholarly investigation of the dramatic events of the issues that divided England but is rather an imaginative impressionistic portrait of the period…”
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A collection of conversations with Bookman editor Luke C. Sheahan and writers and authors of imagination and erudition.
Ah, just your typical 663-page light summer beach read for a @ubookman book review. Makes Wealth of Nations look like a Substack essay.
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