The Formless Void of the Therapeutic
The Philosophy of Philip Rieff: Cultural Conflict, Religion, and the Self Edited by William G. Batchelder, IV and Michael P. Harding. Bloomsbury Academic, 2025. Hardcover, 324 pages, $115. Reviewed by Albert Norton, Jr. We should care about the philosophy of Philip...
Defending the Christian Faith
100 Tough Questions for Catholics: Common Obstacles To Faith Today By David Bonagura Jr. Sophia Institute Press, 2025. Paperback, 176 pages, $17.95. Reviewed by David Weinberger. “In the day to day trenches of adult life,” writes David Foster Wallace, “there is...
Poet on a Volcano
Horace: Poet on a Volcano By Peter Stothard. Yale University Press, 2025. Hardcover. 288 pages. $28. Reviewed by Nadya Williams. Once upon a time, a middle-aged poet climbed up to the top of the Sicilian volcano Mount Etna. He gazed a while with longing and rising...
Reforming Education Begins (and ends) with the Virtues
Teaching the Virtues By David Hein. Mecosta House, 2025. Paperback, 222 pages, $16.95. Reviewed by Thomas Griffin. Aristotle famously began his Metaphysics with a foundational principle: “All men by nature desire to know.” This leads to two further questions: What...
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