The Missing Virtue
Humility: The Secret History of a Lost Virtue By Christopher M. Bellitto. Georgetown University Press, 2023. Hardcover, 176 pages, $24.95. Reviewed by Isaiah Flair. Good people around the world have encountered narcissists who love no one and nothing, not even...
When Rulers Look in the Mirror
The Christian Structure of Politics: On the De Regno of Thomas Aquinas By William McCormick, S.J. The Catholic University of America Press, 2022. Paperback, 288 pages, $34.95. Reviewed by Thomas F.X. Varacalli. In the field of political philosophy, Saint Thomas...
Humanely Conservative
The Wisdom of Our Ancestors: Conservative Humanism and the Western Tradition By Graham James McAleer and Alexander S. Rosenthal-Pubul. University of Notre Dame Press, 2023. Hardcover, 314 pages, $55.00. Reviewed by Lee Trepanier. The controversies in our country’s...
Conservative Humanism for a Postmodern Age
The Wisdom of Our Ancestors: Conservative Humanism and the Western Tradition By Graham James McAleer and Alexander S. Rosenthal-Pubul. University of Notre Dame Press, 2023. Hardcover, 314 pages, $55.00. Reviewed by Michael Lucchese. Graham McAleer and Alexander...
"If classical teachers believe that truth, beauty, and goodness can indeed change the world, then the sort of student (and teacher and school) described by Esolen is a net gain for this world. And his Classical Catechism serves as a helpful tool in building the necessary common