An examination of Book Seven of Herodotus’ Histories in which Xerxes and Artabanus discuss whether caution or daring is necessary in human affairs.. Read Article

Written by Kenneth Scagel. Subject: History. Filed in Ancient History, about Herodotus Greek Persian

An examination of the basic assumptions of pragmatism, the influential school of epistemology founded by Charles Sanders Peirce.. Read Article

Written by Thomas Chaney. Subject: Philosophy. Filed in Epistemology, about Peirce Pragmatism Postmodernism

Among the species of law, Aquinas numbers the “eternal law” as foundational for the natural law. What is meant by this type of “law”, and what are its implications for the relation between morality and revelation / theology? This article assays some basic themes pertaining to this question.. Read Article

Written by Matthew Minerd. Subject: Philosophy. Filed in Ethics, about Aquinas Anscombe Natural Law Eternal Law

A general overview of Wittgenstein's epistemology, how it denies objective meaning outside of language games, and the consequences thereof: relativism in postmodern philosophy.. Read Article

Written by Thomas Chaney. Subject: Philosophy. Filed in Epistemology, about Wittgenstein Postmodernism Semantics Linguistics

Herodotus show the rudiments of Greek political thought in the concrete circumstance of a discussion about possible regimes for Persia.. Read Article

Written by Kenneth Scagel. Subject: History. Filed in Ancient History, about Herodotus Greek Persian

Bastille Day is not a celebration of liberty, fraternity, and equality, but of man's inhumanity to man. Modern society is still suffering the consequences of embracing the French Revolution's absolute freedom.. Read Article

Written by John Heitzenrater. Subject: History. Filed in Politics, about French Revolution Bastille Day

Herodotus named two main purposes to his work of history, and both of these purposes have everything to do with finding the true causes of human actions.. Read Article

Written by Kenneth Scagel. Subject: History. Filed in Ancient History, about Herodotus Greek Persian

The law is something “promulgated”—or so Aquinas states in his common definition of law. This seems quite acceptable in the case of human, positive law. However, how can one speak of a “promulgation” of the natural law, let alone the eternal law? This article is a discussion of the general themes involved in considering this problem.. Read Article

Written by Matthew Minerd. Subject: Philosophy. Filed in Ethics, about Aquinas Maritain Natural Law Eternal Law

For theology to be necessary to a city and the formation of its laws, then that necessity must arise out of the fact that theology says something true about the world, and that it is the aim of law to harmonize the city towards the truth of that reality.. Read Article

Written by B. R. Mullikin. Subject: Philosophy. Filed in Politics, about Plato Laws Greek

Renaissance Humanism is characterized by a return to the ideas of antiquity. But this generalization is misleading since it does not say whether the return is to Greek or Roman ideas.. Read Article

Written by B. R. Mullikin. Subject: History. Filed in Politics, about Humanism Castiglione Erasmus Thomas More