Philosophy at AMU

Friendship First : Here’s an article I penned on the importance of friendship, especially in marriage. It makes reference to Prof. Alice Ramos’s wonderful Aquinas Lecture this year, “Bef...

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One of my Ethics students, Tristan Shipe, wrote the following poem as inspired by Aristotle’s account in Nicomachean Ethics Book III. MODERATION Sense of touch, fear, pleasure The streng...

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This is the blog of the faculty of the Ave Maria University Philosophy Department. We post our philosophical reflections on perennial and contemporary questions as well as on Departmental and University news and other topics of interest.

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Aristotle always says it best. “It is clear that children should be taught some useful subjects (such as reading and writing) not only because of their utility, but also because many other ar...

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The Philosophy Department has been active recently on Maria Vision’s “Catholic Challenge” show, aired live to a global audience. Above is my segment tonight on the ethics of pornography, an...

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A Platonic vision in Ave Maria. Apparently this is called a “solar halo” and the world did not end today, fortunately for my students who begin their study of Plato’s Republic tomorrow.

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This is the blog of the faculty of the Ave Maria University Philosophy Department. We post our philosophical reflections on perennial and contemporary questions as well as on Departmental and University news and other topics of interest.

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Our Provost, Dr. Roger Nutt, offers a beautiful articulation of the value of studying philosophy in this recent podcast interview: tinyurl.com/99n67x6v Some great quotes: “People may percei...

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My friend Mitch Muncy is quoted in this article on ‘what you can do’ with a major in philosophy: “Philosophy prepares people to think about and understand the fundamental nature and broa...

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From Kevin Corrigan’s wonderful introduction to The Life of Saint Macrina, written by her younger brother, St. Gregory, Bishop of Nyssa: “he ideal of philosophy in is in stark contrast to...

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This is the blog of the faculty of the Ave Maria University Philosophy Department. We post our philosophical reflections on perennial and contemporary questions as well as on Departmental and University news and other topics of interest.

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Looking forward to offering a philosopher’s perspective on marriage and family studies, at tomorrow’s panel.

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An exciting upcoming panel.

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March 7 is St. Thomas’s liturgical feast according to the pre-1969 General Roman Calendars. St. Thomas died on that date in 1274 at the abbey of Fossanova, where he had stopped after taking il...

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I’m honored to be speaking at the American Catholic Philosophical Association’s next scheduled “Satellite Saturday” session, which will occur this Saturday, MARCH 6, at 5pm ET. The sessio...

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“It is good to work for material bread, to be grateful for it, but bad to be satisfied by it, terrible to be sated by it – not to hunger for the love that gives life, to be content to live wi...

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I’ll be offering some philosophical thoughts on love and friendship at this upcoming colloquium on Shakespeare’s play, The Two Gentlemen of Verona, to be performed by our talented thespians a...

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This is the blog of the faculty of the Ave Maria University Philosophy Department. We post our philosophical reflections on perennial and contemporary questions as well as on Departmental and University news and other topics of interest.

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January 28 is the feast of St. Thomas Aquinas in the 1969 General Roman Calendar. Happy feast day! This would be the perfect day to listen to Ēriks Ešenvalds truly heavenly setting of St. Tho...

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This is from Peter Kreeft. He writes: > If you are , and if you actually practice the > philosophy you preach, then please do not invite me to your house > for dinner, ...

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