Redeeming My Time
Matthew J. Peterson, ABD
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The Clarity of Moonlit Nights

August 5th 2009

A moonlit evening unveils a wondrous claritas to the senses.  While true of many circumstances in which the air is exceptionally clear, the light in the darkness has unique way of shortening the height of trees and the distances between things, inviting one to walk the universe at will with the heavens seemingly close at [...]

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Charles De Koninck on Beauty as a Transcendental

July 15th 2009

A passage in The Writings of Charles De Koninck asserts that, as opposed to animals, “in man taken purely as such, there is coextension between the object of intelligence and the object of love, since intellect grasps the mark (ratio) of the good. Indeed, the domain of intellect extends beyond the domain of love, [...]

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