With Both Hands

Sign in Subscribe

Philosophy

Meekness

Since I have been reading the Prince lately, I have been very interested in matters political and the virtues of the soldier. But meekness, I never would have thought that to be one of them. Yet here is the best explanation of meekness I have yet seen: Here’s the

Urbanism

James Chastek says: Note on city planning December 2, 2010 at 7:32 am (Uncategorized) (A corollary to a point that Tocqueville makes somewhere) Europeans designed their cities so that the people could be idle or entertained or dissolute in public squares; Americans design theirs so that the people are

Charlton on Tolkien and Rowling

Bruce Charlton unfavorably compares the moral universe of Harry Potter with the Lord of the Rings. When first I tried to read the Harry Potter series, I was put off by the chaos of its moral universe. The author did not seem to have secure moral bearings, and it seemed

Genius!

Terry Teachout rags on the 10,000 hour rule in the Wall Street Journal. The problem with the 10,000-hour rule is that many of its most ardent proponents are political ideologues who see the existence of genius as an affront to their vision of human equality, and will do

Determinism

The Problem of Pain

Applied Philosophy

While participating in a discussion at the Physics Forums, I was struck by the value of an education in Thomism. The subject at hand was the value of applied science versus pure science. Since this is a subject of interest to me, I weighed in on the discussion. As I