It was granted to me to carry away from my prison years on my bent back, which nearly broke beneath its load, this essential experience: how a human being becomes evil and how good. In the intoxication of youthful successes I had felt myself to be infallible, and I was therefore cruel. In the surfeit … Continue reading Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn: Even in the best of all hearts, there remains…an uprooted small corner of evil.
Russian Proverb: Dwell on the past…lose an eye… Forget the past…lose both eyes
Don’t dig up the past! Dwell on the past and you’ll lose an eye… Forget the past and you’ll lose both eyes. — Russian proverb From Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, The Gulag Archipelago, vol. 1 (New York: Harperennial, 1976) xviii
Is Philosophy a Hinderance or Handmaiden to the Christian Faith?
Philosophy is the love of wisdom, making the lover of wisdom a philosopher, insofar as the etymologies go. But the term philosophy carries a range of different ideas. We can talk of philosophy as the simple pursuit of wisdom, like learning and applying proverbs for the sake of living better or developing an approach for … Continue reading Is Philosophy a Hinderance or Handmaiden to the Christian Faith?
Wonder Woman 1984: Can Heroes Be Made from Lies?
I recently had a chance to checkout Wonder Woman 1984 and found it a very enjoyable and imaginative episode in the adventures of the Amazonian demigoddess superhero. It is a tale extolling the virtue of truth over lies, selflessness over selfishness, frugality over greed. Lies, deceptions and falsities are typically employed for illicit gains motivated … Continue reading Wonder Woman 1984: Can Heroes Be Made from Lies?
What Makes Captain Marvel a Noble Hero?
One of the more enjoyable 2019 movies I seen was Captain Marvel.* It is a great sci-fi flick! What makes Captain Marvel so great? She is a noble hero. Her nobility comes because out of ignorance she becomes enlightened with the truth and then takes actions to do the right thing. She defends the defenseless … Continue reading What Makes Captain Marvel a Noble Hero?