Was Nietzsche really a nihilist? Or was he seeking life, and life abundant?
Philosophy
Revisiting Platonic Education: The Ever Sharable Feast
Colin Redemer responds to a review of his chapter on Plato in “Reforming Classical Education”.
Descartes Among the Ancients
Hobbes Called Descartes Ancient. Descartes Agreed.
Metamodernism and Its Premodern Forebear
Is the proposal of “metamodernism” as novel as it seems?
Kierkegaard at the Rail: The Individual and the Eucharist in Kierkegaard’s Thought
To the surprise of many, Kierkegaard wrote (and preached) about the sacraments often.
An Echo of Grace: Plato’s Doctrine of Gifts
The interpreter that undertakes to compare the works of Plato with the gospel must begin somewhere. Here I attempt to set out Plato’s view on gifts and divine dispensation, and would ask that you consider the two following texts:
Postmodernity and the Structures of Creaturely Life: A Hermeneutical Proposal
When we conceive of finitude, we are often tempted to define this perplexing concept in opposition to infinity. Of course, because infinity is equally if not more perplexing, we find ourselves right back where we started.
Reason Diabolical, Reason Divine: Melanchthon on Philosophy, Humanism and Scripture
This article appeared in Volume II, Issue 4 of Ad Fontes. Introduction I begin with a quotation. I have used it in print before, but it provides such a high value of entertainment that I cannot forego reusing it here. The quotation is from a 19th c. American...