The bulk of Geoffrey’s commentary is useful only as an example of medieval Christian exegesis, except, perhaps, for medievalists who specialize in such things: they…
Because Aelred’s treatise responds to Cicero’s treatise on friendship, I’m at a disadvantage, at least until I read the Cicero. I do understand that Aelred…
I’m of two minds with my review. Fudge’s Pets, like her Animal, is a good introduction to posthuman thinking about animals. It may be faint…
“When philosophy conceives the essence of being as Logos, it is already the Logos of domination–commanding, mastering, directing reason, to which man and nature are…
Several months ago, visiting family, someone mentioned that he had just returned from a sermon on Ezekiel 16. We asked, “what did the pastor say?”…
From an interview with Alva Noë, author of Our of Our Heads: Why You Are Not Your Brain and Other Lessons from the Biology of…
Several months ago, while I was visiting family, someone mentioned that he had just returned from a sermon on Ezekiel 16. We asked, “what did…
Last week, I read the Man of Law’s Tale (hereafter MLT) for the second time (I think) and taught it for the first (I should…
Having astonished myself by completing my to-do list before 10pm on two successive days, I’ve been going through the stacks on Specula by my bed.…
Matthew Gabriele offered an excellent suggestion in my post below: to learn more about horses being cursed, learn whether or not horses were blessed. After…
