Spiritual Radii

A former graduate student of mine, a Roman Catholic like you—and having, like you, a serious interest in the philosophia perennis and the contemplative paths of the world’s orthodox religions—researched the question you pose with some care. And when...

A False Dichotomy

Platonic knowledge is more than mental assent to a proposition; it’s the vision of the whole man, rightly formed by training in geometry, music, and gymnastics (among other arts). The writer of the rather jejune article you cite, claiming as he does that Plato...