unity
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Two Becoming One: Love, Knowledge, and the Intelligibility of Unity
A Philosophical Happy Hour discussing the metaphysical difficulty of unity—in the concrete relations of love and knowledge. Politicians often use the word “unity”. We must be united. Stand united. Present a unified front. But it takes little investigation to discover that our States—to say nothing of our world—are rather disunited. This fragmentation occurs, moreover, at…
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Lecture: The Analogous Use of Words
Last year, the Lyceum Instituted hosted Dr. Domenic D’Ettore (Dean, Division of Liberal Studies and professor of Philosophy with the Center for Thomistic Studies at the University of St. Thomas, TX), a careful and insight scholar of the Latin Thomist tradition and an expert on analogy. Drawing on his great expertise, Dr. D’Ettore presents for…
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The Analogous Use of Words
Continuing our Colloquium series for the year 2024, we are delighted to host Dr. Domenic D’Ettore (Dean, Division of Liberal Studies and professor of Philosophy with the Center for Thomistic Studies at the University of St. Thomas, TX), a careful and insight scholar of the Latin Thomist tradition and an expert on analogy. Drawing on…
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On the One and the Many
ποταμοῖσι τοῖσιν αὐτοῖσιν ἐμβαίνουσιν ἕτερα καὶ ἕτερα ὕδατα ἐπιρρεῖ Heraclitus Today when we hear the word “diversity”, our minds may well go towards the oft-discussed issue of political controversy. Without entering into that controversy itself, allow me to use it, nevertheless, to establish the topic for this week’s Philosophical Happy Hour. That is, underlying the…