Sep 9, 2020 | Man of the Household, Wednesday Quotes
“The courage of men is to command, so that no fear cause them to fail to order what should be done…” Thomas Aquinas, Commentary on Aristotle’s Politics To order what should be done. This is a rich and challenging notion. Aristotle and Aquinas are talking... 
Sep 2, 2020 | True Friendship, Wednesday Quotes
“Our (natural) desire cannot be empty and vain.” Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics Aristotle has a remarkable sense of the human drama, of the gift and the challenge it is to be human. Not that the style or voice of his writing is itself dramatic. But if we look through... 
Aug 26, 2020 | Man of the Household, Wednesday Quotes
It is good to exist. Thomas Aquinas It is noteworthy that the birth of a child is pretty much always a painful experience—especially for the mother. Surely it is a trying experience for the child too. Yet when things go well a child comes forth into the world.... 
Aug 19, 2020 | Man of the Household, Wednesday Quotes
Now it is best that there should be a public and proper care for such [moral] matters; but if they are neglected by the community it would seem right for each man to help his children and friends towards virtue, and that they should have the power, or at least the... 
Aug 12, 2020 | Good Work, Wednesday Quotes
“But on a well-banked plot Odysseus found his father in solitude Spading the earth around a young fruit tree.” Homer, Odyssey It is one of the most powerful images of Greek literature. An old man is tilling the soil around a young tree. Most likely he will never see...
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