tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5592185233996557009.post2228193267091924754..comments2023-07-08T09:04:21.178-04:00Comments on The Duhem Society: Thinking about CausesDr. Thursdayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04666301445831509481noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5592185233996557009.post-22574895176709580612009-07-28T12:12:25.881-04:002009-07-28T12:12:25.881-04:00Thanks, Angelo, for this stupendous link.
It see...Thanks, Angelo, for this stupendous link. <br /><br />It seems more urgent than ever that our Society begin some serious academic work. Of course Jaki was a world-class scholar of Newman and Chesterton - we must to advance and augment this particular line of research, and others related to it.<br /><br />Our budget at present does not allow such endowments - we have no budget at all. But even if we cannot yet explore these trails with a fully equipped team of explorers, we shall go out individually, and see what there is to be seen!Dr. Thursdayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04666301445831509481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5592185233996557009.post-51930006341230970962009-07-28T11:57:32.023-04:002009-07-28T11:57:32.023-04:00This line from Virgil appears also in Newman's...This line from Virgil appears also in Newman's The Idea of a University.<br />Virgil was actually referring to Lucretius, the Roman epicurean poet. In the later editions of his work Newman moved this quote from the Fifth Discourse, where he addresses Liberal Knowledge, to the Sixth Discourse, where he describes the intellect that has been disciplined to the perfection of its powers, and which he found to be common to all the greatest ancient schools: peripatetic, stoic and epicurean.Angelohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08700583384744567752noreply@blogger.com