Legend: A Boethian Analysis, Part 3
Boethius would see, however, Darkness as a maximal expression of evil as a privation, a power-hungry tyrant whose perverted will has chained him to his own wickedness:…
By Anthony Cirilla
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Legend: A Boethian Analysis (Part 2)
Having equipped himself with a breastplate of righteousness, a sword of the spirit, and a shield of faith, Jack quite literally must go face the ruler of the darkness of his world…
By Anthony Cirilla
Legend: A Boethian Analysis (Part 1)
Forty years ago, the story of how Jack and Lily endangered and then rescued the last two unicorns from the Lord of the Underworld brought an elegantly simple wisdom to the silver screen. This essay explores how the love that unites Jack and Lily resonates with the quest for transcendent light described by Boethius in his Consolation of Philosophy…
By Anthony Cirilla
Get Used To Disappointment
I think most people in the First Century were disappointed with Jesus, even His followers. That was part of the point of His ministry on Earth: to overturn expectations…
By Ian Wilson
The Way to Meaning
By Christian Jordan Michael Wright … What is the meaning crisis? There are dozens of answers… people might point to old philosophical concerns, or to their consequences: widespread mental illness and moral confusion…
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