Humanities

Audios

Dr. John Senior gives an engaging talk on the rise and nature of Christian Humanism, relating it to the ninth plague of Egypt, the plague of darkness, a darkness so...

Dr. David Allen White discusses the Catholic themes to be found in William Shakespeare, whose life bridges the time between the Catholic-Protestant struggle for the soul of England and Elizabeth’s...

Dr. John Rao continues the previous discussion by illustrating that separation of the modern from modernity involved work on many levels. It included theology, philosophy, biblical exegesis, historical studies, the...

Dr. David Berlinski entertains questions from the audience relating to science, philosophy and the moral life. Dr. Berlinski displays a sharp acuity and wit as the conversation ranges over the...

Dr. WIlliam Marra, in his penultimate lecture, explains Saint Augustine’s complex teachings on God. Saint Augustine teaches how God does not need any creature, to exist Himself, but only creates...

Joseph Pearce delivers a splendid summary! It covers an enormous number of authors (with interesting details) who have struggled for perennial truth. He discusses “The Lord of the Rings” among...

Dr. William Marra philosophizes on truth and immanence. In this series Dr. William Marra, the eminent disciple of Dietrich von Hildebrand, explains everything philosophical from Phenomenology to Thomism. A great...

T.S. Eliot is perhaps the great poet of the traditionalist mentality in the revolutionary Twentieth Century. Here, Dr. David Allen White shows, is a man dedicated to the Truth and...

Dr. Alice Von Hildebrand discusses Plato’s Philosophy of Education. The Renaissance era was that of the rediscovery of Plato. Much of Plato’s work in dialogues like the “Republic” and in...

Edith Stein was converted to Christianity through both her phenomenological studies and her inspiration by St. Teresa of Avila. Dr. Alice Von Hildebrand discusses her intellectual formation, her life as...

Dr. Ronald McArthur examines the challenging question of Obedience and Resistance in the current ecclesial situation in the light of the timeless wisdom of Saint Thomas Aquinas. Subtitled: Applying The...

In his final lecture Dr. William Marra wraps up his series by offering an overall view of Confessions and Saint Augustine’s general influence on important Christian thinkers, most especially Saint...

Dr. Charles Rice provides a review of the basic questions concerning the Natural Law and its application in our daily lives. Part 1.

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Dr. William Marra discusses what is phenomenology. In this series Dr. William Marra, the eminent disciple of Dietrich von Hildebrand, explains everything philosophical from Phenomenology to Thomism. A great introduction...

Dr. David Allen White continues his discussion of Eliot, his Christian vision, his mysticism, and illustrates how to deal with the difficulties of his poetic language. Taken from: My End...

Dr. William Marra discusses Divine Providence in the life of St. Augustine, including the roles of Monica and Ambrose. Plato talks of life involving divine surprises. Christianity speaks of Providence...

Dr. John Rao’s next three talks all take up the problem of the Church’s struggle with a postwar world dominated by Marxism on the one hand and Americanist Pluralism on...

Father Stanley Jaki discusses the relation of Natural Reason, Philosophy and Physics, to Revelation and the inerrant Word of Almighty God. Part 1 of 2

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Dr. Alice Von Hildebrand presents the life of her husband, Dietrich Von Hildebrand revealing the trials and tribulations of the greatest philosopher of this century.

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Dr. Brian Benedstead discusses the philosophical distinctions between legal “rights” and the objective wrongs recognized as “rights” by our society today.

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