I am reading John Frame’s massive, A History of Western Philosophy and Theology. Today, I came upon this dandy description Schopenhauer made of Hegel:
“Hegel was a flat-headed, insipid, nauseating, illiterate charlatan, who reached the pinnacle of audacity in scribbling together and dishing up the craziest mystifying nonsense.”
Important new book which I will be reviewing later. For now, here’s a four minute summary of some of the themes:
http://www.providencejournal.com/news/20170225/experts-are-enemy-in-our-know-it-all-culture
Nicholas Kristof is a self-described “progressive” who goes where the evidence takes him. With a son who is headed into a lifetime of scholarship, this got my attention:
http://mobile.nytimes.com/2016/05/08/opinion/sunday/a-confession-of-liberal-intolerance.html?_r=0&referer=
Our youngest son, Chris, is planning on a career of scholarship and teaching at the university level. He has majors in classics and philosophy. Here is a picture of him a few weeks back getting early admittance into Phi Beta Kappa at the University of Texas.
True brilliance on display:
Here is my interview with the author. Between radio, TV, and text, I have interviewed well over 100 people. This was one of the most meaningful for me:
I have the privilege (and pleasure) to interview many leading thinkers, writers, and leaders. One was Jean Bethke Elshtain (1941-2013). She wrote my favorite book on Augustine. She was a highly regarded scholar with a clear moral compass. Her insights always paid big dividends.
This essay which The Wilson Quarterly just published is one of the most significant I’ve read in a very long time:
http://www.wilsonquarterly.com/essays/why-public-intellectuals