“The Lord of the Rings” is not an allegorical story, nor should it be treated as such, but that does not mean that the story cannot be used to contemplate and plumb the depths of humanity and its relation to the divine. That J.R.R. Tolkien had a great dislike for his works being called “allegories” […]
THERE’S an old saying: It’s an ill wind that blows nobody any good. The truth of this has come home forcefully to me recently as, although the past few years have been horrendous thanks to the covid and allied hysteria, there have been some surprising and unlooked-for benefits. Chief of these has been the forming […]
The idea of joy is to me inseparable from the idea of culture. Joy in truth gives rise to culture—human accomplishment and creativity in all its wealth and richness—and culture in turn gives us joy again, the impetus to go on living. A self-dedication to culture in its fullest sense, and to discovering truth and […]
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