As stated by Mill the topic of On Liberty is the role society should take in interfering with the liberty of an individual, that is, the amount of power that society may legitimately exercise over its people. The sphere of Mill's inquiry is the system of a democracy, where the main danger to individual liberty … Continue reading Book Review: On Liberty – By John Stuart Mill
Every now and then I browse for a book to read outside my normal discipline, and this was the one I chose for my quarterly dose of science. In this I have to say that I was only partially successful, and it’s only tenuously that I actually categorize this as a scientific text. While science … Continue reading Book Review: The Meaning of It All – By Richard P. Feynman
With such a well-beloved author as C.S. Lewis positing this book as one of the great contributors to his conversion to Christianity one can't help but give into the curiosity to delve into the mind of Chesterton. During the early Twentieth Century four of the biggest writers were H.G. Wells, Bernard Shaw, Hilaire Belloc and … Continue reading Book Review: The Everlasting Man – By G.K. Chesterton
It seems to be a trend in history that the most moving texts are written in prison while awaiting execution and Boethius' The Consolation of Philosophy - written in 524A.D. - is no exception. The book is both a narrative and a work of philosophy. The narrative begins with the author being attended to by … Continue reading Book Review: The Consolation of Philosophy – By Boethius
As Bavinck says in his second chapter: "When our highest interests, our eternal weal or woe is at stake, we must be satisfied with nothing less than infallible, divine certainty. There must be no room for doubt." The title of this book, The Certainty of Faith, seemingly has two different connotations. At a glance, the … Continue reading Book Review: The Certainty of Faith – By Herman Bavinck
ABrief History of Time is Stephen Hawking's attempt at taking the advances of science throughout history and presenting them in a readable fashion for the layman. In a very readable and even often humorous manner Hawking lays out this history, tracing its roots all the way back to Aristotle, through Galileo to Newton all the … Continue reading Book Review: A Brief History of Time – By Stephen Hawking
This book begins with a simple undeniable statement: "People are not all alike. They do not always notice the same thing even when they are looking at the same object. This commonplace observation has some profound implications for the way in which we do theology." It is the implications of this fact for the interpretation … Continue reading Book Review: Symphonic Theology – By Vern S. Poythress
During the late 18th Century the nation of France underwent a time of turmoil which is now known as the French Revolution. Many thinkers of the time gave their support to this revolution; one such thinker was Richard Price. Edmund Burke's Reflections on the Revolution in France is written as a rebuttal to Price, as … Continue reading Book Review: Reflections on the Revolution in France – By Edmund Burke
In the realm of thought the twelfth and thirteenth centuries were a time of scholasticism, in the realm of politics a time of guilds and the roots of nationalism, in the realm of religion a time of monastic reform, and in the realm of expression it was a time of the Gothic, in painting, sculpture, and primarily … Continue reading Gothic Cathedrals & Medieval Symbolism
In the wake of the Enlightenment it became more and more clear as people began to try and doubt everything that there was to doubt, that eventually one runs into a dilemma, either to doubt their-self away or to posit some first principles, some axiom, some presupposition. We have become more and more self-aware from … Continue reading Book Review: The Universe Next Door – By James W. Sire
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