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Foundress @CatherineProj
Author, LOST IN THOUGHT
*New*: A PHILOSOPHER LOOKS AT THE RELIGIOUS LIFE
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Oct 19, 2025 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
A few observations on Helen Andrews' essay: 1. There is a basic plausibility that the rise of women has changed our culture. She mixes this plausible claim with misogynistic howlers, eg this one
It should be obvious it is a howler, but should you need a little help, consider the Supreme Court. Kagan and Barrett are the smartest justices. It was Kennedy who came up with "the mystery of human life" to suit his priors. 2/x
Aug 24, 2024 • 11 tweets • 2 min read
I am astonished, grateful, and proud that last year, LOST IN THOUGHT surpassed 25,000 copies in cumulative total sales @PrincetonUPress ! (1/x)
The book marinated for years as I looked for a way to live a serious and authentic life of the mind (2/x)
Dec 1, 2023 • 5 tweets • 1 min read
The post was 80% a joke but a few serious points: 1. The list is almost all from the *required* curriculum at @stjohnscollege 2. It's no credit to me or my fellow alums to read what's required. That goes to the courageous people who dreamt of this curriculum and made it work. 1/
In the 1930s much of this had never been translated. The SJC faculty translated Apollonius, Nicomachus, and others themselves. 2/x
Dec 1, 2023 • 5 tweets • 1 min read
25 books that should be on every school curriculum: 1. Ptolemy, Almagest 2. Plato, Timaeus 3. Aristotle, Physics 4. Apollonius of Perga, Conic Sections 5. Pascal, mathematical works 6. Lavoisier, Elements of Chemistry 7. Harvey, On theCirculation of the Blood 8. Newton, Princi
9. Fragments of Heraclitus and Parmenides 10. Baker, The Peregrine 11. Melville, Moby-Dick
Aug 26, 2023 • 26 tweets • 4 min read
I think the WVU situation is actually much more serious than we think. I would like to articulate this, because (as others say) it is of national and international import, bearing on upcoming changes at Florida by @BenSasse and in the UK. (1/x)
We defenders of liberal arts--I am especially guilty here--talk about the power of liberal arts for individuals. As a general matter, this is good and right. But a state flagship raises questions that I will call "ecological". (2/x)
