Tag Archives: Philosophy
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A Catechumen’s Test – the Answers
2March 23, 2014 by lucieromarin
Well, my friend is now my brother in Christ, and has made his third Communion, which is a very happy-making …
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A Catechumen’s Test – Have I Left Anything Out?
7February 19, 2014 by lucieromarin
So, a friend of mine is to be baptised in a couple of weeks, and I’m godmother! Naturally, I have …
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Aristotle versus the Rift (Potency and Act, Part 2)
1January 17, 2014 by lucieromarin
So – to continue with the journey/destination analogy in the previous post – Aristotle saw that all beings, at any …
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A Rift Between Worlds (Potency and Act, Part 1)
Leave a commentJanuary 15, 2014 by lucieromarin
So much television sci-fi is about the dangers attendant upon a Tear in the Fabric of Reality, or a Tear …
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Thomism versus Burnout
Leave a commentJanuary 13, 2014 by lucieromarin
In the late 1990s, Jacques Derrida came to Sydney and said, “The visibility of visibility is not visible,” whereupon his …
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On Questions
Leave a commentNovember 14, 2013 by lucieromarin
I’ve just come from Mass, during which I mangled part of a Gradual verse, listened to a homily about indulgences, …
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Philosophy for Normal People
4November 8, 2013 by lucieromarin
I wanted to write a book about Thomism, which was to be entitled ‘Philosophy for Normal People.’ I wrote the …
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The Intellect and the Brain
3November 3, 2013 by lucieromarin
Telekinesis is particular to science fiction because common human experience tells us that it is not possible to pick up …
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New Old Books!
6October 15, 2013 by lucieromarin
Last Sunday, there was a sale of used books after Mass. Unfortunately, the table was out after the early Mass, …
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The Size of the Universe
5August 24, 2013 by lucieromarin
Some time ago, a reader left the following question in the combox: Out of interest, has the Catholic church addressed …
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Roadkill Rhapsody 