Michael Pakaluk @michael_pakaluk
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You might have studied the difficulty of supply chain logistics for cities under siege.
You might have studied the difficulty of supply chain logistics for cities under siege.
The earliest scholarly reports identify as new only: 1. More precise knowledge of Plato’s burial place; 2. A different date for when he was sold into slavery. Carbonized Herculaneum papyrus reveals Plato's burial place | Archaeology News Online Magazine archaeologymag.com/2024/04/hercul…
You’ve actually covered all the walls of your great shrine with the artwork of that despicable man! A fraud of the scale of Bernie Madoff perpetrated against the faithful, a defalcation of the most precious goods. (The Aparecida Shrine in Brazil.)
I can’t look upon Harvard Yard any longer in its austerity without thinking of the unfiltered exclamation of a Central European visitor who was perhaps expecting the Backs in the other Cambridge: “It looks more like Auschwitz!” And I lived there. True story.
Sadly Omelas is an apt comparison. In the volume, “Dissident Philosophers,” I called my essay “Away from Omelas.” firstthings.com/web-exclusives…
I now pull shots for only 21 seconds including pre-infusion. I used to care a lot about flow control but now I don’t bother about it. Thoughts?
If the marketplace is the original basis of social unity (as Plato and Bonaventure believed)--if it is a fundamental form of 'friendship' as Aristotle said--then of course, over time, we will favor in-person transactions over on-line. A good society loves the market. People…
As years go by, I have come to see why Italians will not have "milk drink" espresso (latte, cappuccino) after lunch time. These are breakfast drinks. I have come to see this (I think) through cultivating a right relationship to coffee, from a deeper love for and understanding…
Savor this. Post-liberal Compact siding with the liberals against the freedom of universities, the autonomy of private colleges, and the freedom of the church (against Newman too). You see, the liberals proved it’s possible to impose reforms from without. compactmag.com/article/how-a-…
“Aristotle said, people don’t give up something unless they are better in at least one respect. “ Loved that quotation from NE V. Too much of a good thing? Catherine Pakaluk discusses mothers having lots of babies - Catholic Herald catholicherald.co.uk/too-much-of-a-…
@michael_pakaluk @Macro_Musings @mercatus @Pat_Horan92 George discusses it here podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/mac…
A “must read” for those who want to separate the true from the false in claims about the New Deal. (Selgin’s sneak previews have been most edifying.) @Macro_Musings @DavidBeckworth @mercatus @Pat_Horan92 Wonderful art deco echoes in the book cover.
A “must read” for those who want to separate the true from the false in claims about the New Deal. (Selgin’s sneak previews have been most edifying.) @Macro_Musings @DavidBeckworth @mercatus @Pat_Horan92 Wonderful art deco echoes in the book cover.
A crucial graph in my intellectual autobiography, “Away from Omelas,” in a.co/d/6IzUudF @EverymanComm @FirstThings @leilagracerose
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1K Followers 163 Following Weekdays at 5 PM EST on The Station of the Cross Media Network & @iCatholicRadio App with Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J. 🎙️ 📻 Retweets and Likes ≠ endorsements.In my lecture on May 14, I will draw from a number of contemporary scholars' specialized work to talk about a range of artists including Plautilla Nelli (Florentine, 1524-1588), Emilie Linder (Swiss, 1797-1867), and Edmonia Lewis (American, 1844-1907).
NYC area friends: Save the date, I will be giving a lecture, sponsored by the @CathArtSociety , on Catholic women in the arts over the centuries on Tuesday, May 14, details via this link: catholicartistssociety.org/bronwen-mcshea…
Twenty year chronicle of our espresso machines. (We give the old one away when we trade up.) It all began with a $50 Krups steam machine (not a true espresso machine). FrancisFrancis! Rancilio Sylvia Andreja Premium Quick Mill Vetrano 2B
@michael_pakaluk On the deathbed scene (I believe this is the same scroll they are working on with new technology)
Here is what had previously been known of that anecdote from the scroll @zenahitz From Conrad Geiser, Philodems Academica: die Berichte über Platon und die Alte Akademie in zwei herkulanensischen Papyri (1988) books.google.com/books?id=rxtAA…
Catholic brutalism or modernist masterpiece? Our Lady of Sorrows, Garrynamone, South Uist
The siloing of disciplines is what is new; the solution is to return to something like the classical ideal of ordered, integrated knowledge. That’s what John Henry Newman was going for in the 19th C, trying to adapt the medieval ideal for the post-Enlightenment university.
The future of this country lies in a higher education not siloized by centuries-old categories of knowledge. RT if you agree. This is the US's way forward in global education.
"Make marriage permanent again," writes @CRPakaluk. A bold call to strengthen marriage, first by Christians taking marriage seriously and second through state support for covenant marriage and other measures. heritage.org/marriage-and-f…
As years go by, I have come to see why Italians will not have "milk drink" espresso (latte, cappuccino) after lunch time. These are breakfast drinks. I have come to see this (I think) through cultivating a right relationship to coffee, from a deeper love for and understanding…
If the marketplace is the original basis of social unity (as Plato and Bonaventure believed)--if it is a fundamental form of 'friendship' as Aristotle said--then of course, over time, we will favor in-person transactions over on-line. A good society loves the market. People…
I’m counting five (probably weak) drinks per day here.
I now pull shots for only 21 seconds including pre-infusion. I used to care a lot about flow control but now I don’t bother about it. Thoughts?
Sadly Omelas is an apt comparison. In the volume, “Dissident Philosophers,” I called my essay “Away from Omelas.” firstthings.com/web-exclusives…
The essay is a brief intellectual autobiography. a.co/d/fZG6QcD
A crucial graph in my intellectual autobiography, “Away from Omelas,” in a.co/d/6IzUudF @EverymanComm @FirstThings @leilagracerose
I can’t look upon Harvard Yard any longer in its austerity without thinking of the unfiltered exclamation of a Central European visitor who was perhaps expecting the Backs in the other Cambridge: “It looks more like Auschwitz!” And I lived there. True story.
The earliest scholarly reports identify as new only: 1. More precise knowledge of Plato’s burial place; 2. A different date for when he was sold into slavery. Carbonized Herculaneum papyrus reveals Plato's burial place | Archaeology News Online Magazine archaeologymag.com/2024/04/hercul…
You’ve actually covered all the walls of your great shrine with the artwork of that despicable man! A fraud of the scale of Bernie Madoff perpetrated against the faithful, a defalcation of the most precious goods. (The Aparecida Shrine in Brazil.)
@michael_pakaluk How could one "artist" be so active in so many places in the world? It's as if there were no other Catholic artists ... Rupnik rape art everywhere.
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