{"id":69,"date":"2020-11-14T20:53:22","date_gmt":"2020-11-14T20:53:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tgenloe.com\/rescogitandae\/?page_id=69"},"modified":"2025-09-21T20:13:41","modified_gmt":"2025-09-21T20:13:41","slug":"69-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/tgenloe.com\/rescogitandae\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div pagelayer-id=\"yvk2frhip1rwlh7j\" class=\"pagelayer-row pagelayer-ele\" pagelayer-a-0=\"\" pagelayer-tag=\"pl_row\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"pagelayer-row-holder pagelayer-row pagelayer-auto pagelayer-width-{{width_content}}\"><div pagelayer-id=\"ogf15426aqfgx90w\" class=\"pagelayer-col pagelayer-col-12 pagelayer-ele\" pagelayer-a-col=\"12\" pagelayer-tag=\"pl_col\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pagelayer-col-holder\"><div pagelayer-id=\"4kzjcg21hty2b5mz\" class=\"pagelayer-text pagelayer-ele\" pagelayer-a-0=\"\" pagelayer-a-text=\"\n<p>This is my academic blog, on which I discuss topics of a more advanced nature that are pertinent to the often difficult task of doing classical Christian education in our very much un-classical age.<\/p>\n&#8221; pagelayer-tag=&#8221;pl_text&#8221;>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"pagelayer-text-holder\" pagelayer-editable=\"text\">\n<p>This is my academic blog, on which I discuss topics of a more advanced nature that are pertinent to the often difficult task of doing classical Christian education in our very much un-classical age.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><span style=\"color:#a30900\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Latest Blog Posts<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><span class=\"has-inline-color has-white-color\">Latest Blog Posts<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__list is-grid columns-3 wp-block-latest-posts\"><li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/tgenloe.com\/rescogitandae\/2024\/03\/23\/strange-new-world\/\">Strange New World<\/a><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">Listening to Carl Truman&#8217;s Strange New World, I&#8217;ve been pondering an illustration he gives in one of the later chapters about the radical difference between his grandfather&#8217;s life and his own. Without going into the details, because you, reading this,\u2026 <a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/tgenloe.com\/rescogitandae\/2024\/03\/23\/strange-new-world\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">: Strange New World<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/tgenloe.com\/rescogitandae\/2022\/11\/13\/whos-to-say-whats-beautiful\/\">Who&#8217;s To Say What&#8217;s &#8220;Beautiful&#8221;?<\/a><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">&#8220;Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.&#8221; I wonder how often we think about what this means in terms of different angles of approach.On the one hand, saying that beauty is in the beholder&#8217;s eye quite easily slides into\u2026 <a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/tgenloe.com\/rescogitandae\/2022\/11\/13\/whos-to-say-whats-beautiful\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">: Who&#8217;s To Say What&#8217;s &#8220;Beautiful&#8221;?<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/tgenloe.com\/rescogitandae\/2022\/07\/28\/1005\/\">The Disease of &#8220;Politics&#8221; (Introduction)<\/a><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">Politics: 1: a:&nbsp;the art or science of government b:&nbsp;the art or science concerned with guiding or influencing governmental&nbsp;policy c:&nbsp;the art or science concerned with winning and holding control over a government Political: 1: a:&nbsp;of or relating to government, a government,\u2026 <a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/tgenloe.com\/rescogitandae\/2022\/07\/28\/1005\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">: The Disease of &#8220;Politics&#8221; (Introduction)<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/tgenloe.com\/rescogitandae\/2022\/07\/27\/relativism-reloaded\/\">Relativism Reloaded<\/a><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">(No, this post is not about the Matrix.) Recently, Joshua Gibbs of The Cedar Room wrote this thoughtful piece, &#8220;Skip the Introduction: It Does Not Matter Where the Author Is Coming From.&#8221; You should read it for yourself, of course,\u2026 <a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/tgenloe.com\/rescogitandae\/2022\/07\/27\/relativism-reloaded\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">: Relativism Reloaded<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/tgenloe.com\/rescogitandae\/2022\/06\/17\/babylon-5-what-the-atheist-taught-me-about-christian-culture\/\">Babylon 5: What the Atheist Taught Me About Christian Culture<\/a><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">[ Originally written in 2003 ] I\u2019ve loved science fiction since childhood. Captain Kirk and the crew of the Enterprise always captured my imagination by propelling me into strange new worlds full of adventure and the wonder of discovery. It\u2026 <a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/tgenloe.com\/rescogitandae\/2022\/06\/17\/babylon-5-what-the-atheist-taught-me-about-christian-culture\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">: Babylon 5: What the Atheist Taught Me About Christian Culture<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/tgenloe.com\/rescogitandae\/2022\/06\/17\/technology-cant-save-you-from-an-amoral-universe\/\">Technology Can&#8217;t Save You From An Amoral Universe<\/a><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">[ Originally posted March 9, 2004 ] Lately I\u2019ve been watching a bunch of episodes that I missed of the current Star Trek series,\u00a0Enterprise. For the most part I\u2019ve been pleased with the show\u2019s pretty convincing \u201cgap filling\u201d between our\u2026 <a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/tgenloe.com\/rescogitandae\/2022\/06\/17\/technology-cant-save-you-from-an-amoral-universe\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">: Technology Can&#8217;t Save You From An Amoral Universe<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/tgenloe.com\/rescogitandae\/2022\/06\/17\/a-review-of-poul-andersons-the-high-crusade\/\">A Review of Poul Anderson&#8217;s &#8220;The High Crusade&#8221;<\/a><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">[ Originally posted Dec. 29, 2003 ] I had never read a book by Poul Anderson before reading\u00a0The High Crusade\u00a0(1960). Though I had known the man was considered a master sci-fi writer, I was beyond impressed by this book. The\u2026 <a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/tgenloe.com\/rescogitandae\/2022\/06\/17\/a-review-of-poul-andersons-the-high-crusade\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">: A Review of Poul Anderson&#8217;s &#8220;The High Crusade&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/tgenloe.com\/rescogitandae\/2022\/06\/17\/chariots-of-the-gods-and-other-pseudo-rational-myths\/\">&#8220;Chariots of the gods&#8221;, and Other Pseudo-Rational Myths<\/a><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">[Originally written July 24, 2007] I have always enjoyed science fiction, and the genre has comprised most of my fiction reading for years. However, I think sometimes I get too deep into it, reading so much of it that it\u2026 <a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/tgenloe.com\/rescogitandae\/2022\/06\/17\/chariots-of-the-gods-and-other-pseudo-rational-myths\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">: &#8220;Chariots of the gods&#8221;, and Other Pseudo-Rational Myths<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/tgenloe.com\/rescogitandae\/2022\/06\/17\/970\/\">&#8220;Voices in the Dark&#8221;: Babylon 5 and &#8220;Out of the Silent Planet&#8221;<\/a><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">Babylon 5, though written by a skeptic, remains one of the better sci-fi shows in terms of exploring religion in an age of high science. 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