A Thinking Reed

"Man is but a reed, the most feeble thing in nature, but he is a thinking reed" – Blaise Pascal

Links for a Monday morning

Derek the Ænglican of Haligweorc writes on the “plain sense” of scripture, with more to come.

“As with much else in modern life, hippies spoiled the fun for the rest of us”: Millinerd writes from Mount Athos in Greece! (here and here)

Theo Hobson, whose work we’ve discussed here before, says that liberal Anglo-Catholicism is being deconstructed by recent events. I think he presents the choice between liberalism and authoritarianism too starkly, but decide for yourself.

At The Elfin Ethicist, Wilson discusses Thomas Aquinas and Martin Luther on civil liberty and the right to resist unjust government. On Wilson’s account, St. Thomas sounds a lot closer to Locke than one might’ve thought.

Andrew Bacevich asks What’s an Iraqi Life Worth?

One response to “Links for a Monday morning”

  1. Lee,

    Thanks for the comment on Hobson. I found the choice too stark as well, and in fact, troublingly, anti-catholic considering the thoughts of Aquinas on conscience.

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