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Dominican priest lectures on Aquinas and emotion
Fr. Nicholas Lombardo, OP, professor of theology at Catholic University of America, delivered a talk entitled “Virtue and Emotion in St. Thomas Aquinas” on March 6. In his lecture, sponsored by the Notre Dame Center for Ethics and Culture, Fr. Lombardo observed that many are surprised to discover that emotion has a place in the works of Aquinas, who is well-known for his very thorough but [...]
Campus Ministry holds Christian unity prayer service
On Thursday evening, January 26, an interdenominational service for Christian unity was held in the Keenan-Stanford chapel. Fr. Paul Doyle, CSC, presided over the service, which featured prayer, music, and scriptural readings and reflections. Luke Potter, a graduate student in the philosophy department, and Mary Atwood, an undergraduate senior, provided these personal reflections on the [...]
Leo Strauss’ Ghost: University of Chicago professor sees influence on Bush administration
In the aftermath of the invasion of Iraq, a number of observers noticed that the Bush administration’s policies seemed to resonate with the writings of Leo Strauss, a political philosopher of the classical tradition and professor at the University of Chicago. Strauss died in 1973, yet some speculated that Strauss was influencing national policy from “beyond the grave.” On February [...]