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Keith E. Buhler

The Six Capacities to Love: Preface

The best time to begin thinking about a project is long before the project begins. Foresight is one of the classical hallmarks of the man with practical wisdom, or prudence…. As one cliché puts it, “An ounce of preparation is […]

Matthew Lee AndersonBlogging

GodBlogCon 2006 Looks Awesome

The GodBlogCon website is looking fantastic. The event promises to be even better than the historical one of the year last. Matthew Anderson is a stud for putting it together. We miss his insightful posts, but encourage his creativity and […]

Matthew Lee AndersonEducation

What Has Happened to the Great Books and Why Christian Educators Need to Get Back to Them

Tomorrow, I am speaking at the Southwestern Conference for Classical Christian Educators on the topic of Great Books. Below is my introduction to my speech. “Due to neglect of our

Matthew Lee AndersonUncategorized

College "Hookup" Culture

This June 15 Rolling Stone article had my stomach doing flips in sadness and disgust. The attitude toward sex at Duke - and probably many college campuses - is heart-breaking. The

Matthew Lee Anderson

Active Christian Media Review: How to Be Your Own Publicist

Jessica Hatchigan’s How to Be your Own Publicist is an invaluable resource for anyone who owns a business or wants to promote themselves in some capacity. Written for the novice, Hatchigan’s work is intelligent without being technical or obscure. Her […]

Matthew Lee AndersonEducationEpistemology

Thoughts on Theaetetus: Volume IV

Why Volumes? I have no idea. It just seemed right. I missed last night’s session due to grading, but these are a few thoughts from tonight. Socrates’ relationship to Theaetetus is as a midwife to a person in labor, or […]

Matthew Lee AndersonPhilosophy

Logic: An Encomium

I came across this encomium to logic and thought it was very worthy of a post: Logic is very beneficial because it frees our minds from faulty reasoning. It is

Matthew Lee AndersonEducationPhilosophyLiteratureEpistemology

Thoughts on Theaetetus: Volume III

The relationship between teacher and student can take many forms. Modern educational approaches value the teacher insofar as he imparts information to the pupil. But traditional education is more akin

Matthew Lee AndersonEducationEpistemology

Thoughts on Theaetetus: Volume II

Theaetetus is introduced by Theodorus, a teacher of geometery who praises Theatetus for being acute, manly, and above all, a man of unique and peculiar gentleness. But is Theaetetus, a man of some nobility, a good student? Theodorus praises him […]

Matthew Lee AndersonEducationPhilosophyLiteratureEpistemology

Thoughts on Theaetetus: Volume I

Every year or so I get the immense privilege of hanging out with Dr. Al Geier, mentor of Dr. John Mark Reynolds, student of Leo Strauss, and the nearest thing

Matthew Lee AndersonUncategorizedTechnology

A New Set of Toys for Matt

Many of my friends are prone to complain about Microsoft. They are the Great Satan, incapable of the creative ingenuity and cool designs of Apple. But though Apple may be

Keith E. BuhlerAnthropologyDemographicsembodimentSocial TrendsTheology and PracticeSociety

quotations on wealth - Intelligent views on money from Jesus, Jeff Buckley, The Beatles, Plato, Dante Alighieri, Boethius, Aristotle, & Lucan

"Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven,