Material, Formal, Efficient and Final: 11 Thoughts on the Four Causes
A basic introduction and explanation of Material, Formal, Efficient, and Final Causality.
Understanding Aristotle: 22 Definitions from The Politics
It would be difficult to overestimate the influence Aristotle's Politics has had in shaping the Christian West. Whether it be the Saints who drew from his natural wisdom, or the early modern philosophers who held him as their foil, the West has always been in dialogue with Aristotle's political thought.
Queen of the Sciences: 4 Questions to Understand the Throne of Theology
Modernity has attempted - with great anthropic success - to dethrone the Divine Science as Queen of all other bodies of knowledge.
A Thomistic Catechesis On War: 4 Lists from Aquinas
"True religion looks upon as peaceful those wars that are waged not for motives of aggrandizement, or cruelty, but with the object of securing peace, of punishing evil-doers, and of uplifting the good."
Does the Law Exist to Make Men Virtuous? 6 Thoughts from Aquinas
The "intention of every lawgiver is to make good citizens." - The Philosopher says (Ethic. ii, 1)
7 Introductory Catholic Thoughts on Machiavelli’s The Prince
The term Machiavellian is synonymous with cunning and unscrupulous political action. In general, Machiavelli is seen as the philosopher who separated morality from politics and advocated the "end justifies the means" principle to govern political thought. At worst, he sometimes seen as the thinker who freed political thought from religion and other superfluous external moral...
The Idolatry of Freedom: 10 Political Quotes by Cardinal Ratzinger
"The truth about the good supplies by the Christian tradition becomes an insight of human reason and hence a rational principle."
The Moral Ordering of Power: 7 Political Quotes from God’s Rottweiler
"It is not violence that heals, but only justice. This must be the criterion of all political action in present-day conflicts."
Natural Sex: 11 Points on Unity and Life
"Human life is sacred—all men must recognize that fact," Our predecessor Pope John XXIII recalled. "From its very inception it reveals the creating hand of God."
Think Like a Catholic: 7 Questions on the Four Laws
"Catholics should not judge nor live their Catholic lives according to modernity, but should judge and live within modernity according to Catholicism."
Law and the Common Good: 9 Introductory Catholic Questions
A law is “an ordinance of reason for the common good, made by him who has care of the community, and promulgated.” - the Angelic Doctor, St. Thomas Aquinas
Pope Pius II: 7 Quotes On Educating Young Catholic Men
"Unless boys are steeped from the beginning in the best books, their minds will be ruined and they will not be able to acquire good judgment." - Pope Pius II
Aquinas’ Introduction to Politics: 8 Teachings