A memory. Charles DeKoninck, my favorite Thomist, in defense of the end of history.

Another memory: a truly astounding passage from DeKoninck in defense of the study of history.

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Another rambling philosophical defense of the study of history, inspired by my reading of DeKoninck.

Identity Politics "Everywhere you look, oppressors and their victims will dehumanize and victimize each other... Unfortunately, the temptation to dehumanize each other is one of our most human and most consistent defects. Vengeance reigns supreme." open.substack.com/pub/postmodern…

Here's what I do in the majority of my life these days. youtu.be/irR6ZAbWyFE?si…

Thomas Aquinas on the End of History open.substack.com/pub/postmodern…

Will there be flowers in heaven? open.substack.com/pub/postmodern…

"The world desires the form of humanity. In general, matter desires form, but more specifically, it desires the form of man. The history of the world, including both biological evolution and human history, is but the history of the world’s striving to become human..." Read more: