Articles by Fr. James Schall, S.J.

If, in all the things we do and talk about among ourselves, we do not come before this question, the question Hegel could not answer, we are not really “normal.”

The proper effect of a liberal — or freeing from self — education is, however, that our souls should be “set in a flame.” The first step in any liberal education is, indeed, simply “to hear Plato.”

Archbishop Tafunga emphasizes that human tradition in Africa recognizes evil and its need of individual and corporate reconciliation.

Something in my soul resonates with Samuel Johnson’s suggestion to read five hours a day. I am an advocate for getting an education in spite of college.