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SCHALL: Understanding the Essence of Christmas

By Fr. James V. Schall, S.J. December 1, 2011

In the "Phaedo," the dialogue of Socrates' last day, a question arises about Socrates' burial after he is to drink the fatal hemlock. His friend, Crito, is fussing about what he will do with the body....

SCHALL: Idealism Root of Political Problems

By Fr. James V. Schall, S.J. January 18, 2008

Plato was 40 years old (388 B.C.), as he tells us in his "Seventh Letter." The Peloponnesian War had ended in 404. The Greek colony of Syracuse on Sicily was in the ascendancy. Along with Sparta, Syracuse...

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