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19 essays
Litterae · Digressio Vol. 2Like Water upon SandAugustine’s grief for his friend in the Confessions, and what it teaches about loving friends in God.Wes CallihanHumanitas · Digressio Vol. 2The Face of ManOn gazing at the human face, with Berdyaev and Capon.Joshua GibbsLitterae · Digressio Vol. 1PheidippidesA short story of Marathon, told by a soldier of Athens.Olivia MarstallThema · Digressio Vol. 1Enchanting the Elves: Tolkien’s Gospel Inversion of FaërieIn Tolkien’s Faërie it is the hobbits who enchant the elves. How The Lord of the Rings turns the fairy story inside out.Dr. Jonathan McIntosh
Humanitas · Digressio Vol. 3Eavesdropping on the Great Conversation: John Quincy Adams and His Father, 1780Twelve-year-old John Quincy Adams sends his father an account of his studies for a day, and John Adams answers.Roman Roads PressPedagogica · Digressio Vol. 1Commonplaces: Quotes for CopiousnessSix quotations for a commonplace book, from Samuel Johnson to Livy.Roman Roads PressHumanitas · Digressio Vol. 1Eavesdropping on the Great Conversation: John Adams Urges His Son to Read Thucydides, 1777John Adams writes to his ten-year-old son about the history he most wants him to master.Roman Roads Press