Two Old Books

After a lengthy layoff, the spring semester begins on Monday. Here are the classes I'll be taking: History of Philosophy: Medieval --...

I was depleted by a cold for most of last week. The bugger moved into my chest quite uninvited, and forced me to serve it an eviction noti...

You know how sometimes in the movies, the hero and the villain are fighting in an epic battle, and the hero delivers what he thinks is the k...

For Thanksgiving, I was invited to the home of Tom and Kit Greerty, along with several other DSPT students. Tom is an attorney and former co...

Not too many events of note to share with you from this last week. It was pretty standard. (I apologize for again not producing a mid-week p...

Those of you who are attentive to patterns may have noticed that I tend to make two posts per week: one at the weekend describing the previo...

In the balancing act between school and work which I've undertaken, I'm still wobbling a little at times, but I think I'll make ...

Dear Readers (both of you), I'm afraid there isn't too terribly much to report this week. No classes met this week, as it was wh...

Aristotle, he of such nicknames as “The Stagirite” (which refers to his birthplace, Stagira), “The Philosopher” (which St. Thomas Aquinas ca...

This last week I started a part-time job at a deli not too far from the DSPT. Zarri’s Delicatessen in Albany, CA features sandwiches, sliced...

The Four Causes One of the most important pillars of Aristotle’s philosophy was his theory of the four causes. Whenever you want to know ...

(If you haven't noticed yet, the titles for these "Week in Review" posts are composed by my slapping together two words from u...

I wonder if I give the impression that my life here consists of study, study, study, with occasional eating and sleeping thrown in. While I ...

There were a couple of fun extra-curricular activities this week. What do philosophy and theology students do in their spare time, when they...

This last Thursday I experienced my first Dominican Rite Mass. “What’s a Dominican Rite Mass?” you ask. A little background may be helpful h...

Apart from classes, this week featured two events of note. On Wednesday we had a special Mass of the Holy Spirit for the opening of the sc...

Classes at the DSPT commenced last Tuesday. Because of the way my class schedule shakes out, that meant that all but one of my classes only ...

This last weekend seemed an opportune time to make The Big Move for a number of reasons. It would give me a week before the beginning of ori...