Author Archives: The Philosopher

About The Philosopher

The Philosopher was a student of Plato and teacher of Alexander the Great. His writings cover many subjects, including physics, metaphysics, poetry, theater, music, logic, rhetoric, politics, government, ethics, biology, zoology, and humorous mockery of silly people overly devoted to modernity. Together with Plato and Socrates (Plato's teacher), The Philosopher is one of the most important founding figures in Western philosophy. His writings constitute a first at creating a comprehensive system of Western philosophy, encompassing morality and aesthetics, logic and science, politics and metaphysics.

In his spare time, he enjoys fishing, tennis, and blogging on Catholicism.org. For some reason, the technical people there gave him the username "torquemada," which cannot be changed in the system. This feeds into The Philosopher's cynicism about the wonders of technology and the myth of progress.

Despite the far-reaching appeal that The Philosopher's works have traditionally enjoyed, today modern scholarship questions a substantial portion of his corpus as authentically his own. For his part, The Philosopher thinks that modern scholarship is substantially the work of mediocre nerds who need to get a life. However, he is grateful to WikiPedia for this short bio.



True Colors

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We are led to believe that homosexuals are just decent people, like everyone else, except insofar as they “love differently.” It is therefore unreasonable to suspect them of anything heinous or unnatural. We are further led to believe that pro-aborts … Continue reading →

On Our Merry Way to War in Syria

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(The LCR Blog) With scandals raging at home, Obama (conveniently) discovers chemical weapons use in Syria. [Recall that Bill Clinton bombed Kosovo during the “Lewinsky affair.” Now Obama has a convenient distraction from IRS-Benghazi-DOJ-AP-NSA-etc.-etc.-gate, all the while ignoring the Syrian … Continue reading →

Don’t Smoke the Tea Leaves!

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Father Michael P. Orsi has written an article for Catholic Exchange titled, “Reading the Tea Leaves: Will Pope Francis End Priestly Celibacy?” After correctly saying that there cannot be female priests, and after a bit of speculation on the possibility … Continue reading →

Sophists Running the Academy

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You’ve no doubt heard the expressing “lunatics running the asylum.” Well, The Telegraph reports that a new article, published in the Journal of Medical Ethics, says newborn babies are not “actual persons” and do not have a “moral right to life”. … Continue reading →