Sparks Commentary

“What ‘multiculturalism’ boils down to is that you can praise any culture in the world except Western culture – and you cannot blame any cul...

I have long had a fair number of friends who identify as “Marxist” or “socialist.” But I freely admit that relatively few of my friends ha...

“The best writings of antiquity upon government those I mean of Aristotle , Zeno and Cicero are lost. We have human nature, society, and un...

This audiobook changed my mind about utilitarianism . In my college years, I was a fan of utilitarianism. Now, I’m a little soured on it. I ...

The Italian philosopher St. Thomas Aquinas is appreciated by more than just  Catholics . He is also venerated by some  Protestant groups , ...

“It is evident, that all the sciences have a relation, greater or less, to human nature: and that however wide any of them may seem to run f...

“The safest general characterization of the European philosophical tradition is that it consists of a series of footnotes to Plato .” – Alfr...

“We must not expect of Aristotle such literary brilliance as floods the pages of the dramatist-philosopher Plato. Instead of giving us great...

“You know also that the beginning is the most important part of any work , especially in the case of a young and tender thing; for that is t...

In the fourth century CE, the  Roman emperor Constantine  converted to  Christianity , causing many of his subjects to follow his lead in th...

“I openly confess, the suggestion of David Hume was the very thing, which many years ago first awakened me from my dogmatic slumber , and ga...

There’s a brief mention of the Epicureans and Stoics in the New Testament . Specifically, in “The Acts of the Apostles,” it is said that “c...