Investigations by the Thomistic Institute
The Thomistic Institute, Tim Pawl, Robert McNamara, Fr. Ezra Sullivan, O.P., Fr. Ambrose Little, O.P., W. Scott Cleveland, Tim ReillyThe Thomistic Institute exists to promote Catholic truth in our contemporary world by strengthening the intellectual formation of Christians at universities, in the Church, and in the wider public square.
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The Greatness of Humility
What is humility?
Now humility makes a man a good subject to ordinance of all kinds and in all matters; while every other virtue has this effect in some special matter. Therefore after the theological virtues, after the intellectual...
The Soul of Goodness
Peter Vilhelm Ilsted, “A Mother and Child in an interior,” 1898, via Wikimedia Commons.
The Difficulty of Virtue
In his Nicomachean Ethics, in a sentence filled with insight, both anthropological and psychological, Aristotle observes,...
The Art of Being Good
Winslow Homer, “Snap the Whip,” 1872, via Wikimedia Commons.
The Need for Cultivation
I spent the morning watching our seven-month-old as he attempted to conquer the world—his bright eyes surveying with rapt attention, wonder exuding...
Sobriety and Conceptual Shifts
Caravaggio, “Bacchus,” 1596, via Wikimedia Commons.
What Does it Mean to be “Sober”?
Language shifts. Sometimes the change leaves a gaping void in our ability to understand the world and our place in it.
Consider, for instance, the...
On Grit and Fortitude
Sant, “Courage, Anxiety, and Despair: Watching the Battle,” 1850, via Wikimedia Commons.
An Introduction to Grit and Fortitude
Stories valorizing perseverance through difficulty and trial—sometimes called grit—have existed as long as...
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The writers behind this newsletter.
We exist to promote Catholic truth in our contemporary world by strengthening the intellectual formation of Christians at universities, in the Church, and in the wider public square.
I am a Philosophy Professor, focusing on the intersections of metaphysics & theology and virtue theory & psychology. I am the husband of another philosopher and the proud father of one son and four daughters. We enjoy life in the Twin Cities.
a sinner in need of redemption
Fr. Ezra Sullivan, STD, JCL, O.P., is a professor at the University of St. Thomas Aquinas in Rome (Angelicum).
Fr. Ambrose Little is originally from Connecticut and was ordained a priest in 2013. He is an Associate Professor of Philosophy at the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception and the Director of the Thomistic Institute.
I teach Philosophy as well as Catholic Studies at a Catholic university. I'm married to a philosopher and we have four beautiful children.
A developmental psychologist studying purpose, vocation, and virtue. He is the author of "Moral and Intellectual Virtues in Practices: Through the Eyes of Scientists and Musicians".
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