A Theory of Virtue

Before we can understand contemporary identity politics, we need to step back and develop a deeper and richer understanding of human motivation and behavior. We need, in other words, a better theory of the human soul. —Francis Fukuyama
If only there were a tradition of talking about the structure of the human soul...

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Source: Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179), Scivias, book III. Drawing by Rachel Fulton Brown, modeled on the Rupertsberg Codex images.


Reference: Rachel Fulton Brown, “Hildegard of Bingen’s Theology of Revelation,” in From Knowledge to Beatitude: St. Victor, Twelfth-Century Scholars and Beyond. Essays in Honor of Grover A. Zinn, Jr., eds. E. Ann Matter and Lesley Smith (Notre Dame: University of Notre Dame Press, 2013): 300-27.

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  1. JoanMarch 10, 2019 at 8:04 PM

    Blessings! One of the Saints One of the Saints of the day is of course, St. Patrick. He forgot his faith, became a slave, remembered, and saved a group of clans . Ireland became a nation, thus saved a nation. Love Joan

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