Blog Posts on rationality

Courage and Brilliance, Professionalism and Rationality by Homosexual Writer-Teacher-Gardener on May 7, 2010What does it take for one to face someone he hates and to slap into his face the painful words he doesn't want to hear? The answer is simple: courage and brilliance. Courage is the ability to face anybody and anything at any time. It is the abil...

Sin’s Painted Pleasures and Sugared Poisions… by New Demonstration on Dec 17, 2009To respond to the distorting nature of sin you must set your affections on the beauty and glory of God, the loveliness of Christ,wonder of the gospel Related Posts The Imponderable Depths of Sin and Grace There Should be an Abhorrence of Oursel...

Ayn Rand by The Stranger on Sep 29, 2009“He does not want to be great but to be thought as great”- From Ayn Rand’s The FountainheadThe phrase means that greatness is something that a man acquires for himself and not from others. When a man acquires greatness from others then that man...

Conclusion by The Stranger on Sep 23, 2009In the previous post, the researcher talks about virtue. Comparing the definition of virtue by Ayn Rand and Aristotle, the latter is better that the former for the following reason. Ayn Rand’s view on what is virtue is vague. She no more than state...

What is virtue for Ayn Rand? by The Stranger on Sep 7, 2009Ayn Rand’s outlook on virtue is closely related to rationality. She defines virtue as the action by which one gain and keep, and rationality as the recognition and acceptance of reason as only means of acquiring knowledge. The relation between them...

The Morality Of Critical Thinking by The Critical Thinker(tm) on Jan 24, 2009Those who need a good grasp of what we mean by Critical Thinking are strongly encouraged to checkout our special Critical Thinking Resources page  (click the link or the one of the tabs above). Two characteristics associated with Critical Thinking m...

Papal Address to Puerto Rican Bishops:"You Should Develop a Specific Vocations Apostolate" by Official Documents of the Catholic Church on Oct 7, 2008VATICAN CITY, JULY 27, 2007 (Zenit.org).- Here is a Vatican translation of Benedict XVI's June 30 address to the bishops of Puerto Rico, who were in Rome for their five-yearly visit.* * *ADDRESS OF HIS HOLINESS BENEDICT XVI TO MEMBERS OF THE BISHOPS&