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Andrew Comiskey

Nov 22, 20204 min read

Radical Wholeness: Day 40

‘Aquinas assigns intemperance to the “roving unrest of spirit”, which he says is the first-born daughter of acedia (or sloth)…Acedia is...

Andrew Comiskey

Nov 21, 20204 min read

Asexual Slump or Marvelous Desire? Day 39

‘To begin with: for Thomas Aquinas it is plainly self-evident--indeed so self-evident that it need hardly be mentioned even to those but...

Andrew Comiskey

Nov 18, 20204 min read

Fortitude for Future Generations: Day 36

‘To be brave actually means to be able to suffer injury. Because man is by nature vulnerable, he can be brave.’ (The Four Cardinal...

Andrew Comiskey

Nov 16, 20203 min read

Justice and True Sexual Nature: Day 34

‘Justice is the virtue which enables man to give to each one his due.’ (The Four Cardinal Virtues, Josef Pieper, p. 44) ‘We cannot state...

Andrew Comiskey

Nov 14, 20203 min read

Prudence: Decisive Reality: Day 32

‘To be open to the truth of real things and to live by the truth that one has grasped is the essence of the moral being. Only when we...