Yay!
Wow, I got to meet my favorite living author last evening, Dr. Peter Kreeft!
I've started a philosophy group at the church where I work. It's called Aletheia and aims to embody "faith seeking understanding" in its activities. We had our first panel discussion last evening, and joining us were Drs. Kreeft, Broderick, and Sherry. I think it went off very well! At one point I was so happy as Kreeft was talking that I almost cried.
If you know me well, you may realize how infrequently I have emotional outbursts, so this was highly unusual to become that glowingly happy. Why does being around philosophers make me so happy? Most people seem to think that they are off in space. But I am an artist; I make things; I think about practical, mundane things; I enjoy nuts and bolts...and philosophy strongly appeals to me, not only in the "big questions" sense, but in a very practical sense. How should we live? This isn't an esoteric question.
I've started a philosophy group at the church where I work. It's called Aletheia and aims to embody "faith seeking understanding" in its activities. We had our first panel discussion last evening, and joining us were Drs. Kreeft, Broderick, and Sherry. I think it went off very well! At one point I was so happy as Kreeft was talking that I almost cried.
If you know me well, you may realize how infrequently I have emotional outbursts, so this was highly unusual to become that glowingly happy. Why does being around philosophers make me so happy? Most people seem to think that they are off in space. But I am an artist; I make things; I think about practical, mundane things; I enjoy nuts and bolts...and philosophy strongly appeals to me, not only in the "big questions" sense, but in a very practical sense. How should we live? This isn't an esoteric question.