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Joseph Pearce

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  • Seeing Ourselves in the Mystical Mirror

    Seeing Ourselves in the Mystical Mirror1

    Those of us who love literature are puzzled by those who are indifferent to its goodness, truth and beauty. We are perplexed by those who won’t read fiction because they want the facts and nothing but the facts. We are bemused by those who won’t read poetry, preferring prose, because they want to remain grounded

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  • The Death and Resurrection of Bilbo Baggins

    The Death and Resurrection of Bilbo Baggins1

    In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit…. The opening sentence of The Hobbit is one of the most famous first sentences in all of literature. Simple and short, like its subject, it ignites the imagination the moment we read it. What on earth, and in its comfortable hole in the earth, is a hobbit?

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  • Can Technology Save the World?

    Can Technology Save the World?2

    “The high tide!” King Alfred cried. “The high tide and the turn!” G. K. Chesterton (The Ballad of the White Horse) Time and tide wait for no man. Only a fool believes that he can turn back time and only an idiot believes that he can command the tide. With respect to the latter, it

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  • The Quest for the Best: Is it in the Eye of the Beholder?

    The Quest for the Best: Is it in the Eye of the Beholder?2

    The claim that beauty is in the eye of the beholder is an expression of philosophical relativism. It confuses and conflates goodness, truth and beauty with preference, prejudice and opinion. Preference has a kinship with prejudice and is often kindled by it. It can distort our ability to see beauty. Many young people prefer rock

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