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Creative Retrieval
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A Catholic philosophical/theological podcast aimed at retrieving great works of the tradition. Works discussed: Dostoyevsky's Brothers Karamazov, Gregory of Nyssa, Norris Clarke (St. Thomas Aquinas Lecture), Plato's Republic, Hans urs von Balthasar's Theo-Logic, Dickens' A Christmas Carol.
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91. St. Augustine, Confessions, Bk. 8
May 19, 202500:32:20Tap to summarizeThis episode discusses Book 8 of St. Augustine's Confessions.
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May 19, 202500:33:57Tap to summarizeThis episode discusses Book 7 of St. Augustine's Confessions.
Transcribe →89. St. Augustine, Confessions, Bk. 6
May 19, 202500:38:17Tap to summarizeThis episode covers Book 6 of St. Augustine's Confessions.
Transcribe →88. St. Augustine, Confessions, Bk. 5
May 19, 202500:41:24Tap to summarizeThis episode covers Book 5 of St. Augustine's Confessions.
Transcribe →87. St. Augustine, Confessions, Bk. 4
May 19, 202500:30:44Tap to summarizeThis episode covers Book 4 of St. Augustine's Confessions.
Transcribe →86. St. Augustine, Confessions, Bk. 3
May 19, 202500:30:20Tap to summarizeThis episode covers Book 3 of St. Augustine's Confessions.
Transcribe →85. St. Augustine, Confessions, Bk. 2
May 19, 202500:37:29Tap to summarizeThis episode covers Book 2 of St. Augustine's Confessions.
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May 19, 202500:32:16Tap to summarizeThis episode covers book 1 of St. Augustine's Confessions.
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83. A Christmas Carol (Staves 4 and 5): Gratitude as the Meaning of Time
Dec 5, 202401:01:56Tap to summarizeIn this discussion I finish talking about Dickens'A Christmas Carol,by discussing Staves 4 and 5.The great gift Scrooge receives from the three ghosts is a awareness of the gift that had always already been given; this brings about a new life of gratitude in Scrooge. Life gets its full meaning only when one becomes grateful for what one has always already had - life itself. This is the meaning of the Christmas: the gift of Life Itself among us.
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82. A Christmas Carol (Stave 3): Ghost of Christmas Present
Nov 21, 202400:55:37Tap to summarizeIn Stave 3 of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol, we find the ghost of Christmas Present, revealing to Scrooge the excessive abundance of the feast which is the present. I argue that it is gratitude that is the meaning of life, and hence the source of joy and happiness. The Crachit's feast is meager, but because the are grateful for it, it becomes more than they need and hence more than a meager feast, it becomes a great feast. Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven!
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