My Intellectual Diary ... Just One Man’s Journey Through the Western Intellect
Latest Updates and Thoughts: June 19th, 2026 Over the last few weeks I have been listening to the newer Emily Wilson translation of The Odyssey which is read in audiobook form by Claine Danes. I also have gotten sucked into a few podcasts of the Connor Gallagher show relating to the Second Vatican Council. That has prompted me to look at some material that I haven't looked at since 2015, when I had a graduate course on the theologians of Vatican II. I have been glancing through this book about Henri De Lubac's life. I am also always working and preparing the sources for my teaching course work and working on Ancient Greek every day. June 6th, 2026 The Pope's new encyclical Magnifica Humanitas just came out. I look forward to reading and unpacking it soon! Summer is coming, and so will more posting :) My reading for pleasure for 2026 has looked like: finishing The Fellowship of the Ring in January. Then I read Mansfield Park by Jane Austen,...
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