There is a great website featuring the works of the philosopher/apologist Peter Kreeft. The site includes over 30 audio lectures from Dr. Kreeft. Below is a lecture on the significance of beautiful language illustrated by Tolkien’s writings. Any great literature should cause wonder. The Lord of the Rings and Simarillion certainly qualify. The Simarillion is part of my yearly rotation.
Kreeft states that we are in the third age of philosophy. He states that the first age ended in Metaphysical denial of universals, nominalism. The second age ended in Epistemogical denial of concepts, Hume and empiricism. The third age has ended in the denial of language, our ability to communicate with each other, deconstructionism. Each step is an attack against thought.
Language of Beauty
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