A Little Book for New Philosophers: Why and How to Study Philosophy (Little Books)

PHILOSOPHY STUDENTS SHARE a common plight with their art and music counterparts: their parents often worry about how their children will support themselves with such an impractical degree.

truth. To seek truth may take us beyond the Bible, but never against it. Because Christ rules over every square inch of the universe and, indeed, over all reality, all truth is his.

The Scottish writer George MacDonald wrote that truth is truth—whether from the lips of Jesus or of the pagan prophet Balaam

“an attempt to figure out the best way to live, what the best ways to be and to do are.”

But this is a narrow and shortsighted perspective that stands opposed to the more robust, classical understanding: that the good, the true and the beautiful ought to be pursued for their own sake.

Thus it is no surprise that philosophers across history are preoccupied with two interrelated concerns: rigorous thought and virtuous living. Deep contemplation about the true, the good and the beautiful cannot be separated from living it out.

it, “If Christ is risen, then nothing else matters. And if Christ is not risen, then nothing else matters.”