Law cannot replace a nation's customs, manners, and traditions. Rather, it should strengthen them by corroborating and invigorating the ways of a people.

In everyday speech, when people use the noun "beauty" or the adjective "beautiful," they use it to mean something they think is fine or wonderful — almost a synonym for the word "swell."

And now is the time for you to do the interesting part, the Q & A.

Faith and reason, first of all, are not to be taken for granted.

It is easy to trace disasters, in retrospect, to the bursts of unfounded optimism that gave rise to them.

No one explains the intellectual patterns and choices of modernity better than Benedict XVI.

Philosophy is literally the "love of wisdom." But what does it mean to love, pursue, and possess wisdom?

An easy but accurate way of distinguishing the ethics of Aristotle from that of Aquinas lies in examining the fundamental questions they ask.

The term "philosophical eros" means, roughly, that we should pursue the truth with the same passion and zeal that we pursue our beloved.

What does the Catholic Church teach about the morality of smoking cigarettes?