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"First the apostle Paul, then Augustine, and finally in these latest days Friar Thomas, whom ... no one would succeed till the end of the world." -- Bartolommeo di Capua |
1. Thomist Links
- Summa Theologiae (English, Blackfriars trans.)
- Summa Contra Gentiles (English, incomplete)
- Treatise on Law (Blackfriars trans.)
- Works in English (incomplete)
- Works in Latin
- G.K. Chesterton, St. Thomas Aquinas: The Dumb Ox
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"There was undoubtedly much about the key that seemed complex; indeed there was only one thing about it that was simple. It opened the door." -- G.K. Chesterton |
2. Catholic Links
- Catechism of the Catholic Church (searchable)
- Vatican website
- Fathers of the Church (early Christian writers)
- The Bible (RSV-CE translation, searchable)
- John Paul II, Fides et Ratio ("Faith and Reason")
- G.K. Chesterton, Orthodoxy
- Apologetics links
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""There is no speech, nor are there words; their voice is not heard; yet their voice goes out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world." – Psalm 19 |
3. Astonishing Links
- Hubble space telescope images
- Movie generated from Cassini Saturn flyby images
- Tardigrades in motion
- Animation of the inside of a cell
- Harvard animation of the inner life of a cell (longer and with voiceover commentary)
- Animation of fertilization
- Animation of protein synthesis in the cell
- Animation of ATP synthesis in the cell
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"Man's mind would break if its tension were never relaxed .... words or deeds wherein nothing further is sought than the soul's delight, are called playful ...." -- St. Thomas |
4. Amusing Links
- St. Thomas on whether truth is stronger than wine, the king, or woman
- Duetto buffo di due Gatto (Rossini's Cat Duet)
- John Cleese, “The Scientists”
- John Cleese explains the brain
- P.G. Wodehouse, My Man Jeeves
- P.G. Wodehouse, Right Ho, Jeeve
- Tracey Ullman, A Sociopath Goes for a Job Interview
- Tracey Ullman, A Christian Goes for a Job Interview
- Postmodernist essay generator (refresh the page to generate a new essay)
- Weird Al Yankovic on word crimes (but he's wrong about Oxford commas)
- Titania McGrath on Twitter (actually Andrew Doyle)
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“I never travel without my blog. One should always have something sensational to read in the train.” -- Gwendolen, in Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest (slightly paraphrased) |