Saints for Supper, and More

In the Middle Ages, consuming holy icons was thought to cure a range of intestinal ailments.

Does progress in the arts and sciences purify our moral or corrupt them? That question reduced Rousseau to tears... more »

Saints for supper. In the Middle Ages, consuming holy icons was thought to cure a range of intestinal ailments... more »

When a letter is not just a letter. It’s a confession, a moral credo, a play, a plot, an existential quarrel. Cyn…