on truth, goodness and beauty

What is man? One thing is certain, man is a creature who wants to know what kind of creature he is, even if he does not always like or fully understand the answers he uncovers. Much has been written about what we are and what we are like, with many opposing and contradictory answers being provided by figures as diverse as Friedrich Nietzsche and Blaise Paschal. Of all that has been said by poets, philosophers, scientists and novelists (to name a few), some of the most strikin

We have taken a brief look at truth and goodness and some of the challenges we encounter with each. Our next difficulty arises in many forms across many domains. We find her in stories, in poems, in nature, in sunsets, in the night sky, in art and in music. She is beauty. She has a way of bypassing our reason and going straight for our heart, seizing it with awesome strength. She sometimes whispers and sometimes screams that there is more and leaves us longing for it. She rai