Roger Scruton describes a conservatism that regards the individual not as the premise but the conclusion of politics. For him, politics is fundamentally opposed to the ethic of social justice, to equality of station, income, and achievement, or to the attempt to bring major institutions of society (such as schools and universities) under government control.By Roger Scruton
(Palgrave Macmillan, 2001)
Category: Books by the Fellows
You say that it is difficult to put this advice into practice. Who denies it? Plato has a fitting saying: “Those things which are beautiful are also difficult.” Nothing is harder than for a man to conquer himself, but there is no greater reward or blessing.
Desiderius Erasmus, The Handbook of the Militant Christian (1503)
Joy Cometh in the Morning (Audio) by P. G. Wodehouse, Foreword by Joseph Bottum.
David Aikman narrates this Trinity Forum Reading selection that helps us think about the grace of laughter.
The Spirit of the Disciplines: Understanding How God Changes Lives by Dallas Willard.
