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Episode Synopsis
In this conversation with Randy Smith, we consider the role of wonder in liberal learning as well as the challenges and the joys of being an interdisciplinary scholar. We also explore the distinction between wonder, curiosity (curiositas), and a well ordered desire for knowledge (studiositas) as well as the proper ordering of the disciplines—the humanities, mathematics, and the sciences—within the university.
Links of potential interest:
Bonaventure, Reduction of the Arts to Theology
Bonaventure, The Journey of the Mind to God
Bonaventure, Collations on the Hexaemeron
Randy Smith, From Here to Eternity: Reflections on Death, Immortality, and the Resurrection of the Body
Randy Smith, Reading the Sermons of Thomas Aquinas: A Beginner's Guide
Randy Smith, Aquinas, Bonaventure, and the Scholastic Culture of Medieval Paris: Preaching, Prologues, and Biblical Commentary
Christopher O. Blum, “Intellectual Charity”
Benedict XVI, “Address to Catholic Educators”
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