The Foundations of the Renaissance (MP3 download) Yaron Brook

The Foundations of the Renaissance (MP3 download) Yaron BrookBy Andrew Lewis The Renaissance was one of the greatest periods of Western civilization. It was, in one sense, however, an accident. None of the Christian Scholastics who tried to integrate Aristotelian philosophy into the Church planned for the secular achievements that would follow. How then did it happen? Why did Aristotle's influence endure in Christian Europe, but not among the Muslims? What events and intellectual developments led to the triumph

and he contributed innovations to a host of fields as diverse as mining and movie-making

with emphasis on the relationship between volition and the reality-orientation

David Harriman presents a fascinating answer to the problem of induction—that is

- Analysis of "A Letter on Style" by Sinclair Lewis

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Scott McConnell presents a unique portrait of a larger-than-life literary giant and a fascinating individual

Half a century of print and broadcast interviews of Ayn Rand are included in Objectively Speaking

But the deeper importance of Athens is its intellectual revolution

such as engineering

The nature of a sentence

including: whether parents have a legal obligation to send their children to school

" by Ayn Rand (from The Voice of Reason)