Institutional life rests upon deeper intellectual traditions. The essays collected here explore interpretation, classical thought, history, and the humanities, and the conceptual foundations that inform governance, leadership, and authority.
Reflective Commentary (2025)
This essay marks a foundational moment in my scholarly engagement with Immanuel Kant’s philosophy of art and aesthetics. The primary aim was to unravel Kant’s conceptual framework concerning fine art. Attention centred on his elevation of poetry and the notion of the imaginative genius. The
Reflective Commentary (2025)
The brief essay ‘Classic Philology: A Definition’ was composed in 2014 during my doctoral programme, as part of the course Introduction to Humane Letters. Now, a decade later, I return to the text for the first time since its drafting. In this review, my primary concern has
Reflective Commentary (2025)
The following essay was written in 2014 for one of my earliest doctoral courses at Faulkner University. Dr. Robert Woods led the course titled “Introduction to Human Letters."
An Evaluative Inquiry into the Life of the Modern Liberal Individual
Leisure and festivity together form the foundation
Reflective Commentary (2025)
This essay examines the layered meeting point of pagan and Christian traditions in Renaissance Florence, using the transformation of the Temple of Mars into the city's Baptistry as a symbol of wider cultural and theological interplay. My intent is not only to recount historical transitions
Reflective Commentary (2025)
Composed during the course of my doctoral research, this essay is presented as an original scholarly inquiry into the nuanced negotiations of faith, authority, and the hermeneutics of tradition. As with Underhill’s steady regard for the interior life and Ackroyd's measured historicism, my approach
Reflective Commentary (2025)
Looking back at this essay more than a decade after I first wrote it in 2014, I see how my thinking about "wasted time" has changed. When I wrote this as a doctoral student, leisure, contemplation, and intellectual growth were seen as important. Now, the
Reflective Commentary (2025)
On reflection, writing this essay was both a rigorous and rewarding endeavour. My intention was to break down Kant’s dense definition of ‘fine art’ into manageable parts in order to make sense of his philosophy for myself and, hopefully, for my readers. I approached this by
Reflective Commentary (The Modern Wall—Media Saturation in 2025)
Ray Bradbury published Fahrenheit 451 on October 19, 1953—seventy-two years ago, but who’s counting in decades when the man seemed to write in centuries?
Was he a prophet? Or something else; something we don’t quite have a word
