Category: Philosophy
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The Virtue of Laughter: Principles for Biblical Humor
Aristotle is well-known for defining virtues as the middle between two vices. This is known as the golden mean between excess and deficiency. One interesting and important virtue that Aristotle defines this way is “eutrapelia” which is Greek for “well-turned” and is often translated as “wittiness”. Through this concept, Aristotle seeks to define a balance…
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Why Should Christians Care about Philosophy?
This is a fair question. After all, we have the Bible, the greatest source of Wisdom ever written that was inspired by God Himself. So why should we read Aristotle or Plato or the Stoics or any other non-Christian philosopher. They were after all Pagans and Gentiles. Well, I have personally found great wisdom and…