Matthew J. Peterson Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
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The Trivium: The Liberal Arts of Logic, Grammar, and Rhetoric
Sister Miriam JosephMatthew J. Peterson"Rhetoric is the master art of the trivium, for it presupposes and makes use of grammar and logic; it is the art of communicating through symbols ideas about reality." —Sister Miriam Joseph, The Trivium
Paperback, 2002
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Silence of St Thomas
Josef PieperMatthew J. Peterson@oldbooksguy *The Life of St. Anthony the Great Book by Athanasius of Alexandria (An ancient, weird, wild book on the birth of the desert fathers) *The Silence Of St Thomas by Josef Pieper (On the mystical side of Aquinas, often wrongly caricatured as the supreme rationalist of medieval… https://t.co/CvSZqlfwds
Paperback, 1999
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The Medium and the Light
Michael McLuhanMatthew J. PetersonThere is another book, posthumously edited, called "The Medium and the Light," composed of selected writings of Marshall McLuhan on religious themes.
Paperback, 2010
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And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep.: Dot Grid
Sarah CullenMatthew J. Peterson"And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters."
Paperback, 2019
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On Christian Doctrine
St AugustineMatthew J. Peterson@jonst0kes Used to teach it. Course began with Plato's *Gorgias* and the *Phaedrus* and then Chapter 4 (on Christian rhetoric, basically) of St. Augustine's *On Christian Doctrine*. Check the latter out sometime if you haven’t. The idea that those texts aren’t a goldmine is cray.
Paperback, 2009
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Summa Contra Gentiles: Book One: God
Thomas AquinasMatthew J. PetersonAs St. Thomas Aquinas says: "Man is debtor chiefly to his parents & his country, after God. Wherefore just as it belongs to religion to give worship to God, so does it belong to piety, in the 2nd place, to give worship to one’s parents & one’s country.” https://t.co/a91yDm2Mqm
Paperback, 1975
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City of God: Abridged Edition
St AugustineMatthew J. PetersonThis dynamic will increase as America declines, much like in late Rome people started blaming Christianity—leading St. Augustine to write the City of God. Which bears going back to in all times and places. But we may need a new work in the same vein…
Paperback, 2018
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Tolstoy: Death of Ivan Ilyich
L. N. TolstoyMatthew J. PetersonIkiru was Kurosawa’s version of Tolstoy’s The Death of Ivan Ilyich w/It’s A Wonderful Life in the background of his mind. People who don’t read/understand such things w/chronic woke mind virus and no inner monologue cannot create such things. There are no shortcuts to depth.
Paperback, 1998
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Lincoln: A Very Short Introduction
Allen C. GuelzoMatthew J. PetersonBut that's just the start. @RBrookhiser, @JosephBottum, Allen Guelzo of @MadisonProgram, and Justin Dyer of @UT_Civitas on how Lincoln shaped Thanksgiving—and his wrestling with God, also all at @theammind: https://t.co/6sMziZw2fd
Paperback, 2009
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Gorgias
PlatoMatthew J. Peterson@jonst0kes Used to teach it. Course began with Plato's *Gorgias* and the *Phaedrus* and then Chapter 4 (on Christian rhetoric, basically) of St. Augustine's *On Christian Doctrine*. Check the latter out sometime if you haven’t. The idea that those texts aren’t a goldmine is cray.
Paperback, 2004
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