Justice, according to St. Thomas, is the perpetual and constant will to render each one his right. Distributive justice, commutative justice, potential parts, quasi-integral parts, debt, cannibalism—in this episode, the editors cover it all. Bibliography Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologiae, IIa IIae qq. 58, 61, 79, 80 Plato, The Republic, especially Book I Aristotle, Nichomachean Ethics … Continue reading "The Josias Podcast, Episode XIX: Justice"...
Sep 06, 2019•1 hr 10 min
The Josias Editors discuss punishment and the good of order in a teleological universe. Bibliography Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologiae, II-II Q. 60; II-II Q 64, A 2; II-II Q. 108. Plato, Gorgias. Music: “Bin ich nun frei Wirklich frei,” Das Rheingold, Richard Wagner. Vienna Philharmonic, George Solti, Gustav Neidlinger as Alberich. Header Image: Alberich, by … Continue reading "The Josias Podcast, Episode XVIII: Revenge"...
Aug 05, 2019•1 hr 21 min
Does natural law demand a world government? Bibliography Pope Pius XI, Ubi Arcano, 1922. Henri Grenier, World Government is Required by Natural Law, The Josias, 2015. Edmund Waldstein, O.Cist., Secularized Fraternity or Solidarity and the Failure of the European Union, Sancrucensis, 2016. Idem, French Nationalism, The Karlskirche, the Empire, and the Meaning of Europe, Sancrucensis, … Continue reading "The Josias Podcast, Episode XVII: Empire"...
May 26, 2019•1 hr 24 min
The editors are joined by special guest Daniel to discuss the Resurrection of Christ. Along the way they explore what it means for Christ to be New Adam, the necessity and fittingness of the Resurrection, and the meaning of the Resurrection both as the cause of the order of human society and the principle of … Continue reading "The Josias Podcast, Episode XVI: The Resurrection of Christ and the Society of the Blessed"...
Apr 25, 2019•1 hr 7 min
The editors return and deconstruct integralism by taking on the post-structuralism of Jacques Derrida, but in the end discover they were metaphysicians all along. Along the way, the discussion veers into Nietzsche, 19th century interpretations of Bach, internet meme culture, vaccinations and the anti-vax movement, Jacob Klein, David Foster Wallace, and so much more. Bibliography … Continue reading "The Josias Podcast, Episode XV: Deconstructing Integralism"...
Mar 18, 2019•1 hr 11 min
A familiar voice returns after a long absence. Three voices discuss what it means to be brave, the cowardice of Dr. Proudie, the softness of clerics more generally, the brilliance of Monteverdi, and the exquisite comedy of Plato’s Laches. Bibliography Saint Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologiae, IIa-IIae 123-140. Plato, Laches. Josef Pieper, The Four Cardinal Virtues. … Continue reading "The Josias Podcast, Episode XIV: The Virtue of Fortitude"...
Feb 18, 2019•1 hr 14 min
«To reject natural right is tantamount to saying that all right is positive right, and this means that what is right is determined exclusively by the legislators and the courts of the various countries. Now it is obviously meaningful, and sometimes even necessary, to speak of “unjust” laws or “unjust” decisions. In passing such judgments … Continue reading "The Josias Podcast Episode XIII: Leo Strauss"...
Dec 28, 2018•1 hr 24 min
In which, your hosts take aim at Frederick II (the other Frederick II), and discuss Prudence as truth and the distinction between false and true Prudence. Along the way they also touch on: Prudence as the Queen of the virtues; why Arnold Schoenberg (!) was a good artist; legalistic American bureaucrats in post-war Germany; and why … Continue reading "The Josias Podcast Episode XII: Prudence as Truth"...
Oct 30, 2018•1 hr 1 min
In which your editors get brain worms, join a Bayou death cult, discover why they are “all like that,” achieve the goods internal to the practice of podcasting, and still find time to discuss Alasdair MacIntyre’s seminal work, After Virtue. Links The Josias Podcast, Episode VIII: Virtue Felix de St. Vincent and Brett Favras, Integralism, … Continue reading "The Josias Podcast, Episode XI: After Virtue"...
Sep 25, 2018•1 hr 22 min
Honking geese, Byzantine chariot racing, and a rousing discussion of the deep and essential connection between the liturgy and the common good—in this episode, your hosts are joined by Jonathan Culbreath and Doctor Peter Kwasniewski. Along the way, they discuss the liturgy as focal point for the common good in the church and in secular … Continue reading "The Josias Podcast, Episode X: Liturgy and the Common Good"...
Aug 16, 2018•1 hr
How ought we to think of our common life as human beings created in the image of God? Do our modern habits of thought prevent us from understanding what was going on in the Middle Ages? And more importantly: can the Middle Ages help us to escape the errors embedded in our common life today … Continue reading "The Josias Podcast, Episode IX: Before Church and State"...
Jun 13, 2018•1 hr 29 min
A freewheeling discussion in which our editors have a very TAC moment discussing the connection of the music of the spheres and the virtues, and then set out to discuss Aristotle’s Virtue Ethics, but somehow talk more about Plato. Important topics are covered such as, how much virtue does it take to refrain from throwing … Continue reading "The Josias Podcast, Episode VIII: Basic Concepts – Virtue"...
May 18, 2018•1 hr 21 min
That Christ died for our sins is at the heart of of the Christian faith: “For I delivered unto you first of all, which I also received: how that Christ died for our sins, according to the scriptures” (1 Cor 15:3). But what does it mean that He died for our sins? How did Christ’s … Continue reading "The Josias Podcast, Episode VII: Atonement and Salvation"...
Mar 28, 2018•58 min
Historian and theologian Alan Fimister joins the editors to discuss whether Pope Leo XIII was right to ask French Catholics to recognize the Third Republic. And more generally: does political engagement in modern parliamentary politics engender liberalism in Catholics? What form of government is best anyway? Alan defends the Lancastrian theory of the English Constitution as … Continue reading "The Josias Podcast, Episode VI: Ralliement"...
Mar 23, 2018•1 hr 8 min
Restlessly seek power after power ceasing only in death, or just try to be a little crueler every day? Wherein the gang flows along the surface of life’s path as they please; unleash Newman’s critique of political liberalism; ponder what it means for liberal education that Basil and Julian were fellow-students at the schools of … Continue reading "The Josias Podcast, Episode V: Liberalism (Part 2)"...
Feb 13, 2018•1 hr 6 min
The philosophers have only interpreted liberals in various ways. The point, however, is to own them. Wherein liberalism is said in many ways, and revealed in Strauss’s war on the Redemptorists, and whether or not the Abbot of Heiligenkreuz should have the power of life or death over local peasants. The hosts are joined by … Continue reading "The Josias Podcast, Episode V: Liberalism (Part 1)"...
Feb 02, 2018•54 min
Building off our previous conversation, this episode (iTunes, Google Play) takes the question of nature and natural ends more into the modern era. What’s going on with natural order in the work of modern philosophers like Descartes, Hume, and Kant? What should we think about all of this? What does Pope Francis say? We promise it won’t … Continue reading "The Josias Podcast, Episode IV: Nature, Natural Ends, and the Enlightenment (Part 2)"...
Dec 17, 2017•1 hr 23 min
Do rocks have purpose? Are they essentially headed somewhere? What about plants? Humans? The stars? In part one of this episode (iTunes, Google Play) we touch on a bunch of questions related to the idea that the universe is ordered and things have intrinsic ends. The episode kicks off with some awesome music taken from the … Continue reading "The Josias Podcast, Episode IV: Nature, Natural Ends, and the Enlightenment (Part 1)"...
Dec 11, 2017•51 min
What does it mean for something to be someone’s “right”? What is “a right”? Turns out “right” and “law” are closer in meaning than you might think. Joined by a guest, in this episode (iTunes, Google Play) we cover the main points of classical and modern rights theory. Along the way we’ll talk about Spanish painters, … Continue reading "The Josias Podcast, Episode III: Basic Concepts – Right, Rights, and the Law"...
Nov 22, 2017•1 hr 10 min
Antiliberalism? Illiberalism? Crypto-neo-facsco-socialist-theocracy? In this episode (iTunes, Google Play), we discuss a variety of jargon terms used to describe different schools of Catholic political thought. And we talk about Freemasons. And Mozart. And Sicilian uprisings. And many other things. We had so much fun we just kept going for 90 minutes, so pace yourself, dear listener. … Continue reading "The Josias Podcast, Episode II: Basic Concepts – Integralism"...
Oct 22, 2017•1 hr 36 min
“The Common Good” is a bland, empty phrase that gets tossed around a lot. In our inaugural podcast, ( iTunes) the editors of The Josias are here to take back The Common Good and give it some substance. Along the way we’ll encounter some Nazis, do battle with unnamed French Thomists, and record and delete … Continue reading "The Josias Podcast, Episode I: Basic Concepts – The Common Good"...
Oct 04, 2017•1 hr 3 min
