patience
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Envy’s Descent into Spiritual Poverty This demonstration of Resurrexit Spiritus and Structural Virtues Theory (RS & SVT) comes with a disclaimer: Amadeus (1984) contains nudity and crass humour, though more than this it is not historically accurate. I am not writing to critique the accuracy, though. Suffice to say, Mozart was never such a scoundrel…
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Excellence, the Price for a Taste of Freedom in Patience In the third domain of Resurrexit Spiritus (RS), Eros, where relationships are forged through mutual trust or exploited in trade for illusions of power; the error of Dependence is a corrosive force on both sides. To be clear, this has nothing to do with childhood,…
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Greed, Dependence, and the Quest for Meaning in a World of Illusions In the first domain of Resurrexit Spiritus (RS), Kratos, societies and individuals define themselves through the acceptance or rejection of rules. In Rain Man (1988), this is figured in Charlie Babbitt and his practice of manipulating systems, a system of rules exploiting rules…
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Greed, Dependence, and Envy Aborting Rather Than Prudence and Ethics Birthing Truth In the first domain of RS, Kratos, societies define themselves through the acceptance or rejection of rules, and the powers these rules have, especially when it comes to balance in the other proceeding domains. In There Will Be Blood (2007), this is embodied…
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Silent Machinery of Control Through Sin: A Structural Virtues Theory Exploration of Spotlight (2015)
How Corruption Binds Us Who can see through the veil of power maintenance, and its delayed Justice? Spotlight, the 2015 film portraying the heart-wrenching true story of institutionalised child abuse, is a chronicle of just such heroics; it is a mirror held up to the rotting corpse of these institutions that abuse the name of…
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Procrastination as Thief of Justice: A Structural Virtues Theory Review I would like to preface this review by saying I thought the filmmakers could have done parts of this film differently and much classier. Due to its crudeness, I cannot recommend watching this movie with anyone, especially someone sensitive, impressionable, or young. In the shadow…
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A Christian Philosopher’s Take on Batman Versus Joker In the sprawling metropolis of Gotham, teetering on the brink of chaos, we find ourselves confronted with a moral conundrum as old as humanity itself. The Dark Knight is a philosophy film cloaked in the garb of cartoonish comic book heroism. It invites us to ponder the…
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Sin and Error; Most Outwardly Amnesis The sin of Amnesis is a dreadful forgetting eroding all virtues into nothingness, so it becomes much more than some personal failing; it is the rot at the heart of all failures in civilisation. Most horrible of all forgetfulness is in our godly purpose. The erosion of history’s lessons,…
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A Christian Philosopher Watches The Godfather There exists a profound confusion in this age of noise regarding greatness. We tend to equate importance with stature: a towering building, a commanding voice, or an unquestioned position. Something within each of us admires the one who sits highest upon the mountain, yet they more often remain blinded…
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Teaching the Next Generation Beloved disciple of Truth, now for the final and most vital responsibility of the spiritual soldier: to pass on the virtues of Christ Jesus to future generations. This is sacred duty that requires the virtues of Patience and Loyalty set the boundaries for the expansion of virtues against error. In this…