This commentary appears in the Summer 2014 issue of Modern Age. To subscribe now, go here.   In chapter 47 of his 1998 encyclical letter, On the Relationship between Faith and Reason (Fides et Ratio), Pope John Paul II laments “that the role of philosophy . . . has changed in modern culture.” “From universal wisdom and learning,” … Continue reading Wise Passiveness:[br] Pieper and Wordsworth on the Liberal Arts