Human things are not divine things. Nonetheless, Plato and Aristotle intimate that it is human, insofar as we can, to seek divine things. Homo non proprie humanus sed superhumanus est. Aquinas, and the Christian tradition that built upon his synthesis of classical thought and revelation, here indicates that human beings becomes fully human only by submitting to forms beyond their making; the imperfection of the earthly city cries out for the perfection of the heavenly city. By contrast, modern political philosophy disconnected politics from the longing for the divine—not only unmaking the city, but unmaking man. . . .