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Showing posts with label "To God by Reason of the State". Show all posts
Showing posts with label "To God by Reason of the State". Show all posts
Friday, January 29, 2010

Pedro Calderón de la Barca and the Natural Law, Part 11

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IN HIS AUTO SACRAMENTAL, A Dios por razón de estado, the Catholic playwright Calderón has expressed a vision of reason at odds with those o...
Thursday, January 28, 2010

Pedro Calderón de la Barca and the Natural Law, Part 10

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THE SYNAGOGUE THREATENS PAUL AND INTELLECT, but they recruit the protection of Gentility. The Synagogue respects Gentility's power, as s...
Wednesday, January 27, 2010

Pedro Calderón de la Barca and the Natural Law, Part 9

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PABLO, POR QUÉ ME PERSIGUES? Paul, why do you persecute me? both Intellect and Thought hear amidst the thundering roar as they see Paul of ...
Tuesday, January 26, 2010

Pedro Calderón de la Barca and the Natural Law, Part 8

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SYNAGOGUE IS CLOTHED AS A JEW, and Paul, as yet unconverted, dressed in Roman garb. This is Paul, "a Jew, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, b...
Monday, January 25, 2010

Pedro Calderón de la Barca and the Natural Law, Part 7

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AFRICA IS DRESSED AS A MOOR, accompanied by men and women, feverishly dancing, perhaps not unlike David before the Ark or as a whirling derv...
Sunday, January 24, 2010

Pedro Calderón de la Barca and the Natural Law, Part 6

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THE INTELLECT DECIDES TO WAKE SLUMBERING ATHEISM, an Atheism that is completely unperturbed by the world's suffering. Awakened, Atheism...
Saturday, January 23, 2010

Pedro Calderón de la Barca and the Natural Law, Part 5

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THE EARTHQUAKE DISPERSED THE PEOPLE who flee in panic, leaving only Gentility, Intellect, and Thought on stage. It may seem that Calderón pu...