This discourse discusses how it is that, humanly speaking, a man comes to believe the revealed word of God, and why one man believes and another does not. And, in describing the state of mind and of thought which leads to faith, it does not deny that faith is a supernatural work, and the fruit of divine grace. However, it is good to recall that we have a part to play in this process, one of cooperation.

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El saber más o menos objetivo lleva varios lustros en frenética expansión. Al igual que sucede en amplios sectores de la economía, que están desbordados por su propia actividad, padecemos una aguda crisis de excedentes. Hoy el problema de las naciones desarrolladas no es la carestía, sino el exceso. Y los excedentes en el espíritu tienen consecuencias más graves que en la industria; porque la inteligencia se colapsa cuando no puede “digerir” ordenadamente la masa de conocimientos que la aturden.

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In this engaging interview with IESE Prof. Paddy Miller, world-famous orchestra conductor, writer and teacher Ben Zander discusses how music can teach the business world how to lead with passion and creativity, while helping others reach their full potential.

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The understanding of the Scientific Revolution as involving a rejection of Aristotelian science leads many to ignore profound truths about nature and human nature which are found in Aristotelian and Thomistic thought, and, in particular, to ignore or denigrate the value of such thought for the contemporary dialogue between science and religion. Some scholars (e.g., Wolfhart Pannenberg and Hans Blumenberg) have gone so far as to suggest that the principle of inertia, key to the new science of Isaac Newton, is incompatible with the traditional doctrine of creation. Newtonian science, according to such a view, anticipates an understanding of nature as self-sufficient, as not needing an explanation beyond itself. The claim is that just as bodies at rest or in motion need no cause for the continuation of either state, so it became easy to attribute a kind of autonomy or self-sufficiency to all of nature and its processes: only changes had to be explained, not persisting states. By looking again at the crucial developments in the science of the 17th Century, and by challenging misinterpretations of inertia and creation, we can see that to accept the developments of modern science does not require us to abandon traditional notions of creation, nor to reject as no longer valid Aristotelian and Thomistic notions of nature and cause and of the relationship among the natural sciences, philosophy, and theology.

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Aceprensa ha elaborado un artículo en el que comenta un informe sobre la situación de los católicos en Europa

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The development of social networks calls for commitment: people are engaged in building relationships and making friends, in looking for answers to their questions and being entertained, but also in finding intellectual stimulation and sharing knowledge and know-how. Social networks are thus nourished by aspirations rooted in the human heart.

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As the years that pass, the person who dedicates himself to cultivating an intellectual life discovers that the quintessence of the life of the spirit is attention. Here is where the intellect and the will have a chance to exercise themselves.

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Since the desire of knowing can be disordered or immoderate, as the bodily desires of eating and drinking can also be unmeasured, the virtue of studiositas exercises restraint on the desire to know so that we not seek knowledge immoderately.

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We live in a technological universe in which we think we are always communicating. And yet we have sacrificed conversation for mere connection. We can counterbalance this tendency by actively and practically making space for real face to face conversation.

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You can never make a good impression on other people, until you stop thinking about what sort of an impression you’re making. Even in literature and art: no one who bothers about originality can ever be original. Whereas if you simply try to tell the truth, without caring two pence how often it’s been told before, you will nine times out of ten become original, without ever having noticed it. This principle runs through all of life from top to bottom: give up yourself and you’ll find your real self. Lose your self and you’ll save it.

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Be aware of the hidden dangers they contain, especially the risk of addiction, of confusing the real world with the virtual, and of replacing direct and personal encounters and dialogue with internet contacts.

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We have a radical need of others, not only to love or to be loved by them, but to learn from them. We are put to a particular test by values —accepting or rejecting them— when we meet them present in others, by whom they are both incarnated and personalized. "Incarnated" values: with the advantage of the concrete form this takes, and with the limitations that any particular human presentation of a value inevitably offers.

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Lo europeo se podría caracterizar como una fina combinación de tres elementos: refinamiento, trascendencia y amor a la libertad. El futuro de esta síntesis, amenazada por la caída de la natalidad y por la secularización, depende de que se decida a ser de nuevo ella misma.

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The contemporary self wants to be recognized, connected: it wants to be visible. This is how we become real to ourselves by being seen by others. The goal now, it seems, is simply to become known, to turn oneself into a sort of miniature celebrity. How many friends do I have on Facebook? How many people are reading my blog? However, what is disappearing from our lives is solitude.

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Nada hace entender mejor lo que en cada momento es un hombre o una mujer que el mapa de sus ilusiones, con su verdadero relieve, con su intensidad, su carácter epidérmico o visceral, con la acumulación sobre cada una de ellas de más o menos dimensiones de esa biografía.

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When word and silence become mutually exclusive, communication breaks down, either because it gives rise to confusion or because, on the contrary, it creates an atmosphere of coldness; when they complement one another, however, communication acquires value and meaning.

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El “humanista” que se queja de la ausencia de humanismo en la política, la comunicación, o el mundo económico y “social”, muestra no serlo, pues si conociese bien al ser humano no se quejaría; y el “humanista” que no se ocupa de esos “mundos prácticos” de la política, la comunicación, la economía, la “técnica”, porque los menosprecia desde su presunta altura superior teórica, o porque tiene complejo ante ellos, muestra igualmente que no es un humanista, pues no es capaz de integrar aspectos tan humanos en su saber.

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As with all technological innovations, Facebook presents us with something like a double-edged sword. While it permits us to maintain friendships that otherwise would unfortunately wither away, its propensity to create and maintain such abundant friendships threatens to choke those friends that matter the most.

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Ciertamente, los mensajes tienen que ser actuales y relevantes, y los medios tienen que ser los adecuados a cada momento. Pero comunicar es más que eso. Comunicar es dirigir y por tanto, aportar visión y esperanza, lograr que las personas se comprometan y den su vida, en este caso lograr que la fe vuelva a vivirse y Dios esté presente. En este sentido, se puede decir que los problemas de comunicación de la fe suelen ser también problemas de fe.

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Si queremos hablar sobre la fe, es preciso tener en cuenta el ambiente en el que nos movemos. Tenemos que conocer el corazón del hombre de hoy —con sus dudas y perplejidades—, que es nuestro propio corazón, con sus dudas y perplejidades.

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Technology is going to keep on advancing and we are going to see smaller and more productive gadgets than ever before. The challenge is to keep redefining the line that separates the real from the virtual, developing good habits.

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Often the formation of students ends up consisting of many small specialized fragments, scattered and without unity either for the person themselves or for the future exercise of their profession. The work of synthesis is not the aim of formation or education. Each one has to do it for themselves, independently of the academic community.

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Una tesis central de Benedicto XVI consiste en la afirmación según la cual la opción por el lógos, es decir, la opción por la razón, en su sentido más amplio y comprensivo, pertenece a la identidad nuclear del Cristianismo, tanto en su dimensión estrictamente teológica como también en su dimensión histórica.

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Silence and stillness are not enough for us. They might be for a little while, as an immediate escape from the din and demands of daily life. But they are means to an end rather than ends in themselves. In his Letter for World Communications Day Pope Benedict XVI shows how silence is meant to serve relationships – with God and others.

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La crisis de fondo que atravesamos en este cambio de milenio proviene, sobre todo, de la falta de orientación existencial. Desorientación que probablemente tiene mucho que ver con el olvido de las humanidades, las cuales tratan de las cuestiones centrales de la vida

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Avevo studiato all’Università di Breslavia per quattro semestri, partecipando alla vita di questa Alma Mater come pochi studenti: anzi poteva sembrare che fossi talmente legata ad essa, da non potermene separare mai di mia propria volontà. Ma anche qui, come spesso in seguito nella mia vita, mostrai di sapermi liberare con un movimento leggero dai legami più stretti e volarmene via come un uccello sfuggito al laccio.

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Una de las satisfacciones que solemos tener los profesores es la de comprobar cómo nuestros alumnos van aprendiendo a hablar sobre aquello mismo que les explicamos, y ver cómo se lanzan a hablar entre ellos mismos sobre las materias que van estudiando.

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What would I have wanted to hear from my teachers on my first day of school, or what would I want them to tell me if I became a student again?There are so many things in this world that I don’t know and that you could teach me, with eyes shining, because only wonder knows.

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Un escaso dominio de la lengua es la consecuencia y, al mismo tiempo, la causa de un universo mental pobre; es decir, de una escasa humanización: «Hay muchos, muchísimos inválidos de habla —decía el poeta Pedro Salinas—, hay muchos cojos, mancos, tullidos de la expresión.

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We are mistaken when we compare war with "normal life". Life has never been normal. Even those periods which we think most tranquil, like the nineteenth century, turn out, on closer inspection, to be full of cries, alarms, difficulties, emergencies. Plausible reasons have never been lacking for putting off all merely cultural activities until some imminent danger has been averted or some crying injustice put right. But humanity long ago chose to neglect those plausible reasons.

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Hay otros muchos aspectos desde los cuales explicar, de modo más inmediato, la necesidad del ecologismo y las patologías de la vida urbana. Voy a elegir dos. El primero es el silencio.

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El hombre tiene que aprender a ser dueño de sí mediante el vencimiento y la abnegación, y con ello a ser dueño de su propio poder. La libertad que da este dominio orientará aquella seriedad hacia las soluciones verdaderas, en tanto que hoy vemos cómo se emplea en ridiculeces una gravedad casi metafísica; hará que el mero valor se convierta en fortaleza y desenmascarará los pseudoheroísmos, en virtud de los cuales se deja inmolar el hombre, fascinado por pseudoabsolutos.

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En un mundo donde el saber tiene un carácter marcadamente objetivo y despersonalizado, donde las imágenes jubilan con frecuencia al pensamiento, es completamente necesario afirmar que para convencer hay que decir lo que se tiene como propio. Sólo lo auténtico es verdad en sentido genuino: sólo lo que inspira mi libertad y nace de lo hondo de mí es verdadero y cierto.

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One of the paradoxes of digital communication is the tension between isolation and the thirst for contact with friends and colleagues. On the one hand, some seem to take refuge in virtual relations to replace direct conversations, because they lack empathy and social competence. On the other, the number of “friends” increases and the relationship to persons closer to us intensifies.

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When people believe that willpower is fixed and limited, their willpower is easily depleted. But when people believe that willpower is self-renewing — that when you work hard, you’re energized to work more; that when you’ve resisted one temptation, you can better resist the next one — then people successfully exert more willpower. It turns out that willpower is in your head.

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The new technologies are not only changing the way we communicate, but communication itself, so much so that it could be said that we are living through a period of vast cultural.

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Con el paso de los años quien se dedica a cultivar una forma de vida intelectual descubre que la quintaesencia de la vida del espíritu es la atención, porque en ella es donde se articulan voluntad e inteligencia.

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The discovery of new intellectual tools has brought to the fore a problem that has accompanied mankind for centuries. As we use them to gain in knowledge, we run the risk of losing depth and a capacity for reflection. A problem as old as Plato.

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When the time comes to defend or speak about the Church in the media, it is crucial to know the key ideas, such as: that your words be understood; keep your calm; listen attentively to the other’s opinion and try to understand; be positive... In any case, it is important not to seek to defeat those that oppose our opinions, but rather act civilly, with empathy and clarity. After all, it is more important to give testimony than to win.

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Reality Check: Discovering Human Identity in a Digital World. A video about the topic of UNIV 2013

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Disagreements between art lovers — much less philosophers — don't prevent us from claiming that artistic beauty is a great gift, not only in our human life but in our religious life as well. Indeed, it's a faint reflection of the Eternal Beauty.

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Un estudio de la hermosura debe dar cuenta de las variadas formas de aparición de lo bello. Además si ese estudio pretende ser coherente, no debe detenerse en los aspectos descriptivos, sino procurar dar el salto hasta sus raíces: para que un estudio sobre la belleza cumpla su objetivo debe llegar hasta los fundamentos que la belleza tiene en los elementos constitutivos de la realidad.

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Magdalena Bosch Rabell, filosofa e investigadora sobre la estética y la belleza, hace algunos apuntes sobre la materia. Profesora de Filosofía en la Facultad de Humanidades de la UIC desde 1998.

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Art does have an influence on us, for good or for ill; art is not amoral; there are artworks that awaken, as it were, our conscience, or harden it. Art can help us to deepen our knowledge of reality and of ourselves, and therefore art does have a relationship to truth.

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Enviamos el primer capítulo del libro “El poder de la belleza”, de la profesora Magdalena Bosch, recientemente publicado en la colección “Persona & Cultura” de la editorial Eunsa. Precisamente este pequeño libro se ha publicado con vistas a poder ayudar y contribuir al próximo Congreso Universitario UNIV 2012.

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More than thirty years ago, when the world was still divided in two, Alexander Solzhenitsyn delivered a commencement address at Harvard University in which he noted some of the weaknesses and defects of the West. Despite the years which have passed, they continue to be relevant today and invite one to reflect about the degree to which the situation has changed and the challenges which still remain.

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Watch as the camera tracks an act of kindness as its passed from one individual to the next and manages to boomerang back to the person who set it into motion.

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Escribir, leer, volver a leer y volver a escribir: son los recursos del pensar. Escribir es poner en limpio lo pensado, leer es comprender lo pensado por otro. Ese es el telar en el que se teje nuestra vida intelectual.

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The story, the hard work, the dream, the unconditional love of a father to his son, the determination of the son to reach the goal, the passion for competition, and most of all the drive for conquering the impossible ... these things were all so inspiring to me and to all the people in that room and definitely could inspired the people who will learn their story just now.. very heart moving!!

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The world requires – today more than ever – enlightened, thoughtful politicians who are bold and broad-minded enough to consider things that lie beyond the scope of their immediate influence in both space and time.

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Nel creare bellezza l'artista rende gloria alla creazione di Dio. E la bellezza redime ciò che tocca, mostrando come i dolori e le traversie della vita umana siano, tutto sommato, non indegni.

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Lo que hace falta actualmente para que un país progrese y se sitúe en el grupo de cabeza, es que haya talentos emergentes, muchos jóvenes que piensen por cuenta propia y que estén preparados para lanzarse a innovar tanto en la teoría como en la práctica. Y, desde luego, el camino que hoy día se les traza —y de hecho se les obliga a seguir— no conduce a estos objetivos.

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The history of this multiplication of disciplines is, of course, also a history of increasing specialization by scholars, and of the transformation of university or college teachers into professionalized, narrowly focused researchers who also happen to teach, specialists whose professional success and standing depend in large part on the degree of their identification with some particular subdiscipline or subsubdiscipline.

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Para atreverse a pensar, a hacerse realmente cargo de los argumentos del contrincante en lugar de desestimarlos, hace falta no sólo rigor intelectual, sino quizás ante todo coraje, la valentía de seguir la verdad a donde nos lleve, reconociendo que eso muchas veces puede significar dejarnos convencer por otros.

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Image-maker Alexander Tsiaras shares a powerful medical visualization, showing human development from conception to birth and beyond. (Some graphic images.)

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I classici sono quei libri dì cui si sente dire di solito: “Sto rileggendo” e mai “Sto leggendo”. É un libro che non ha mai finito di dire quel che ha da dire. Non si leggono i classici per dovere o per rispetto, ma solo per amore.

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Passing on the faith is a very long-standing issue, one that has been present throughout the two-thousand-year history of the Christian community. The Church has always seen herself as a messenger, entrusted with news that has been revealed to her and is worth passing on.

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Hay campañas que nos gustan porque son emotivas, alegres o simplemente divertidas. Y hay campañas que nos hacen pensar; que se quedan en nuestra memoria porque apelan a nuestra conciencia, a nuestra solidaridad.

Rostros como los de los futbolistas Andrés Iniesta o Xabi Alonso, los presentadores Andreu Buenafuente, Manel Fuentes o Eduardo Punset, el cocinero Ferrán Adrià o los cantantes Pau Donés y Alejandro Sanz, se han puesto manos a la obra en esta campaña, cuyo broche de oro es el spot del cineasta Luis García Berlanga. Éste sería su última interpretación delante de la cámara, antes de fallecer el 13 de noviembre del año pasado.

En este breve reportaje (5 minutos) se puede ver toda la maravillosa gestación de esta campaña -el "así se hizo"- que nos hace partícipes del esfuerzo que supone la producción de un anuncio y la imaginación que se necesita para que una gran idea pueda llegar a todo el mundo.

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El buen espectador se deja implicar por la trama y se identifica con las vivencias de los personajes. Por así decir, se deja llevar, abandonándose a la historia. Pero ese abandono nunca debe ser total, hasta el punto de que lo lleve a prescindir de su propia identidad.

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Reading a book is essentially an effort on your part to ask it questions and to answer them to the best of your ability. That should never be forgotten. And that is why there is all the difference in the world between the demanding and the undemanding reader. The latter asks no questions—and gets no answers.

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Alessandro D'Avenia parla della vita con i suoi ragazzi. Questa volta affronta il tema del dolore visto sotto una luce diversa: "la gioia è qualcosa di ricevuto, le cose più belle della vita nascono sempre da un tormento".

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Kiran Bedi has a surprising resume. Before becoming Director General of the Indian Police Service, she managed one of the country's toughest prisons and used a new focus on prevention and education to turn it into a center of learning.

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This article will appear in Joseph Pearce's forthcoming book entitled Beauteous Truth: Faith, Reason, Literature and Culture.

Deconstructed man is also disintegrated man. He fails to see the integration of goodness, truth and beauty, and thereby condemns himself to a segregated cosmos in which sin is good, ugliness is beautiful, and truth is a lie. This is the fragmentation that leads to madness. It is literally the explosion of truth into disintegrating pieces.

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A pesar de esta realidad, el fracaso y el éxito tienen una inmensa fuerza de transformación de las personas. Y tienen esa fuerza sencillamente porque marcan la diferencia, siempre dolorosa, entre lo que nos gustaría ser y lo que realmente somos, entre aquello que aspiramos a lograr y lo que efectivamente logramos conseguir.

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The objective of Fides et ratio is not so much that of solving, once and for all, the very subtle conceptual problem of the relationship between faith and reason, but rather, that of summoning the intellectual and religious resources necessary in order to recover the universal meaning of truth and its deep impact on the life of each person.

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Las formas no son todo, ni lo más importante. Pero no hay contenido alguno que se sostenga a sí mismo sin una forma que lo acompañe, lo proteja y lo recubra.

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The magnanimous soul rooted in goodness is able to to things not as right or wrong but as great or small. Alexandre Havard is the founder of HVLI and serves as Vice-Chairman of the Board. Born in France, Mr. Havard is a graduate of one of France’s leading law schools, and worked as a lawyer throughout Europe. In 2007 Alexandre Havard founded the Havard Virtuous Leadership Institute (HVLI). Since 2007 he has been living and working in Paris, Helsinki, and Moscow, and regularly travels to the United States. He oversees the HVLI network and offers the Virtuous Leadership seminars to business executives, educators, public officials, and MBA students and consults with some of the largest international corporations around the world. Alexandre Havard is the author of Virtuous Leadership: An Agenda for Personal Excellence, which was published in New York by Scepter Publishers in 2007. The book is in its fourth printing in English, it has been translated into 13 other languages, including Chinese, Russian, French, Polish and Spanish.

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“What is capable of restoring enthusiasm and confidence, what can encourage the human spirit to rediscover its path, to raise its eyes to the horizon, to dream of a life worthy of its vocation—if not beauty?”

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Quien se abre a la dimensión del Absoluto y se deja provocar por el antiguo rumor sobre la existencia de un Dios creador, no tendrá miedo de que la ciencia espere encontrar la causa suficiente del origen de las formas vivientes. Donde encuentre bondad, belleza y santidad, descubrirá un mensaje en un código totalmente diverso.

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Sir Ken Robinson, PhD is an internationally recognized leader in the development of education, creativity and innovation. He is also one of the world’s leading speakers with a profound impact on audiences everywhere.

He speaks to audiences throughout the world on the creative challenges facing business and education in the new global economies.

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What is wrong with the world? What is wrong is that we do not ask what is right. Social science is by no means always content with the normal human soul; it has all sorts of fancy souls for sale. Man as a social idealist will say "I am tired of being a Puritan; I want to be a Pagan," or "Beyond this dark probation of Individualism I see the shining paradise of Collectivism." Now in bodily ills there is none of this difference about the ultimate ideal. No one says "I am tired of this headache; I want some toothache"…

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A pesar de tanto hablar de arte, son pocos los que tienen una relación auténtica con él. La mayor parte sienten algo bello, y a menudo conocen estilos y técnicas. Pero la auténtica conducta ante la obra de arte no tiene nada que ver con eso. Consiste en callar, en concentrarse, en penetrar, mirando con sensibilidad alerta y alma abierta. Entonces se abre el mundo de la obra.

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Dony MacManus is an Irish sculptor who started a school of arts in Florence. His aim is a revival of Western culture by bringing Christ back into culture.

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If judged at the time of their deaths by the results of their efforts to advance the political causes that were important to them, both Cicero and Burke were failures. Yet, it is unlikely that they could immagine the enormous influence their philosophical writings would have in years to come.

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El gusto se puede educar, se puede afinar y puede crecer. Hay que desarrollar la capacidad de captar la belleza sin forzar el gusto. Nos tiene que gustar de verdad. Es necesario educar nuestros sentimientos, de manera que sintonicen con mayor facilidad con las cosas bellas.

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El profesor del IESE Pablo Cardona, analiza en esta entrevista las dimensiones del conflicto. Según cuenta el profesor, el conflicto se divide en la dimensión "racional", que tiene que ver con la falta de alineamiento en las ideas, y la dimensión "emocional", que abarca ya no las ideas sino la confianza entre las partes. En la mayoría de ocasiones, estas dimensiones van unidas y en su opinión esto complica el proceso de resolución de un conflicto. El profesor de Dirección de Personas en las Organizaciones considera que el conflicto ayuda a "avanzar, a replantearse, a buscar soluciones más creativas", sobre todo cuando se trata de un conflicto más racional. Cuando la dimensión afectada es la emocional, una buena solución del conflicto puede ayudar a aprender a perdonar, a conocer las limitaciones mutuas e incluso a "entendernos mejor y querernos más". El profesor de Dirección de Personas en las Organizaciones considera que el conflicto ayuda a "avanzar, a replantearse, a buscar soluciones más creativas", sobre todo cuando se trata de un conflicto más racional. Cuando la dimensión afectada es la emocional, una buena solución del conflicto puede ayudar a aprender a perdonar, a conocer las limitaciones mutuas e incluso a "entendernos mejor y querernos más".

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Gracias, jóvenes, porque el regalo de vuestra juventud oxigena al Papa, alienta a la Iglesia y refresca un mundo sediento de ilusión y coraje.

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La indispensabilidad de las bellas artes, su necesidad vital para el hombre, consiste ante todo en que mediante ellas permanece no olvidada y en marcha la contemplación de la creación.

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«After personally experiencing two WYDs, I can only say that Pope John Paul II was truly inspired when he created this important meeting of young people and of the world with the Lord». Interview of the Holy Father Benedict XVI with the journalists during the flight to Madrid, 18 August 2011.

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Al volver ahora a vuestra vida ordinaria, os animo a que guardéis en vuestro corazón esta gozosa experiencia y a que crezcáis cada día más en la entrega de vosotros mismos a Dios y a los hombres. Es posible que en muchos de vosotros se haya despertado tímida o poderosamente una pregunta muy sencilla: ¿Qué quiere Dios de mí? ¿Cuál es su designio sobre mi vida? ¿Me llama Cristo a seguirlo más de cerca?

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Precisamente porque el mundo en el que vivimos resulta ser el mejor, sólo será factible mejorarlo con el ejercicio de la libertad personal, pero de una libertad educada, que se apoya en el fundamento de una educación y una preparación moral e intelectual, que facilita dar respuestas a los interrogantes que propone este inicio de milenio.

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Professor Randy Pausch (Oct. 23, 1960 - July 25, 2008) gave his last lecture at the university Sept. 18, 2007, before a packed McConomy Auditorium. In his moving presentation, "Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams," Pausch talked about his lessons learned and gave advice to students on how to achieve their own career and personal goals.

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A veces el modo en el que se afrontan los problemas es la mejor forma de empezar a solucionarlos, así se desprende de la experiencia narrada en este cuento hablado.

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La contemplación religiosa y la contemplación estética son de suyo distintas, pero pueden llegar a enlazarse de un modo íntimo.

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It is in living and acting that man establishes his relationship with being, with the truth and with the good. The artist has a special relationship to beauty. It can be said that beauty is the vocation bestowed on him by the Creator in the gift of “artistic talent”.

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What does solitude have to do with leadership? A leader is someone who makes tough decisions. But in order to do so, he has to know how to think for himself and he has to know himself well. This requires the ability to engage in solitary reflection.

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“Quienes hemos tenido la fortuna de conocer personalmente a San Josemaría Escrivá de Balaguer, sabemos que el amor a la libertad constituye uno de los rasgos característicos de su temple humano. Era como un poderoso catalizador de libertad: la vivía e impulsaba a vivirla”.

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If conscience is rediscovered as the place in which to listen to truth and good, the place of responsibility before God and before fellow human beings – in other words, the bulwark against all forms of tyranny – then there is hope for the future.

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The dragon is one of the symbols of the city of Hong Kong and of all China. It has its dance that represents the quest for the dragon ball, which contains the essence of all power and dignity. Dragons are believed to bring good luck to people, great power, fertility, wisdom and auspiciousness.

All these qualities contribute to reach the upper level of inner freedom. But in XXI Century, a Dragon that dances avoiding the search for Democracy could be understood as a lame dragon, a dragon that lucks some of the essential bases of occidental freedom. But is it the same in the oriental culture?

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El mundo sufriría grandes ausencias si algunos hombres y mujeres no hubieran decidido tener una familia amplia.

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En este mundo donde todo pasa hay autores artistas que pasan 'menos' que el común de los mortales, ellos con sus obras. ¿Por qué el tiempo pasa suavemente acariciando su memoria, reduciendo su desgaste, su desaparición definitiva un poco más de lo habitual?

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A group of five students of Colegio Mayor Mendaur (Pamplona, Spain) was the winner of the "Pigna d'oro" in UNIVTube 2011.

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Card. Joseph Ratzinger speaks about the right sense of beauty, that may become, together with the life of the saints, the true apology of Christian faith.

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Quien se dedica a los dinamismos de la razón y está en contacto con todo lo que se refiere a la formación de la opinión pública, no puede dejar de notar distancias colosales entre los mecanismos de formación de las opiniones y las estructuras del razonamiento que todo mundo acepta como fundamentales.

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Dio e gli scienziati: due forze che si attraggono o si respingono? Non vi è dubbio che appena si rinuncia ai luoghi comuni e si cerca di approfondire qualcosa di più della storia, si scoprono fra gli scienziati molte personalità di grande spessore umanistico, filosofico e perfino religioso.

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Depuis longtemps, ma pensée va souvent aux populations de la Côte d'Ivoire, traumatisées par de douloureuses luttes internes et de graves tensions sociales et politiques. Alors que j'exprime ma proximité à tous ceux qui ont perdu un être cher et souffrent de la violence, je lance un appel pressant afin que soit engagé le plus vite possible un processus de dialogue constructif pour le bien commun. L'opposition dramatique rend plus urgent le rétablissement du respect et de la cohabitation pacifique. Aucun effort ne doit être épargné dans ce sens.

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Our society must recovery the sens of friendship. Besides the joy of its existence, friendship reveals itself as a key to evangelization, from the early times of Christianism. The exemple of saints let us know the two senses of this essential way of human relationship.

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La filosofía ha sido entendida desde antiguo como la más libre de las artes liberales. Quien filosofa no reconoce más restricciones que las que derivan de su compromiso serio con la búsqueda de la verdad.

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"There Be Dragons" is about both kinds of civil war. Essentially we've all got to choose whether to hang on to our resentments or find a way of conquering them. Life can be seen as a series of injustices, of rejections and hurts, or as full of opportunities, of chances to conquer those dragons through the overwhelming desire to replace hatred with love and connection. Many people have it in them to make that heroic choice. They realize that they can make a choice to be free. They have the strength of character to understand that hate is a prison. No one who hates can be free.

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Why did young people respond so well to John Paul II? Why did they find him so fascinating? What moved them to accompany him wherever he traveled? Pope Benedict XVI answers these questions and discusses the remarkable rapport that existed between John Paul the II and the youth.

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In 1976 the man who would become John Paul II analyzed contemporary culture's tendency towards a general denial of God. In light of the Bible's account of original sin, Cardinal Wojtyla warned that the desire for absolute freedom can turn against comtemporary man even more drastically than at the beginning of human history.

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Su quale bilancia si pesa la vita di un uomo? Nell'uomo l'agire e l'essere sono affidati alla libertà, e libertà significa che si può fare qualcosa di giusto, ma anche di sbagliato, che si può preservare qualcosa ma anche che qualcosa si può corrompere. Qual è dunque la bilancia, e quale l'ordine? Ecco la risposta di Romano Guardini.

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Las llamadas de Juan Pablo II a recristianizar el mundo tienen que ver precisamente con aquello que le falta al mundo postmoderno: el sentido.

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According to an ancient Pythagorian fable, one day Freedom said to the Law, "You bother me." The Law responded, "I look out for you." Thomas More was so convinced of the truth of this reply that he was willing to defend it even in the most trying of circumstances.

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Lisa spends her free time giving enthusiastic, inspiring talks to groups large and small, describing her Italian-American upbringing and how Coraggio—courage—is the common trait that enables Old World characters to trek resiliently through hardship and suffering.

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What is at the heart of reality? Is there an ordering intelligence behind it all or is there merely chance and chaos? Relativism and Christianity differ greatly in their respective answers to these questions. Nevertheless, their fundamental opposition does not concern theoretical matters so much as practical ones. Christianity's best response to relativism is the specifically Christian ethos.

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Benedetto XVI in Caritas in veritate propone di “fare spazio al principio di gratuità” in economia. Propone il Papa un ritorno a un’economia del regalo?

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La Universidad de Navarra ha emprendido un proyecto divulgativo para analizar, resumir y comunicar qué dice la ciencia sobre el cerebro. En este vídeo se analizan la risa y el sentido del humor y se explican las características del "cerebro feliz".

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Christianity's current situation is not unlike that of the early Christians who, in the face of a reigning religious relativism, boldly claimed to profess the only true religion. Although new challenges have appeared over the course of 20 centuries, according to Joseph Ratzinger the problem essentially remains the same.

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La situazione attuale del cristianesimo ricorda quella dei primi secoli, quando, di fronte al relativismo religioso imperante, pretendeva di essere la vera religione. Dopo 20 secoli sono apparse nuove sfide, ma il problema rimane in fondo lo stesso. Come indica Ratzinger, “solo apparentemente l’uomo si è rassegnato al verdetto di essere nato cieco di fronte all’unica realtà che conti davvero in ultima istanza nella nostra vita.”

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Contemporary Relativism—the stance that there is no real truth outside of the realm of the physical sciences¬—is in many ways a descendant of 19th century Liberalism. Cardinal Newman was one of the first thinkers to see the potential lethality of Liberalism's effects on religion. A good part of his life was dedicated to showing that the act of faith implies reasonable assent even while it surpasses mere reason.

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Our aim in this video is to investigate whether Christianity could inspire a common, global, yet diversified culture. In order to knit our presentation together around this large question, we approach the theme from the viewpoint of human rights, how they have been expressed and understood today as in the past, and how they are lived. We observe briefly that the resulting conceptions and practices have deep implications in all the spheres of culture.

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A large part of the present-day confusion about freedom is because we think of freedom as being free from external restrictions; and we forget that it is much more a matter of being free from internal restraints, from self-imposed or self-sought restrictions which hinder our development as true personalities.

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Gran parte de la actual confusión en cuanto a la libertad se debe al hecho de que pensamos que la libertad consiste en vernos libres de restricciones externas, olvidando que consiste mucho más en ser libres de limitaciones internas, de restricciones –que nos hemos impuesto o nos hemos buscado– que impiden el desarrollo de nuestra verdadera personalidad.

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El alto aprecio que se tiene hoy de la libertad, muchas veces va de la mano con una idea incompleta de la misma: ¿basta elegir para ser ya libres?, ¿o no irrumpir en las fronteras de la libertad de los otros? ¿Es un límite contra los demás o un puente hacia ellos? El autor muestra algunas razones que pueden enriquecer nuestra idea sobre la libertad.

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El relativismo cultural sostiene que las diversas culturas son absolutamente incomparables. ¿Por qué se llegó a ese extremo? Y ¿qué tiene de verdad? Ciertamente, no siempre es fácil acceder a los modos de ver el mundo de otras culturas, pero que sea difícil no quiere decir que sea imposible. Gombrich ofrece una interesante reflexión, escrita en un momento en que el marxismo y el deconstructivismo parecían la última palabra en las ciencias del espíritu.

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Gianna Jessen speaks at Queen's Hall, Parliament House, Australia. She tells of how she was born at an abortion clinic, and how she survived a saline abortion that was supposed to kill her.

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Prompted by the curiosity of Ulrich Von Hutten, Erasmus undertakes a character sketch of his friend Sir Thomas More. The results constitute the first biography of this great man. Renowned humanist, Lord Chancellor of England, father, friend, martyr, and recently appointed Patron of Statesmen and Politicians, More's brilliant figure continues to inspire many. He truly is "a man for all seasons."

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Meeting with the representatives of british society, including the diplomatic corps, politicians, academics and business leaders: "Each generation, as it seeks to advance the common good, must ask anew: what are the requirements that governments may reasonably impose upon citizens, and how far do they extend? By appeal to what authority can moral dilemmas be resolved? These questions take us directly to the ethical foundations of civil discourse. If the moral principles underpinning the democratic process are themselves determined by nothing more solid than social consensus, then the fragility of the process becomes all too evident - herein lies the real challenge for democracy."

Westminster Hall - City of Westminster (17 September 2010)

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El mundo se ha psicologizado. En la actualidad, los psiquiatras hemos pasado de ser los doctores de los locos, de los nervios, de los que están mal de la cabeza, a ser los de la conducta, auténticos médicos de cabecera. En esa trayectoria se resume lo que ha ocurrido con la psiquiatría en los últimos 30 o 40 años en el mundo occidental.

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In Chesterton’s brilliant expression, “Tradition is the democracy of the dead.” Four centuries earlier, on the verge of being condemned to death, Thomas More dramatically appealed to the same ‘democracy.’ And today, Benedict XVI refers to it once again in his battle against the ‘dictatorship of relativism’ and in his promotion of a broader conception of human reason as “open to the greatness of God.”

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What do you want to get out of this academic year? To continue the same as before, or to set higher goals? Here are some suggestions that can help you maximize you next few months of school.

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Cambio, modernidad, progreso, innovación. La vida moderna avanza a grandes saltos.¿Hay lugar en ella para la tradición? ¿Tiene sentido algo así en el mundo de hoy? Alguien realista reconocería que no venimos de la nada. Más aún, que hemos heredado casi todo: desde la manera de caminar hasta las leyes y la lengua.

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Part of being young is desiring something beyond everyday life and a secure job, a yearning for something really truly greater. Is this simply an empty dream that fades away as we become older? No! Men and women were created for something great, for infinity.

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“It is plain every great change is effected by the few, not by the many; by the resolute, undaunted, zealous few”.

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La vida de John Henry Newman arroja luces cada vez más potentes sobre la época que a nosotros nos toca vivir. Los dos siglos transcurridos desde su nacimiento agigantan la figura de quien ha sido uno de los pensadores católicos más influyentes en el mundo anglosajón. ¿De dónde esta influencia?, ¿por qué es aún actual? El repaso de su biografía y de algunos acontecimientos especialmente comprometidos de su aventura intelectual puede ayudar a responder estas preguntas.

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Nicole's sketch "The Invisible Woman" brings a powerful message of hope to every taken-for-granted woman in today's world. This video shared with permission from Fresh Brewed Life, Inc. and Nicole Johnson.

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The intense debate concerning the legal decision to remove the crucifix from Italian classrooms has garnered international attention. Does the public appearance of the crucifix undermine the religious liberty of non-christians? Does it seriously contradict the State's secularity? Weiler shows that there are a variety of ways to approach this problem and argues against the hasty formulation of a general rule. One must rather take into account the historical, religious, and cultural context of each individual country.

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Con su periodicidad de cuatro años, el Campeonato Mundial de Fútbol demuestra ser un acontecimiento que cautiva a cientos de millones de personas. No hay casi ningún otro acontecimiento en la tierra que alcance una repercusión de vastedad semejante. Lo que demuestra que con ello está tocándose algo radicalmente humano, y cabe preguntarse dónde se encuentra el fundamento de este poder en juego.

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There is a certain ambiguity to the word ‘freedom’. Some people say that to be free is to be independent—but we humans are clearly dependent on so many things. Some others think that freedom is the power to do whatever one likes—but this rather superficial definition will not resist serious scrutiny. We could rightly say that to be free is to have fulfilled all the potentialities of our nature—but this is a future freedom. In the present, freedom has to do with our personal choices, and the extent of our freedom depends on the quality of those choices.

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La libertad nos permite alcanzar formas de felicidad más altas que la simple huida del dolor o el triunfo a corto plazo. En esta carta, el autor se detiene particularmente en dos de esas formas, dos actividades del alma que ponen en marcha cualidades humanas radicales. Primero, la amistad, porque “ser hombre es ser amigo de los demás”; luego la esperanza, el modo humano de encarar libremente el futuro.

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In this short essay, the author reflects on the problems and inconveniences which arise in everyday life.  Although we cannot avoid them, we are always free to transform our daily troubles into exciting opportunities.

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A film by Roger Villaroya that won first prize in the Notodo film festival for this beautiful tribute to the third age.

Audio in Spanish, subtitles in English.

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Audio in English, Subtitles in Spanish.

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Just posted on YouTube on June 1 is a video of famed Italian (and blind) tenor Andrea Bocelli telling a "little story" about a mother to whom doctors recommended abortion after she was treated for appendicitis. Of course, this was Bocelli's own mother, and he says in the video he is sharing his story to encourage mothers in difficult pregnancies....

Bocelli's video is a project of .

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Una reflexión sobre la importancia de la lectura en la era de la comunicación audiovisual.

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The answer to the questions of your life "is blowing in the wind". It is true! But not in the wind which blows everything away in empty whirls, but the wind which is the breath and voice of the Spirit, a voice that calls and says: "come!".

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Prof. Scott S. Wishart is the Assistant Dean for International Programs of the University of Navarra (Pamplona, Spain). In this podcast, Prof. Wishart disscusses his research on juridical commentary concerning eyewitness identifications.

"If the jurers are cautioned by the judge to be very attentive to the conditions under which eyewitness identification has occurred, the juridic deliberation process can be improved and sped up."

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With his usual clarity, Benedict XVI explains to young people why definitive and irreversible decisions are a true manifestation of human freedom necessary for the fulfillment of their thirst for happiness.  The Pope also warns of the hidden dangers in the idea that ‘permanent change’ is the fullest expression of human autonomy.

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Andrew Hegarty is an expert in the history of European Universities, especially the Universities of Oxford, Paris, and Salamanca, Dr. Andrew Hegarty has served as the warden of a hall of residence for students in London and as the director of Grandpont House in Oxford.

He currently directs the Thomas More Institute in London, a forum for critical reflection and discussion of public policy.

The Institute offers a platform for ethical engagement in issues of contemporary intellectual and social concern and seeks to make a positive impact on public  debate and decision-making. Its name is drawn from a figure who notably integrated private life, humanistic interests, professional work, public service, and spirituality (www.ThomasMoreInstitute.org.uk).

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Por ser libre, el hombre necesita sólidos puntos de referencia, que constituyen la “casa” en la que vive. Desde el siglo XVI esa “casa” ha sufrido numerosas remodelaciones que en muchos casos la han convertido en una fría barraca... y en otros ha contribuido a mejorarla notablemente. Este artículo repasa con lucidez y sintéticamente el pensamiento occidental desde el Renacimiento hasta nuestros días.

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Audio book of the chapter "The Modern Slave" in Chesterton's 1910 Collection of Essays, "What's Wrong With the World?"

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Si Dios es Dios, es infinito, lo tiene todo y no puede ganar nada. ¿Cuál puede ser el "motivo" de que se meta en este lío de crear gente libre, que puede fallarle? La razón encuentra que hay un sólo motivo posible: quiere que otros puedan ser felices.

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University of Florida football superstar Tim Tebow appears in Superbowl 2010 commercial along with his mother Pam, to share their family’s inspiring story.

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Anthropology, A Christian culture, Ethics, Family, Horizons, Youth, Media, Asking the foundational questions, Society

Our current democratic society is founded on the values of the person, liberty, the dignity and responsibility of the individual, common respect, and mutual aid.  Although the modern world has claimed these values as her own creation and as the product of pure reason, they have their true origin in Christian revelation.  What will happen when our culture, which affirms these Christian ideals, definitively separates itself from Christianity?

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The recognition of both the intrinsic order of the cosmos and of the complexity of its nature and of the problems that humankind is confronted with, leads to the conclusion that education should in its aim and content reflect that order and complexity.

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Ser un directivo cristiano no sólo no es incompatible con ser un buen directivo, sino que puede ser la mejor expresión de lo que es un empresario. Esto no quiere decir que cualquier empresario o directivo que se diga cristiano es mejor directivo que los demás, sino que, de algún modo, todas las cualidades y potencialidades humanas, profesionales y técnicas del buen empresario quedan recogidas en lo que es un empresario cristiano.

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Al describir la lucha que caracteriza el panorama mundial actual, el Cardenal Ratzinger escribió que no se trata simplemente de una lucha entre la creencia y la incredulidad, o como diría San Agustín, una lucha entre el amor de sí y el amor de Dios, sino más bien de una confrontación dramática entre el amor y la incapacidad de amar.

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Anthropology, Cinema, A Christian culture, Ethics, Literature, Media

El mundo se ha psicologizado. En la actualidad, los psiquiatras hemos pasado de ser los doctores de los locos, de los nervios, de los que están mal de la cabeza, a ser los de la conducta, auténticos médicos de cabecera. En esa trayectoria se resume lo que ha ocurrido con la psiquiatría en los últimos 30 o 40 años en el mundo occidental.

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Bis heute scheint dem Europäern das Säkulare das Vernünftige. Die hier entstandenen großen Ideologien des 19. Jahrhunderts –der Nationalismus, der Sozialismus und der Liberalismus– sollten neu am Maßstab der Wahrheit des Menschen gemessen werden. Für eine wahre Aufklärung wäre es höchste Zeit!

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Jeff Glor from CBS News shows the destruction and subsequent desperation throughout Haiti after the devastating earthquake.

Probably more than 100,000 dead and 3,000,000 injured and homeless: it is but a glimpse of the aftermath of the Richter 7.3 earthquake that devastated Haiti, the poorest country of the western hemisphere.

Benedict XVI manifested his proximity to those who suffer from this great calamity, asking God for consolation and relief. He also asks everyone for generosity and solidarity.

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There are those who think one must be born to lead—that some have a knack for it and some do not, that leadership is largely a matter of temperament combined with experience. Not everyone can be a Roosevelt or a de Gaulle or a Churchill, they think. Nothing could be further from the truth. Leadership is not reserved for elite. It is the vocation not of the few but the many.

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Abordamos las claves de la Cumbre de Copenhague. Asimismo, conocemos el desconcierto generado en EEUU: Obama quiere replantear los fondos destinados a combatir el SIDA en los países en desarrollo.

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Con la concisión y la riqueza propias de la poesía, estos poemas reviven el encuentro que tuvo lugar entre filosofía y cristianismo en los primeros siglos de nuestra era, con todo lo que eso significó para el pensamiento posterior; con todo lo que eso significó para la religión cristiana.

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An overview of the reasons why academic enquiry concerning man—especially in the University—continues to be one of the most important educational issues.

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La identidad cristiana no sólo es compatible con la labor del científico, sino que contribuye vigorosamente a forjar un perfil investigador de mayor hondura, solidez y motivación, capaz de afrontar con éxito los desafíos de la ciencia del siglo XXI.

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Two periods of transition in popular attitudes toward voluntary death can be identified. In this article, the author points out some of the historical factors which surrounded —and to a certain degree caused— these shifts in attitude.

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Contre la réduction positiviste du droit à un « ensemble de règles » à une fonction coercitive ou à une «technique» au service d'intérêts individuels ou partisans, Michel Villey propose de fonder le droit sur la notion de « juste », au sens de partage équitable des biens au sein d'un groupe.

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Es necesaria una reflexión que saque a la luz en qué consiste ser cristiano. En esta línea se sitúa el artículo que aquí proponemos, centrado en la concepción —originalmente cristiana— del hombre como persona, esto es, como imagen de Dios.

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Somos libres para pensar por cuenta propia. Pero, ¿tenemos el valor de hacerlo de verdad? ¿O estamos más bien acostumbrados a repetir lo que dicen los periódicos y revistas, la televisión, la radio, lo que leemos en internet o lo aseverado por alguna persona, más o menos interesante, con la que nos cruzamos por la calle? ¿Estamos dispuestos, en definitiva, a ser o llegar a ser “filósofos”, a entusiasmarnos con la realidad y buscar el sentido último de nuestra vida?

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La conoscenza funzionale, pur essendo coerente con l’aspirazione umana al sapere, non solo non coincide con essa ma è anche più ristretta rispetto ad essa. Se si vuole farla corrispondere a quello che siamo, occorre integrarla e tra­scenderla – senza beninteso negarla – in vista di una dimensione che non parla il linguaggio dell’“utile” ma quello dell’“essenziale”. Penso che a questo corrisponda la ragione sapienziale il cui riconoscimento non è banale ma richiede attenzione; il suo misconoscimento –peral­tro– non passa inosservato, e di questo siamo tutti testimoni.

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'Keep love real' has been the theme of the Second International Congress on Education in Love, Sex, and Life organized by InterMedia Consulting.

InterMedia Consulting is an international non-for-profit founded with the aim of providing support to world wide NGOs activities and social entrepreneurs, promoting values in the fields of education, youth, mass media and entertainment.

Working internationally it leads international projects and provides strategy, networking and communication design services. It has an international team.

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The case that hostile critics have urged against Newman's The Idea of a University is impressive. J.M. Roberts wrote nearly twenty years ago that "it is no longer possible to write a book with such a title... no general doctrine of universities is possible".

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Darwin fue discutido en el siglo XIX, y en el XX la evolución fue utilizada por las ideologías para justificar el materialismo o el racismo. Hoy pocos niegan la evidencia fósil, pero el debate no se apaga. Gira en torno a esta pregunta: ¿Hay una inteligencia que ha guiado el maravilloso proceso de la evolución?

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Intro (0:00)

1. Definition (Logic) - 12:41

2. Reality (Metaphysics) - 16:43

3. Source (Theology) - 20:02

4. Knowledge (Epistimology) - 22:31

5. Practice (Pyschology) - 25:20

6. Value (Axiology) - 34:42

7. Heaven (Eschatology) - 42:10

Questions (53:07)

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I partecipanti all’UNIV 94, Anno internazionale della Famiglia, hanno deciso di inviare agli organismi internazionali e ai mezzi di informazione una dichiarazione riguardo a questo argomento.

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Benedict XVI has expressed his conviction that relativism has become the central problem confronting the Christian faith today. In spite of this, whoever attacks relativism should never give the impression that he is disposed to sacrifice freedom on the altar of truth. 

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These pleasures, veteran devil Screwtape warns, have brought this man to a possible conversion: “he who truly and disinterestedly enjoys anything whatsoever in the world, for itself, and without caring at all about what other people think, is by that very reason armed against some of our most subtle methods of attack.”

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La finalidad de la diversión es "pasarlo bien", cosa que no sólo es legítima, sino necesaria, puesto que a nadie le gusta pasarlo mal; tenemos derecho a disfrutar, a descansar, a gozar de las cosas buenas de la vida. Sin embargo, hay muchos modos de pasarlo bien, pero unos son mejores que otros. De lo que se trata es de entender cuál es la mejor manera de descansar, divertirse y gozar de las cosas buenas, partiendo, eso sí, de que el descanso y el ocio son una necesidad humana ineludible, puesto que quien no los ejerce pierde la salud en poco tiempo.

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La gente coincide al decir que lo que busca en la vida es una cosa que llama felicidad. Pero, ¿debemos aspirar a lo que no tenemos, a lo que tal vez no sea siquiera alcanzable?

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El alegato a favor de “lo nuevo” parece privar definitivamente a los saberes humanísticos del poco prestigio que les queda en una sociedad dominada por la eficacia y rapidez de las nuevas tecnologías. Aparentemente, las humanidades nos apartan de la realidad inmediata. Pero lo que efectivamente nos facilitan es autotrascendernos.

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The actual attitude of some of our Colleagues towards truth. A few reasons for scientists’ behaviour.

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La reflexión libre sobre las "preguntas últimas", en diálogo con los que las han pensado desde antiguo, tiene siempre lugar, y una sociedad sólo es libre y estable en la medida en que posibilita ese discurso.

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Diego Poole, el payaso que hizo reír al Papa,es ahora profesor universitario. Hace unos años concedió una entrevista a Telemadrid. Cuenta algunas de sus actuaciones como payaso ante Juan Pablo II.

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The encounter with the beautiful can become the wound of the arrow that strikes the heart and in this way opens our eyes, so that later, from this experience, we take the criteria for judgement and can correctly evaluate the arguments.

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The following is the Address that the Holy Father intended to give during a Visit to La Sapienza University in Rome on Thursday, 17 January.

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Questo sito intende favorire l'approfondimento di temi oggetto di pubblico dibattito o che vengono presentati dai media in modo parziale. La scelta editoriale è quella di presentare fatti e documenti tratti da fonti autorevoli, evitando toni polemici e aggressivi, affrontando i vari temi da un punto di vista radicato nell'antropologia cristiana.

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A voice for human dignity. We stand for reframing ethical and policy debates in terms of human dignity, not dollars and cents or political calculation.

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Aceprensa es una agencia periodística especializada en el análisis de tendencias básicas de la sociedad, corrientes de pensamiento y estilos de vida.

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Alejandro Llano, catedrático de la Universidad de Navarra, ha reunido sus recuerdos desde la adolescencia hasta hace aproximadamente diez años en una obra titulada Olor a yerba seca. El autor dice de su obra que no es una autobiografía intelectual: “Mi dedicación a la Filosofía no constituye el centro de la narrativa, aunque lógicamente es objeto de reflexión. Tiene quizá más relevancia el dramatismo de mi participación en las vicisitudes de la vida española, con especial referencia a la rebelión estudiantil de los años sesenta, en la que participé activamente”.

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Carnegie Mellon Professor Randy Pausch (Oct. 23, 1960 - July 25, 2008) gave his last lecture at the university Sept. 18, 2007, before a packed McConomy Auditorium. In his moving presentation, "Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams," Pausch talked about his lessons learned and gave advice to students on how to achieve their own career and personal goals.

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What does it mean to be human? Who decides?. A very provoking message about some of the greatest issues of our age.

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A conversation with James B. Stenson: offers his experience and advice to university students. James Stenson is an educator, speaker and writer on family concerns. He has authored books such as Upbringing, Compass: A Handbook on Parent Leadership, Lifeline: The Religious Upbringing of Your Children and Father, the Family Protector.

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Conference held on October 19, 2006 in Georgetown University. Peter Kreeft, Ph.D., is a professor of philosophy at Boston College and at the King's College (Empire State Building), in New York City.

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Homero, nombre tradicionalmente asignado al famoso autor de la Iliada y la Odisea, las dos grandes epopeyas de la antigüedad griega. Nada se sabe de su persona, y de hecho algunos ponen en duda que sean de él estas dos obras. Sin embargo, los datos lingüísticos e históricos de que se dispone, permiten suponer que los poemas fueron escritos en los asentamientos griegos de la costa oeste de Asia Menor, hacia el siglo IX a.C.

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Inaugural Conference UNIV Forum 2007. James B. Stenson spoke at Palazzo dell'Apollinare, in Rome on Tusday, April 3, 2007. Stenson is presently an educational consultant. He has a website at Parentleadership.com which offers some works on parenting.

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Our modern day society is focused on goals rather than means. Unfortunately, the journey towards the goal comprises much more time than the moment of the actual attainment of that goal.

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En Sydney el Papa ha dicho a los jóvenes que para seguir a Cristo no hace falta ser personas extraordinarias ni perfectas, sólo se requiere estar abiertos al amor.

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En su reciente visita a Cerdeña, Benedicto XVI ha vuelto a insistir en lo que llama la “emergencia educativa�?; es decir, la necesidad urgente e ineludible de la educación. ¿Cómo educar hoy? El Papa señala algunos requisitos fundamentales.

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The word ‘multitasking’ began appearing in the “skills�? sections of résumés, as office workers restyled themselves as high-tech, high-performing team players. However, recent studies show that we’re really built to focus. And when we sort of force ourselves to multitask, we’re driving ourselves to be less efficient in the long run.

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El alegato a favor de “lo nuevo�? parece privar definitivamente a los saberes humanísticos del poco prestigio que les queda en una sociedad dominada por la eficacia y rapidez de las nuevas tecnologías. Aparentemente, las humanidades nos apartan de la realidad inmediata. Pero lo que efectivamente nos facilitan es autotrascendernos.

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La Universidad actual se encuentra en el filo de la navaja. Su posición es más notoria y brillante que nunca, porque estamos cruzando el dintel de la sociedad del conocimiento. Mas, de otra parte, las propias instituciones académicas están sufriendo un proceso de vaciamiento interno, ya que en ellas decaen los ideales que las vienen alentando desde hace ocho siglos. De ahí que sea imprescindible y urgente repensar la Universidad.

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No sé muy bien por qué motivos, pero la gente coincide al decir que lo que busca en la vida es una cosa que llama felicidad. Pero, ¿debemos aspirar a lo que no tenemos, a lo que tal vez no sea siquiera alcanzable? Nuestra mentalidad post-moderna prefiere abogar por un dolce far niente, por la poltronería de sillón, por la aventura virtual en la pantalla televisiva de plasma. No nos gusta la palabra héroe: suena, en nuestros democráticos oídos, a película non stop action protagonizada por Rambo.

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When a fellow student at Rutgers University urged Didi Onejeme to try Philosophy 101 two years ago, Ms. Onejeme, who was a pre-med sophomore, dismissed it as “frou-frou�?.

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Entrevista al Prelado del Opus Dei, Gran Canciller de la Universidad de Navarra.

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La familia es uno de los instrumentos naturales queridos por Dios para que los hombres cooperen en la Creación.

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If scientists abandon metaphysical and spiritual reflection, they will cut themselves off from society

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Science as Utilitarian versus Science as an End in Itself; The Basic Assumptions of Science; Science Needs Direction; Science as the Presupposition of Truthfulness; Science and Philosophy.

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La formación va más allá de la facultad universitaria, del aula de bachillerato o del ciclo formativo. Va más allá del éxito inmediato. Por eso mismo, la tarea del educador trasciende -y mucho- las paredes del aula.

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El hombre vive en sociedad y no por casualidad sino por necesidad. Es por tanto responsabilidad de todos cuidar el ambiente social en el que nos movemos para que favorezca el perfeccionamiento humano: el crecimiento en las virtudes.

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Entrevista a John Haldane es filósofo, profesor en la Universidad de St. Andrew's (Escocia), donde dirige el Centro de Ética, Filosofía y Asuntos Públicos.

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Desde hace unos veinte años, una gigantesca ola de canciones inunda nuestro planeta. Debemos alegrarnos de ello, pues una época que canta no puede ser tan mala como ciertas personas «serias», gruñonas y aguafiestas quisieran hacernos creer.

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Los griegos atribuían un elevado valor moral a su música. Ella formaba el carácter.

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La deriva cultural de los últimos años ha colocado a George Steiner en una situación privilegiada. Por su prestigio como crítico literario, se ha ganado la atención de los medios culturales, que le han reconocido como "el último sabio" y el "humanista lúcido".

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Ser libres no es sólo un derecho: comporta una responsabilidad, que debe llevar a los cristianos a implicarse en las cuestiones de la sociedad, contribuyendo con soluciones plurales a los problemas de cada época.

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La música es como las imágenes: tiene mayor poder de comunicación que las palabras. Hoy casi nadie es consciente del poder de la música sobre el espíritu humano. Los antiguos sí lo fueron. Los griegos, que tenían una música muy primitiva, se veían tan influidos por ella que atribuyeron su origen a los dioses, a las Musas (ahí está el origen de la palabra).

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