Telos

Introduction

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Truth is among the most enduring and demanding concerns of human existence.

Towards a Better Understanding of Dominican Spirituality: The Dominican Way of Life

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This essay explores the essential dispositions and dynamics of Dominican spirituality, arguing that the “Dominican Way” is an integrated method of living where spiritual growth and everyday action are one. By analyzing the life of St. Dominic and the foundational structures of the Order of Preachers, the author identifies key practices - communal life, liturgical prayer, and disciplined study - that foster a “Grace of the Word.” Moving beyond abstract “truth-seeking,” the paper demonstrates how this spirituality engages with the existential realities of the human condition, offering a practical framework for both religious and secular individuals to seek maturity, find meaning in dialogue, and live with greater intensity.

John Henry Newman, Truth, and University Education in an Age of AI

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This article argues that John Henry Newman remains a searching interlocutor for contemporary university education when he is read critically rather than nostalgically. It offers a Newmanian intervention in the philosophy of university education, with selective engagement in contemporary higher-education theory and public-reason debates rather than a full theology of the university. Through close reading of The Idea of a University, and at key points An Essay in Aid of a Grammar of Assent, it reconstructs four claims: a university presupposes the intelligibility of one reality under many aspects; truth is the norm of inquiry; liberal education forms judgment rather than merely distributing information; and theology can function within the university as a disciplined inquiry into ultimate questions. It then tests these claims against marketisation, AI-mediated learning, vocational reductionism, and procedural neutrality. Newman does not supply a nineteenth-century model ready for restoration. His social assumptions, institutional scale, and confessional setting require qualification, yet his deeper distinctions remain portable. They expose the reduction of education to measurable output, the confusion of fluent performance with understanding, and the temptation to treat pluralism as the suspension of truth. Newman’s continuing importance lies in his insistence that university education concerns the formation of persons capable of responsible assent, proportionate judgment, and reality-oriented inquiry.

Towards a Criterion Based Understanding of Gossip

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This paper presents a criterion-based approach to discuss the procedural elements of gossip and explore its normative implications. It highlights gossip’s dual nature, showing how it can either promote social cohesion or result in moral disintegration, depending on intent and context. It is demonstrated that the moral weight of gossip is context-sensitive, shaped by both its structural process and ethical outcomes. By providing a nuanced, interdisciplinary perspective, this study contributes to ongoing discussions in theology, philosophy, and business ethics. Methodologically, it pays attention to dictionary definitions of gossip, crystallizes key criteria for identifying it, and distinguishes between its procedural and normative dimensions. The paper further emphasizes gossip’s role in moral judgment, its influence on community cohesion, and its impact on individual reputations. Finally, the paper reveals the tension between procedural and normative understandings, suggesting that even the structural elements of gossip carry implicit moral significance. With practical implications for organizational settings, the paper demonstrates how the effects of gossip depend on intent, context, and consequences.

L’expérience mystique nous dit-elle quelque chose sur l’ordre du réel? L’exemple de Thérèse d’Avila

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Since mystical experience is subjective, lived as a face-to-face encounter with God, the question arises as to the extent to which it can tell us something objective about the order of reality. By analysing the mystical experience of Teresa of Avila, we will examine whether it presents a potential for rationalisation, communicability and reproducibility, since these are key attributes for assessing the epistemic value of an experience. Although Teresa of Avila’s mystical experience exceeds the field of proof in the strict positivist sense, the article argues that it nevertheless constitutes a significant experiential datum. Without directly proving the attributes of God as conceived by the Christian tradition, Teresa of Avila’s mystical experience supports the metaphysical conception according to which a transcendent first principle grounds reality and can manifest itself through human subjectivity.

David Hunt, Something for Nothing? An Explanation and Defence of the Scholastic Position on Usury.

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