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Dr. Peter J. Kreeft is the author of over 80 books on Christian philosophy, theology, and apologetics. In this episode, we discuss the relationship between the Abrahamic faiths, particularly Islam, and the Christian faith, and their relationship with the common sense tradition and common sense. He also discusses the role that common sense plays in the development of Christian philosophy and theology, including his work on Jacob's Ladder and his new book, "The Common Sense Ladder: A Handbook for the Practical and the Imagined". Dr. Krieft is a professor of philosophy at the Boston College and the King's College, and an M.A. in philosophy at Fordham University, where he completed his post-grad studies in 1965. He subsequently completed his Ph.D at Yale University and joined the philosophy faculty of the Department of Philosophy at the University of Boston College in 1965 a convert to Roman Catholicism. In 1965, he became a Professor of Philosophy and a Fellow at the Harvard Graduate School of Divination. Today, he is an Unapologetic advocate of traditional beliefs and practices in a world that seems increasingly distant from them, and skeptical of them. I m very interested in the web of beliefs through which we view the world, and I m interested in ideas and practices that sit at the base of our understanding of the world. This is a very concrete answer to Chesterton s "St. Thomas Aquinas, the Dumb Ox." the main point of his book is that the philosopher is the champion of common sense, and that we can be found in common sense through common sense which is not only by common sense . . He s a champion of the common-sense by virtue of common-mindedness and common-ness . His work can be seen as a link between the practical and the mundane, which are the most mundane of tasks which aren t mundane at all, which take on a great order but also take on an eternal significance in order to build on the order of the great to build a cathedral of which is a task which is harmoniously arrayed in a symphony And that s a harmonious array of tasks that can be harmoniously arranged in some manner that s a harmoniously harmoniously ... and that s not mundane at all . And if that s done properly,
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