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In a poem, John Donne expresses what
Houston Baptist University sees as a guiding
light and principle of our soul as a university:
“Reason is our soul’s left hand, faith her right,
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by these we reach divinity.” Even a man
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such as the great Renaissance philosopher
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Machiavelli, in his dark exile from Florence,
espouses such an affirmation of learning
when he describes to a friend and patron his
evening ritual of study and reflection: “I feel
no boredom and forget every worry; I do not
fear poverty, and death does not terrify me. I
give myself completely over to the ancients.”
What does it mean to give oneself completely
over to the ancients To feed on the
food of wisdom To look to one hand and see
reason, to the other and see faith To wrestle
with authors over primal questions: Who am
I Why am I here What is my purpose How
do I know I am of value What is the nature of
the Good, the True, and the Beautiful
principle of our soul as a university: “Reason
is our soul’s left hand, faith her right, by these
we reach divinity.” Even a man such as the
great Renaissance philosopher Machiavelli, in
his dark exile from Florence, espouses such an
affirmation of learning when he describes to a
friend and patron his evening ritual of study
and reflection: “I feel no boredom and forget
every worry; I do not fear poverty, and death
does not terrify me. I give myself completely
over to the ancients.”
What does it mean to give oneself completely
over to the ancients To feed on the
food of wisdom To look to one hand and see
reason, to the other and see faith To wrestle
with authors over primal questions: Who am
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Earth Day 2010 to help increase the on campus in October 2011 as prize – a Pepsi-catered tailgate party
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