St. Joseph’s Chapel (or: Reason vs. Doctrine: A Schizophrenic Debate)

What a beautiful chapel we have on campus. The marble floors and the vaulted ceilings are nothing when put up against European standards, but the flamboyant tresses and angelic figures make up an impressive facade next to the other buildings in olde towne Mobile, Alabama, much as Hamlet shines next to the crap of modern writers, despite [...]

The Republic: Book III: The Education Of The Guardians

The following is an assigned essay which was completed for a grade. Unfortunately, some formatting has been lost in the transition to LJ.
Eric J. Herboso
10 February, 2004
The Republic: Book III: The Education Of The Guardians
In Book III of Plato’s Republic, Socrates talks about the guardians of the fictional city that they are building in mind [...]

The Republic: Book II: On Modern Poets

The following is an assigned essay which was completed for a grade. Unfortunately, some formatting has been lost in the transition to LJ.
Eric J. Herboso
27 January, 2004
The Republic: Book II: On Modern Poets
In Book II of Plato’s Republic, Socrates brings up the issue of the Republic, deciding to create a fictional society from its base [...]

True Meaning

Him: “I showed it to you because I thought you might like it. I like it. I … I watch it at least once each day.”
Me: “Yes, … yes, I can definitely see why, my friend. That… that was beautiful.”
Him: “Yes. Now you know how I felt when I first saw it.”
Me: “Yes. Yes, I [...]

Christie, Shawn, & Baram

Christie, Shawn, & Baram
Am I monstrous? 
Mitch’s favorite piece from the art exhibit we saw today was a sketch of a dog named Lady. She had puppy dog ears, and had her eyes open wide. It evoked pleasure from Mitch — but only envy from myself. Green envy… a colored emotion. 
I hated it, and yet I [...]

Milton’s Description of Hell in Paradise Lost

The following is an assigned essay which was completed for a grade. Unfortunately, some formatting has been lost in the transition to LJ.
Author: Eric J. Herboso (EricJHerboso@yahoo.com)
Class: ENG 121.02 (Composition I), for Dr. Schaub
Assignment: Paper 4 Analyzation of Milton’s Description of Hell in Paradise Lost (PL)
Milton’s description of Hell in Paradise Lost appears to be more than [...]

Analysis of Augustine’s Confessions

The following is an assigned essay which was completed for a grade. Unfortunately, some formatting has been lost in the transition to LJ.
Author: Eric J. Herboso (EricJHerboso@yahoo.com)
Class: THL 101.03 (Western Religious Heritage)
Professor: William Harmless, SJ; Dept. of Theology
Assignment: Analysis of Augustine’s Confessions
Confessions VIII.i.1 (Chadwick, p.133), Rearranged In Verse:
My God,
in my thanksgiving
I want to recall
and confess your mercies over [...]

Milton’s Paradise Lost

Milton’s Paradise Lost
The mind is its own place, and in itself Can make a Heav’n of Hell, a Hell of Heav’n. What matter where, if I be still the same, And wht I should be, all but less than hee Whom Thunder hath made greater? Here at least We shall be free; the’Almighty hath not built [...]

Thoughts On Thoughts…

Today, I discovered Milton.
I’d never read Paradise Lost before today, but this morning I read a great deal of it, and I must say that I am quite impressed. Milton is definitely my kind of poet, though I’ll admit his choice of subject matter in Paradise Lost wasn’t entirely appealing to me. Still, it is good to know that [...]

The Curse Of Epistemology

You have to stop somewhere, don’t you? I mean, I totally agree with the whole “success is a journey, not a destination” idea, but to wander aimlessly is not a route to success, is it?
{Enter epistemology.}
How many times must someone say “but why?” before it gets annoying? How far can one go when analyzing a [...]