Peter Kreeft Quote

Like the Fellowship itself, Tolkien’s philosophy fights. It conquers what George Orwell called the smelly little orthodoxies of political correctness that have twisted and wounded our souls. In other words, it is like the healing herb athelas (see LOTR, p. 193).

Peter Kreeft

Like the Fellowship itself, Tolkien’s philosophy fights. It conquers what George Orwell called the smelly little orthodoxies of political correctness that have twisted and wounded our souls. In other words, it is like the healing herb athelas (see LOTR, p. 193).

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About Peter Kreeft

Peter John Kreeft (; born March 16, 1937) is a professor of philosophy at Boston College and The King's College. A convert to Roman Catholicism, he is the author of over eighty books on Christian philosophy, theology and apologetics. He also formulated, together with Ronald K. Tacelli, Twenty Arguments for the Existence of God in their Handbook of Christian Apologetics.