Other languages inform our own

Author Gary Chapman developed the theory that there are five basic ways romantic partners give and receive love.

The five love languages are:

1. Physical touch
2. Quality time
3. Acts of service, such as cooking a meal o...

Religions are a way for us to understand our relationships with the supernatural and with each other. Learning how such relations are structured can teach you a lot about how people relate to each other and the world around them.

Seeing the reason in other religions

• The purpose of all our reading and studying is to aid us in the pursuit of the good life. At some point, we must put our books aside and take action. So that, as Seneca put it, the "words become works." There is an old saying that a "scholar made is a soldier spoiled." We want to be both sch...