Benjamin Wiker

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Benjamin Wiker


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Benjamin Wiker is a writer, teacher, lecturer, husband of one wife, and father of seven children. He has a Ph.D. in Theological Ethics from Vanderbilt University, an M.A. in Religion from Vanderbilt University, and a B.A. in Political Philosophy from Furman University. He has taught at Marquette University, St. Mary's University (MN), and Thomas Aquinas College, and is now a Professor of Political Science and Director of Human Life Studies at Franciscan University, and a Senior Fellow of Franciscan's Veritas Center. ...more

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“Sometimes a clearly defined error is the only way to discover the truth”
Benjamin Wiker, The Mystery of the Periodic Table

“Like Aristotle, conservatives generally accept the world as it is; they distrust the politics of abstract reason – that is, reason divorced from experience.”
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“Niceness, howled Nietzsche, is what is left of goodness when it is drained of greatness.”
Benjamin Wiker, 10 Books That Screwed Up the World: And 5 Others That Didn't Help

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