Thomas M. Ward

Philosopher at The University of Texas at Austin, School of Civic Leadership. Books: After Stoicism; Ordered by Love; Treatise on the First Principle.

[Thomas M. Ward @prof_tom_ward]

Honored to receive a Book Award from the Catholic Media Association, for After Stoicism. It won First Place in the History category:

https://t.co/CCRlsHiAXn

[Josh Shepperd @joshshepperd]

What if we just went back to reading a bunch of books and thinking about them together, and that was the class? With syllabi no longer than three pages.

[Thomas M. Ward @prof_tom_ward]

“MAID” leaves out the agency of the patient. It is the perfect acronym for our future of coercive medical murders. Humane people need to plan ahead for their loved ones and themselves.

[Dolores G. Morris @DoloresGMorris]

My "hot take" is that "Medical Aid in Dying" is a clever way of dodging the distinction between Physician Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia. The difference matters.

[Antigone Journal @AntigoneJournal]

This is a genuinely interesting story. Huge amount of automated work, potentially saving hundreds of thousands of human hours. BUT: with an error rate of 10%, and with the precise reading of *every* word mattering in such an exercise, it is meaningless, and for manuscripts of authority worse than useless, without a human checking every single word.
BUT: there simply aren't people, in 2026, with the expertise, the time, and the funding to check these 32,000 manuscripts at this level.

Welcome to Digital Humanities Slop.

[Robert Kwolek @RobertKwolek]

There's a pavement near me which the tree roots have seriously raised up. One has to step over it. Many councils would consider chopping the tree down.
Instead, why not fill the area with bountiful planting and create a pavement bypass. More function and more beauty.

[Thomas M. Ward @prof_tom_ward]

@alancornett St. Anthony has been a huge help in catechizing my kids. He NEVER lets them down. It's uncanny.

[Patrick Stewart @SirPatStew]

My Fellow Shakespeareans - I’ve recorded all 154 Sonnets for my latest project, “Patrick Stewart Performs the Complete Sonnets of William Shakespeare”.
This special audio production is available to listen to April 7.
Preorder now: https://t.co/f3PqlGvwR4

@SimonAudio

[Thomas M. Ward @prof_tom_ward]

@theRTMullins In my ignorance I continue to read Anselm too. First bump.

[Dr Dominic Burbidge @dominicburbidge]

New Oxford postdoc - deadline 16 March:
Barry Junior Research Fellowship in Natural Law Theory, Trinity College, Oxford
https://t.co/YgO1gj4jqp

[Kristin M. Collier, MD @HSRdirector]

remember the biggest threat is not that we will see machines as humans but that we we start to see humans as machines

[Thomas M. Ward @prof_tom_ward]

@FreyChristopher Last year the pilots (on a domestic flight) gave my boys wings and it felt like a time warp.

[The Daily Texan @thedailytexan]

.@UTCivics is introducing two new majors, Strategy and Statecraft and Great Books, opening this fall for students interested in national security or texts shaping Western civilization. The school is also developing a study abroad program to Israel, available for all @UTAustin students.

https://t.co/3YZeCfw3Y7

[Thomas M. Ward @prof_tom_ward]

Amazing Opportunity:

[Andrew Davison @AP_Davison]

JOB OPENING – Senior Research Fellow
@BlackfriarsOx and Departmental Lecturer in Medieval and Scholastic Theology @OU_TheoReligion. As someone who works in scholastic theology, I'm delighted by this new post. Do pass on the news of this opportunity. https://t.co/QEZlxrEZpc

[Thomas M. Ward @prof_tom_ward]

@HarrisonGarlic1 @DEGOPer @the_culturist_ Ignatius Press edition translated by Goins and Wyman is my overall favorite.

[Thomas M. Ward @prof_tom_ward]

Waco has this cool thing, Brazos Fellows. And @pgutacker is making it happen.

[Paul J. Gutacker @pgutacker]

Reading Dante's Purgatorio w/ Celeste Gama
Reading Boethius' Consolation w/ @prof_tom_ward
Reading Aquinas' Summa w/ Brittany McComb
Reading Bonaventure's De Reductione w/ Phil Donnelly
Reading Julian's Revelations w/ @Patered

Just your typical two weeks as a Brazos Fellow.

[Thomas M. Ward @prof_tom_ward]

Aw shucks.

[Matthew Lee Anderson @mattleeanderson]

@roddreher Unequivocally this by @prof_tom_ward. It's not quite what you did for Dante, but it's the closest out there to it.

https://t.co/QFn6xvDQmT

[Thomas M. Ward @prof_tom_ward]

Good stuff going on @TheGreatB00ks

[Ascend: The Great Books Podcast @TheGreatB00ks]

Plato and St. Augustine with @ccpecknold

Plato and St. Boethius with @prof_tom_ward

Plato and St. Thomas Aquinas with @Dprudlo

All out NOW on Apple, Spotify, and Youtube.

[Thomas M. Ward @prof_tom_ward]

I always tell my kids: every time you eat an artichoke, you create an aren'tichoke

[History Girl @HistoryGirlBW]

A mesmerising film from 1900. A tram glides through Southampton High Street, pulling you into late Victorian life as it passes under the medieval Bargate and down the street.

[Thomas M. Ward @prof_tom_ward]

@suzania one of the best songs.

[Catherine Ruth Pakaluk @CRPakaluk]

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Please help us cast the widest net by sharing this call for subjects here on X and in your local networks and other socials, especially if you have contacts in one of our ten regions (below). Men beyond those regions may apply, and will be considered as research needs indicate.

Continue reading for the full invitation and link to application. Let’s go!
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