released 4/26/2019
A tireless and cheerful teacher until his last days, Fr. James V. Schall, S.J. died on April 17th. Our brief tribute includes portions of an archive interview (from Volume 2 of the Mars Hill Tapes), in which Schall explained to Ken Myers why Aristotle likened play to contemplation.
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