First Things RSS Feed - Adam G. Cooper https://www.firstthings.com/author/adam-g-cooper en-us Copyright 2025 First Things. All Rights Reserved. ft@firstthings.com (The Editors) ft@firstthings.com (The Editors) Mon, 20 Jan 2025 16:53:08 -0500 https://d2201k5v4hmrsv.cloudfront.net/img/favicon-196.png First Things RSS Feed Image https://www.firstthings.com/rss/author/adam-g-cooper 60 Another Big Fish https://www.firstthings.com/web-exclusives/2007/06/another-big-fish https://www.firstthings.com/web-exclusives/2007/06/another-big-fish Mon, 04 Jun 2007 00:00:00 -0400 Here we go again. Yet another promising Lutheran has just gone over to Rome. Robert C. Koons is professor of philosophy at the University of Texas. His department is the home of such distinguished scholars as Richard Sorabji and J. Budziszewski, company no doubt conducive to a stimulating intellectual climate. Koons’ numerous publications on logic, causation, science, and metaphysics have earned deserved recognition, including the Arlt Prize from the Council of Graduate Schools for his 1992 book, Paradoxes of Belief and Strategic Rationality .

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]]> Redeeming Flesh https://www.firstthings.com/article/2007/05/redeeming-flesh https://www.firstthings.com/article/2007/05/redeeming-flesh Tue, 01 May 2007 00:00:00 -0400 November 4, 1995. Avenue Niel, Paris. The broken body of an old man lies crumpled on the footpath. It is that of Gilles Deleuze, the philosopher. His apartment room window, three stories above, stands open. There is no suicide note, yet it is clear enough what has happened. After twenty-five years of increasing physical infirmity, the struggle to live had become too much for Deleuze and he took his life.

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