First Things RSS Feed - Kevin McCabe https://www.firstthings.com/author/kevin-mccabe en-us Copyright 2025 First Things. All Rights Reserved. ft@firstthings.com (The Editors) ft@firstthings.com (The Editors) Mon, 20 Jan 2025 16:54:06 -0500 https://d2201k5v4hmrsv.cloudfront.net/img/favicon-196.png First Things RSS Feed Image https://www.firstthings.com/rss/author/kevin-mccabe 60 Saecula Saeculorum https://www.firstthings.com/article/2013/10/saecula-saeculorum https://www.firstthings.com/article/2013/10/saecula-saeculorum Tue, 01 Oct 2013 00:00:00 -0400 For centuries the human spirit strove
To rise above the beast,
Gazed at the stars, and aimed at truth and love
With Socrates and Christ.

Till weary generations, faltering, found
That this was not a go;
Gazing at dirt, despondent, they sank down
With Nietzsche, Freud, Foucault.

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