Comments for Johnson at http://www.thecatholicthing.org , comment 1 to 6 out of 6 comments http://www.thecatholicthing.org Fri, 24 May 2013 15:30:30 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2009/johnson.html#comment-3089 Another wonderful little article, Fr. Schall! I've loved Samuel Johnson ever since I first read Boswell's Life as a teenager--I bought a used copy at a library sale, and, like you, I'll never give it up. I was reminded of Johnson earlier today when a little news item about men's knitting came up on the radio--remember when Johnson wanted to take up "knotting"? More seriously, Johnson's great wit came from his marvelous common sense. - Jeannine Thu, 01 Oct 2009 05:33:12 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2009/johnson.html#comment-3087 I wonder if we can say for certain that Aquinas was "obese." I think it more probable that he was merely pudgy. - William Williams Wed, 30 Sep 2009 18:26:21 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2009/johnson.html#comment-3084 Mr. Schall's witty opening merits further exploration for another day. G.K., in his book on Aquinas, recalls his special affinity for the Angelic Doctor due in part to their shared commonality of girth. As a schoolboy, G.K. was scrawny and a frail lad as was the young Johnson, and as an adult aptly filled out his 6-4 frame. Although he was never fat, Bishop Sheen, who died nearly 30 years ago, deserves to mention with the Fabulous Fat Four. A new appreciation of Sheen is very much overdue - Joseph Wed, 30 Sep 2009 15:31:01 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2009/johnson.html#comment-3083 I would very much like to read a short reflection by Fr. Schall on the theology of John Calvin and/or the consequences of his ideas on the destruction of St. Andrew's? - the Puritan "adventure" in the Massachusetts Bay colony. - Ars artium Wed, 30 Sep 2009 15:30:03 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2009/johnson.html#comment-3076 Father-Always a pleasure. A refreshing and poignant piece in view of the fact that so many lettered today, in their pride and arrogance have ignored the natural law for their own positive law. - Willie Wed, 30 Sep 2009 09:03:24 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2009/johnson.html#comment-3075 For the traditional Tory — of the precedence-espousing and innovation-eschewing persuasion — Dr Johnson is remembered for one delightful, damning assertion: ‘I have always said, the first Whig was the Devil.’ - Stephen MacLean Wed, 30 Sep 2009 09:03:13 +0100