Thomas E. Woods Jr.

Quotes

• “(Catholic) monks taught metallurgy, introduced new crops, copied ancient texts, preserved literacy, pioneered in technol...”
• “The exaltation of human reason and its capabilities, a commitment to rigorous and rational debate, a promotion of intell...”
• “Churchmen sought to introduce rational trial procedures and sophisticated legal principles in place of the superstition-...”
• “The idea of formulated 'rights ... comes not from John Locke and Thomas Jefferson ... but from the canon law of the Cath...”
• “It was Francisco de Vitoria, a Catholic priest and professor, who earned the title of father of international law.”
• “Thirty-five craters on the moon are named for Jesuit scientists and mathematicians.”
• “Father Roger Boscovich is often credited as the father of modern atomic theory.”
• “Father Nicholas Steno, is often identified as the father of geology.”
• “The father of Egyptology was Father Athanasius Kircher.”