The Cardinal Newman Society's Catholic Curriculum Standards

For the second reading you will need to acquire a copy of Fr. Robert Spitzer's book Ten universal principles: A brief philosophy of the life issues. While only the Appendix (pages 123 - 139) pertains to our discussion on the transcendentals, the entire text is worth reading because as Fr. Spitzer states in the Introduction: "The evolution of culture and civilization has arisen out of the development of ten fundamental principles. Three of them concern evidence and objective truth, three of them concern ethics, three of them concern the dignity and treatment of human beings within civil society, and one of them concerns personal identity and culture. Failure to teach and practice any one of these principles can lead to an under-estimation of human dignity, a decline in culture, the abuse of individuals and even groups of individuals, and an under-estimation of ourselves and our potential in life. Failure to teach and practice several of these principles will most certainly le...