Franciscan University of Steubenville 2022 Commencement Address Dr. Peter Kreeft on “10 Lies of Contemporary Culture” Before I actually give you my commencement address, I'd like to sell it to you by telling you that it's going to be mercifully short. Since...
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Franciscan University of Steubenville 2022 Commencement Address Dr. Peter Kreeft on “10 Lies of Contemporary Culture” Before I actually give you my commencement address, I'd like to sell it to you by telling you that it's going to be mercifully short. Since our plethora of technological time-saving devices have robbed us of leisure time nowadays, I will do you the charitable deed of saving you a little time by summarizing in one short speech what thousands of other commencement speakers have been telling you for the last generation or two. I want to say 10 uncomfortable things about 10 comfortable ideas that they say you need to cultivate: identity, self-esteem, service to the world, creativity, critical thinking, peace, justice, openness, love, and freedom. These are 10 nice, happy face words but, unlike most commencement speakers, I will not tell you happy lies about them. First, a word about lies. It's a well-known platitude, especially in economics departments, that there are three
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