Part 01- The Four Quartets - I
T.S. Eliot is perhaps the great poet of the traditionalist mentality in the revolutionary Twentieth Century. Here, Dr. David Allen White shows, is a man dedicated to the Truth and to Tradition with two capital "t's", and yet open to using innovative tools to defend it in an unprecedented atmosphere of revolution and disaster. The Four Quartets, dealing with the "deconstructed" Europe of the post-World War One era, provides the best framework in which to tackle Eliot's understanding of the problems of modern life, the way to use its "sounds", and the means of finding a path back to sanity.
Part 02- The Four Quartets - II
Dr. David Allen White continues his discussion of Eliot, his Christian vision, his mysticism, and illustrates how to deal with the difficulties of his poetic language.
Part 03- Philoctetes
Sophocles' Philoctetes deals with many questions that unite the ancient and the modern world, all of which are explored by Dr. David Allen White. What role do the gods have in human suffering? What is it that the search for "success" permits? Are men what they are because of their very nature, or does their "nurture" and education play a serious role in changing them? What happens to them if they bitterly rail against God?
These talks were taken from: My End is My Beginning: The Analogy of Contemporary Christianity With its Ancient Setting - 2001 VonHildebrand Institute