About

Shortly after his conversion, but before his baptism, St. Augustine spent several months in retreat at a villa called Cassiciacum. There, with his closest friends, he spent his days in dialogue and study to grow in knowledge and belief of Truth.

This Website

A depository of ideas, a forum for increasing knowledge and belief of truth, a hunting ground for the pursuit of wisdom. Guided by the light of the Catholic Church and her philosophers and theologians.

The Author

Hailing from Canada and claiming the name of Joshua Pyle, the Author maintains a deep interest in questions of philosophical, theological, and scientific nature. A Catholic and a student of Philosophy, the ideas on this site are his own.

“. . . where from the fever of the world we reposed in Thee, with the eternal freshness of Thy Paradise.”

St. Augustine of Hippo, Confessions, IX