James Schall, the well known author and professor at Georgetown
University, inquires about the differing orders found in the
cosmos, the human mind, the city, the human corpus and seeks to
reflect on the unity of these orders. In a world in which the
presence of mind and order are denied, presumably in the name of
science, in favor of chance explanations of why things are as they
are, it is surprising to find that, in area after area that is open
to the human mind, we find a persistent order revealed. At first
sight, this recurrence can be explained by chance occurrence, but
after a point, the sense that behind things outside of our theories
thee is, in fact, an order. This order can be traced in the various
areas that are open to the human mind. Two wonderments follow from
such considerations. First, order does appear at the various levels
that are experienced in every day life. Second, the various
particular orders seem to be witness to a common good in which each
has some reasonable place. Aquinas had said that the order within
the cosmos pointed to an order outside of is, since the cosmos
cannot be the cause of its own internal order. Philosophers have
long inquired about the curious fact that the order of things
implies not only a jejune relationship of one thing to another, but
a hint that the universe is created in a certain abundance. Why is
the universe and the things within it not only ordered but, within
the order and above it, a beautiful order? It would be sufficient
for its function, Samuel Johnson said, if the peacocks tail were an
un-splendid brown or black, but in fact it is an amazing display of
beauty that is wholly unnecessary, yet somehow fitting for its
purpose.Not only is there an order in things but the human mind
seems attuned to this order as something it delights in
discovering. This relationship implies that
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