The Shallows

The Victor's Crown · Jun 30, 2026 · 2m

Get the written version in your email inbox every morning by subscribing for free at TheVictorsCrown.com---The Shallows“You should choose to enter not immediately into the ocean depths, but rather through small streams, for one should reach more difficult matters by going through the easier ones first.”Saint Thomas Aquinas gave this advice to a pupil who was inquiring about methods of study. As for study, the problem for many of us is not that we immediately jump into the deep end, but that study simply isn’t a part of our lives. We might be years (or even decades) out of school and the habit…