Dr. J. Budziszewski

And after I'd been talking about Thomas Aquinas, I have to tell you, Thomas Aquinas moved me.

I wanted sometimes, and I thought I was hiding it completely, I wanted to weep because of the appearance of the truth.

And I kept telling myself, oh, but it isn't really true.

It isn't really true.

It's just an appearance.

Hold on to that ironic view of reality, Budziszewski.

And a student came up to me after class once.

Texas students tend to be very polite.

So he's very hesitant.

He says, professor.

And I say, yes.

And he says, um,

can I ask you a question?

I said, yeah, well, you can ask anything you want.

I might not answer it, but ask.

And he said, well, I've been listening to you since the semester began, and I figure you're either an atheist or a Roman Catholic, and I can't figure out which one.

I don't know.

Maybe because I was teaching Nietzsche, but on the other hand...

maybe my reactions didn't seem like those of a, that he might have expected from a Nietzschean.

I mean, it was eating me up, you know.