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This week, Scott and Karl are joined by special guest Thomas Mirus, Director of Podcasts for CatholicCulture.org, to discuss Jacques Maritain\\u2019s Art and Scholasticism.\\xa0

Maritain argues for an objective view of both art and the artist, bringing an orderly, scholastic, Thomistic approach to understanding aesthetics. Mirus says, "Maritain gets art better than any other philosopher who came before him in the Western Tradition."

For Maritain, art is \\u201ca virtue of the practical intellect that aims at making." The virtue or habitus of art, Maritain writes, is not simply an \\u201cinterior growth of spontaneous life\\u201d, but has an intellectual character and involves cultivation and practice.

The trio also talks about how fine arts and practical arts have been cloven off. How can we hold them both in esteem without denigrating the other?\\xa0

Scott says, "If we really know what art is then we will be more connected to honest work\\u2014 that will be a refuge from this intellectual confusion, this metaphysical disgustingness, around us."\\xa0

Tune in for Part One of their discussion, brought to you by onlinegreatbooks.com.\\xa0