Paul Seaton is a patient, methodical, and incredibly enlightening political thinker. By day, he teaches Catholic seminarians metaphysics, philosophy, and political thought, cutting against the braindead soft progressivism that has too often undermined Catholic seminary studies. One of his former students told me that Seaton unlocked philosophy for him by handing him Walker Percy’s essays and helping him understand that the life of the mind is as essential as prayer for any cleric. Seaton performs other works. To his efforts, we owe many excellent English translations of the works of French political theorist Pierre Manent, often accompanied by keen analysis from Seaton himself. In short, he brings gifts, and he should be properly thanked for them.
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