Reflections on the Covid-19 Pandemic

Bewildered by Corona? Even if you think you have read it all and heard about every angle, you have to read the philosopher, Donald De Marco's, book about our plague. With his usual combination of philosophical insight and literary panache De Marco manages not only to give us new perspectives but actually to challenge us to courage and hope in ways we never thought of. Ronda Chervin, Ph.D., Emerita Professor Philosophy, Holy Apostles College and Seminary These four virtues-courage, hope, patience, and resourcefulness-are powers we all possess. And even though, in many cases, they are momentarily inactive, they will enable us to make proper use of our time when fear is widespread. We can convert a time of fear into an opportunity for growth, a time of anxiety into an opportunity for care. Poets give us hope, for they can sing their song in the midst of calamity. Art is the attempt to open the gates of heaven and convince the world that the vision it offers is the destiny we seek. The current pandemic is not exceptional. Our dusty mortality is a plague that is always with us, seared indelibly into our flesh as it is. Neither youth, nor fame, nor fortune, nor power are barriers against death. To live means to value each moment knowing that death awaits us.