{"id":2440,"date":"2025-07-06T02:04:30","date_gmt":"2025-07-06T02:04:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/saulhofilenajr.com\/?page_id=2440"},"modified":"2025-08-20T01:03:28","modified_gmt":"2025-08-20T01:03:28","slug":"books-words-and-phrases","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/saulhofilenajr.com\/?page_id=2440","title":{"rendered":"Books &#8211; Words and Phrases"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"2440\" class=\"elementor elementor-2440\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3b636fa elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-equal-height-no\" data-id=\"3b636fa\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div 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I marvel at his avid appetite for learning, engaging in debate, and breaking fresh ground for inquiry. Unconfined by the conventions and habits of a specialization, a discipline, or, worse, membership in a party or group, he is a free intellectual, the kind needed in a time when facts and truth have been devalued.\u201d \u2014National Artist Resil B. Mojares<\/p><p>\u201cConfused about the law? Interested in art, history, and literature? Let Saul Hofilena Jr. be your guide. In this collection, you&#8217;ll find his popular syndicated columns from the past years that tackle interesting topics with his trademark straightforward yet accessible writing style. As always, his pieces stand out for their clarity, timeliness, and wealth of information.\u201d \u2014Dr. Jenny Ortuoste, Ph.D., Manila Standard opinion columnist, Manila Critics Circle member, and National Book Award judge.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Books Home &gt; Page Words and Phrases (2023) Softcover, 9\u201d x 6\u201d, 310 pages \u201cAn exceptionally energetic and expansive intellectual, Saul Hofile\u00f1a Jr. ranges beyond his profession of law to explore subjects like history, philosophy, the arts, and more. I marvel at his avid appetite for learning, engaging in debate, and breaking fresh ground for inquiry. Unconfined by the conventions and habits of a specialization, a discipline, or, worse, membership in a party or group, he is a free intellectual, the kind needed in a time when facts and truth have been devalued.\u201d \u2014National Artist Resil B. Mojares \u201cConfused about the law? Interested in art, history, and literature? Let Saul Hofilena Jr. be your guide. In this collection, you&#8217;ll find his popular syndicated columns from the past years that tackle interesting topics with his trademark straightforward yet accessible writing style. As always, his pieces stand out for their clarity, timeliness, and wealth of information.\u201d \u2014Dr. Jenny Ortuoste, Ph.D., Manila Standard opinion columnist, Manila Critics Circle member, and National Book Award judge.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":99,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"elementor_header_footer","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2440","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/saulhofilenajr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2440","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/saulhofilenajr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/saulhofilenajr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/saulhofilenajr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/saulhofilenajr.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2440"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"http:\/\/saulhofilenajr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2440\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2756,"href":"http:\/\/saulhofilenajr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2440\/revisions\/2756"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/saulhofilenajr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/99"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/saulhofilenajr.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2440"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}