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Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Entering the Ancient Courts of Ancient Men: Machiavelli on Reading Classical Texts
wrote 1 month ago: This week, I listened to a course on the Italian Renaissance, and the professor read Machiavelli’s f … more →
What If Everything Repeated Itself in All Eternity? Milan Kundera on the Eternal Return
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wrote 1 month ago: I’m currently reading The Unbearable Lightness of Being, by Czech author Milan Kundera. Though it is … more →
Is the Lust for Power and Honor more Harmful than the Lust for Pleasure?
wrote 2 months ago: A few days ago, I quoted Shakespeare’s famous “Band of Brothers” speech put in the mouth of Henry V. … more →
“We Band of Brothers”: Is War a Force that Gives Us Meaning?
wrote 2 months ago: In the last few days, my mind has turned (as it sometimes does) to some of the great passages and sp … more →
Aristotle on the Golden Mean
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wrote 2 months ago: I think enough time has now passed since my last Aristotle post to dare bothering my readers with an … more →
Don Quixote Attacks the Windmills
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wrote 2 months ago: One of the most iconic scenes in Spanish literature must surely be Don Quixote’s attack on the windm … more →
“Yes I Will Yes”: Molly Bloom’s Soliloquy
wrote 2 months ago: In our local book club, we read The Ginger Man by American-Irish author J.P. Donleavy last month. Si … more →
The Impulsion of Love and the Pull of Magnetism
wrote 2 months ago: Quote of the day. William James on comparing the impulsion of love to the pull of magnetism: Romeo w … more →
Life of Pi: Does a Pessimist Feel Better?
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wrote 3 months ago: A couple of days ago, I quoted a passage from Yann Martel’s Life of Pi. Here is another one that sto … more →
Life of Pi: Why Can’t Reason Give Greater Answers?
wrote 3 months ago: The recent movie version of Life of Pie has prompted me to take my copy off the shelf again. I read … more →
Plato’s Famous Allegory of the Cave
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wrote 3 months ago: Two days ago, I quoted Plato’s “Ring of Gyges,” one the most famous passages from his book The Repub … more →
Quote of the Day
wrote 3 months ago: A classic is a book that has never finished saying what it has to say ~Italo Calvino … more →
Les Misérables: The Turning of Jean Valjean
wrote 3 months ago: A couple of days ago, I quoted that iconic scene in Les Misérables, in which Jean Valjean comes face … more →
Les Misérables: Jean Valjean Meets His Grace
wrote 3 months ago: With the success of the movie version of the musical Les Misérables, it might be a good time to re-r … more →
« L'adolescence...
wrote 3 months ago: « L’adolescence ne laisse un bon souvenir qu’aux adultes ayant mauvaise mémoire. » “Only … more →
Remember, it's not the critic who counts.........
wrote 4 months ago: “It is not the critic who counts: not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or wh … more →
The Person of Christ: The Coalescence of Contrarieties
wrote 8 months ago: Jonathan Edwards taught: In Jesus Christ…meet infinite highness and infinite condescension; in … more →
Characteristics of the Kingdom of God
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wrote 8 months ago: George E. Ladd on characteristics of the kingdom of God in the Gospels: The Kingdom can draw near to … more →
Ralph Waldo Emerson
wrote 10 months ago: Ralph Waldo Emerson For every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness. … more →
