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arisbe

From White Harlem to Old Byzantium

Jul 03, 2010 19:01

Spent yesterday afternoon in a comfy chair in reading room next to the old Philosophy Library with Dvornik's history of the Photian schism and Centuries of Meditations, neither of which were on the shelves of the old PL. I am a bit more gruntled about the removal of the philosophy books to a room by the entrance and of the portraits to God knows ( Read more... )

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seraphimsigrist July 4 2010, 01:17:27 UTC

the Orthodox only recognize seven fully.
are you referring to the Palamite controversy
council which the Greeks held?

Will get back to you on that arisbe July 4 2010, 02:06:36 UTC

Tuesday or Wednesday. The trip looked like fun! Next time.

seraphimsigrist July 4 2010, 02:24:33 UTC

well we missed you. and it is a very satisfying book
shop cum coffee shop just opposite the art museum
got doc smith 3 books , a merritt's dwellers in the mirage
louis lamour high lonesome and T Merton(a religious
writer I think) mystics and zen master. where will I
put them? when will I read them? these as you know
are secondary questions.