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Apologia
I write this in response to a comment on my last entry, which can be read here:
Protests soundly welcomed - I was, in fact, hoping that bringing the Great Books concept into discussion would stimulate some debate! A few words in response: On your first point, I completely agree with Mr. Adler about passive reading. I have, myself, been unable and ( Read more... ) -
Slightly Better "Great Books" Memes
This one is based on the Great Books Program of Mortimer Adler and others. Give yourself a point for every complete work on this list that you have read - i.e. if you've read 6 Shakespeare plays, 6 points; if you've read Goethe's Faust but not Dichtung und Wahrheit, one point. Also, note the names of the works from an author's oeuvre you've read.
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Here Be Things With Words
MusicStep 1: Put your music player on shuffle ( Read more... ) -
Deux Morceaux Doux
Somebody is interested in buying my bed ...
... and I have the first two thousand words of my honors thesis written, including a more or less functioning introduction that transitions into my history section! That's hopefully over ten percent! -
Bland í poka
I'm madly in love with the Slumdog Millionaire soundtrack. Why oh why can't the movie be released in Germany before I leave? I so want to see it again ( Read more... ) -
Oh, how I love moving.
Yeah, it's that time again. Once more, I get to cram everything I own into bags, boxes, and suitcases, lug it around town, mail it across oceans and continents. And this time it doesn't even have the saving grace of being semi-permanent, as I'm going to have to lather, rinse, and repeat at the end of the summer. This Wednesday, I'm taking up ( Read more... ) -
Cinq Choses
First of all, congrats to sarahblack on choosing five very interesting, interconnected topics for me to expound upon. I went kind of overboard on some of them, so you might want to read one at a time. I considered splitting this up into five entries, actually, but ultimately decided against "entry inflation" of that sort. I hope you enjoy some of the ( Read more... ) -
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"We contemplate the same stars, the Heavens are common to us all, and the same world surrounds us. What matters the path of wisdom by which each person seeks the truth? One cannot reach such a great mystery by a single path."
- Qunintus Aurelius Symmachus
