March 2011
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“Running into a pole is a drag, but never being allowed to run into a pole is a...”
– Daniel Kish, quoted in Men’s Journal » The Blind Man Who Taught Himself To See
Quite a story.
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“And this is why I think the New Atheists are a disaster, a danger to the...”
– Professor Ruse’s recent (New Atheism=The Tea Party: Reflections on Professors Ruse and Barash)
Tangentially, is the Tea Party really all that bad? It seems to be the brunt of an awful lot of knownothing-esque projection.
““Where arguments are concerned—that is, matters that are pursued by means of...”
– Of Human Umbrage, a review by Isaac Chotiner, here quoting Stefan Collini
Refreshing.
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“An emerging body of research is suggesting that spending time alone, if done...”
– psychologically speaking: The Power of Lonely by Leon Neyfakh (Boston Globe)
At least they mention the spiritual discipline of solitude. Nice to see the research catching up.
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“I honestly think in order to be a writer, you have to learn to be reverent. If...”
– Anne Lamott, from Bird by Bird (via recycledsoul)
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“Secularism is a religion because it has a faith, it has its own eschatology and...”
– Fr. Alexander Schmemann (via Alan)
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“Since limits make us what we are, the idea of absolute freedom is bound to be...”
– Terry Eagleton, Holy Terror, quoted in Paradoxes of Modern Liberty via @benjeckman
““Since I got back, it’s like I can’t even find myself to...”
– A Civil Campaign by Lois McMaster Bujold - Baen Books
“All arguments between the traditional scientific view of man as organism, a...”
– Walker Percy, Lost in the Cosmos (via theoldguard) I think the “levels of discourse” concept is worth exploring. 