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« Reply #3645 on: December 15, 2013, 08:14:56 PM » |
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I'm kind of tired of seeing Lao-Tzu trotted out as some beacon of Chinese philosophy when Chuang Tzu is so much better and more interesting. I saw this the other day:  Everybody was like oh wow this is so true, +1 +1 |
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“There is your brother, naked, crying, and you stand there confused over the choice of an attractive floor covering.”
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« Reply #3646 on: December 22, 2013, 07:48:13 PM » |
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« Reply #3647 on: December 25, 2013, 06:48:07 PM » |
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Traditional publishers are such old fogeys.  These were under the tree today:   Much hilarity, and all that. |
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« Reply #3648 on: December 31, 2013, 04:31:58 PM » |
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Crime and Punishment, by Fyodor Dostoevsky
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« Reply #3649 on: December 31, 2013, 04:37:48 PM » |
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The Father of us All: War and History, Ancient and Modern by Victor Davis Hanson
From the Gracchi to Nero by H.H. Scullard
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I seek the truth by which no man was ever harmed--Marcus Aurelius
Those who do not read history are doomed to get their facts from Hollywood--Anonymous
What earthly joy remains untouched by grief?--St. John Damascene
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« Reply #3650 on: December 31, 2013, 07:35:42 PM » |
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'The New Spring,' by Robert Jordan.
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He will come again with glory to judge the living and the dead. His kingdom will have no end.
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« Reply #3651 on: December 31, 2013, 10:28:22 PM » |
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Encountering the Mystery by His All Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew
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« Reply #3652 on: January 01, 2014, 02:48:33 AM » |
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Marcel Lefebvre: The Biography by Bishop Bernard Tissier de Mallerais
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« Reply #3653 on: January 01, 2014, 07:19:12 AM » |
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Seriously how the heck can Harold Bloom read so many books?
Perhaps he doesn't read at all, and simply writes about books? The volume I recently read of his (editor/contributor) on Dostoevsky was pretty meh, at least as far as his own contributions went. He could have easily got the information (and misunderstandings of basic parts of the text) from a quick read of a wiki article somewhere. |
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« Reply #3654 on: January 01, 2014, 07:26:16 AM » |
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Zinne- en minnebeelden by Jacob Cats and the Phoenician Women by Euripides
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"My idea of an agreeable person is a person who agrees with me"
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« Reply #3655 on: January 01, 2014, 01:34:33 PM » |
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I love the work of Fr. John McGuckin, and this looks interesting, but it's a tiny bit more than I'd like to pay...  Anyone want to buy it for me? Shiny? Or even if you wanted to buy it for yourself and you just lent it to me for a year, that'd work as well! Buy the paperback |
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"loving one's enemies does not mean loving wickedness, ungodliness, adultery, or theft. Rather, it means loving the theif, the ungodly, and the adulterer." Clement of Alexandria 195 A.D. http://ancientchristiandefender.blogspot.com/ |
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« Reply #3656 on: January 01, 2014, 01:36:40 PM » |
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You could get a somewhat decent used car for that much. Yoiks.  |
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He will come again with glory to judge the living and the dead. His kingdom will have no end.
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« Reply #3657 on: January 02, 2014, 05:08:18 PM » |
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Dostoevsky: A Writer in His Time, by Joseph Frank
Just got it in the mail, and I am outraged. OUTRAGED! How do you publish a 984 page biography and not have a bibliography at the end? Is insult!
Anyway, now that my outrage has subsided, I am eager to read it.
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« Reply #3658 on: January 02, 2014, 05:10:43 PM » |
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Buy the paperback
Amazon only has the hardcover, but the good news is that the price has been reduced to $3999.00. Will you now bring some joy into the heart of this poor soul and get it for me? |
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« Reply #3659 on: January 02, 2014, 05:19:31 PM » |
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Arnold Schwarzenegger - Total Recall
I wonder if it's just me or why does Arnold/whoevertheauthoris use rather bad and/or simplistic language. He's not a native speaker but one would suppose he had learn the language a little better. Yes, I am reading it in English.
Anyway, the storyline is a bit annoying as he presents himself as a sort of tough guy but still quite entertaining. It's interesting to read his comparisons between US and Europe.
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« Reply #3660 on: January 02, 2014, 05:27:16 PM » |
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Buy the paperback
Amazon only has the hardcover, but the good news is that the price has been reduced to $3999.00. Will you now bring some joy into the heart of this poor soul and get it for me? Lol! Try inter-library loan or see if the Pittsburgh Theological Seminary library has it. They probably do. |
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"loving one's enemies does not mean loving wickedness, ungodliness, adultery, or theft. Rather, it means loving the theif, the ungodly, and the adulterer." Clement of Alexandria 195 A.D. http://ancientchristiandefender.blogspot.com/ |
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« Reply #3661 on: January 02, 2014, 10:44:52 PM » |
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Received in the mail today, and just about to start...
A Guide to Heidegger's Being and Time, by Magda King (edited by John Llewelyn)
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« Reply #3662 on: January 03, 2014, 12:53:36 PM » |
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I love the work of Fr. John McGuckin, and this looks interesting, but it's a tiny bit more than I'd like to pay... Anyone want to buy it for me? Shiny? Or even if you wanted to buy it for yourself and you just lent it to me for a year, that'd work as well! You can get the book from the publisher for $150: http://www.mellenpress.com/mellenpress.cfm?bookid=1969&pc=9I am interested in this book from the same publisher: Treatise on the Question Do Women Have Souls and Are They Human Beings?: Disputatio Nova Expanded and Revised Edition.http://www.mellenpress.com/mellenpress.cfm?bookid=5707&pc=9It is really a parody written in 1595, but it lead to the untimely death of its suspected author and also to a student at the University of Cologne (1639?) who decided to repeat the arguments before an audience of mothers (I guess for the fun of it) and was subsequently beaten to death with chairs. His death was declared justified. Some people here should thank God for internet forums. Source: "Are Women Human?"-The Debate of 1595 between Valens Acidalius and Simon Gediccus http://www.jstor.org/stable/2539503 |
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« Reply #3664 on: January 04, 2014, 11:36:37 PM » |
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I love the work of Fr. John McGuckin, and this looks interesting, but it's a tiny bit more than I'd like to pay... Anyone want to buy it for me? Shiny? Or even if you wanted to buy it for yourself and you just lent it to me for a year, that'd work as well! Buy the paperback If everyone on Oc.net chipped in $10, I bet we wouldn't have a problem. Then we could put it on google books for all to use. |
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I seek the truth by which no man was ever harmed--Marcus Aurelius
Those who do not read history are doomed to get their facts from Hollywood--Anonymous
What earthly joy remains untouched by grief?--St. John Damascene
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« Reply #3665 on: January 05, 2014, 03:49:50 PM » |
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"There are two great tragedies: one is to live a life ruled by the passions, and the other is to live a passionless life."
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« Reply #3666 on: January 05, 2014, 04:36:52 PM » |
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The Pyschopath's Bible
Saw Babalon pop on the other day and sometimes, just once in a while, you want to be part of the choir that is being preached to.
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« Reply #3667 on: January 05, 2014, 04:37:36 PM » |
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« Reply #3668 on: January 05, 2014, 06:26:30 PM » |
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Crime and Punishment, by Fyodor Dostoevsky
I didn't mention it in the previous post, but it's the David McDuff translation. He strikes me as having a better perception/understanding of [...insert something about the Orthodox culture/way, Russianness, Dostoevskian thought/intent, or whatever...] than others. |
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« Reply #3669 on: January 05, 2014, 07:03:31 PM » |
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I just ordered this from the monastery. A monk down there told me it was just translated into English less an a month ago! I am currently reading Monastic Wisdom and if you've read that, this should be amazing. Not to mention it comes from Elder Ephraim's point of view. http://www.stanthonysmonastery.org/ccp7/index.php?app=ecom&ns=prodshow&ref=3MYELDERJOSEPHENG"My Elder Joseph the Hesychast by Elder Ephraim This is the most complete biography of Elder Joseph the Hesychast. The book contains the very personal account of Elder Ephraim telling the life of his Elder Joseph the Hesychast, whose holiness made him one of the most influential monks on the Holy Mountain in the twentieth century. Many of these fascinating stories have never been published before, including delightful anecdotes about Elder Joseph’s brotherhood, moving accounts of his spiritual struggles, insightful spiritual counsels from his deep wisdom, and amazing miracles."  |
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Lord our God, I acknowledge all my sins which I have committed on this forum. I am heartily sorry that I have ever offended thee or anyone, and I sincerely repent; with tears I humbly pray thee, O Lord: of thy mercy forgive me all my transgressions committed on this forum and absolve me from them.
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« Reply #3670 on: January 08, 2014, 12:26:46 PM » |
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Seriously how the heck can Harold Bloom read so many books?
Perhaps he doesn't read at all, and simply writes about books? The volume I recently read of his (editor/contributor) on Dostoevsky was pretty meh, at least as far as his own contributions went. He could have easily got the information (and misunderstandings of basic parts of the text) from a quick read of a wiki article somewhere. For sure. He is an idiot. |
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« Reply #3671 on: January 08, 2014, 12:30:25 PM » |
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Because my life is becoming a country music song, I've taken up something light from a fellow spirit:
The Incoherence of the Philosophers
He cracks me up. His passing note on the stupidities of polemics against the natural sciences is as poignant today as it was whenever he wrote it.
Knocked out most of it last night.
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« Reply #3672 on: January 08, 2014, 12:40:21 PM » |
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Because my life is becoming a country music song, I've taken up something light from a fellow spirit:
The Incoherence of the Philosophers
He cracks me up. His passing note on the stupidities of polemics against the natural sciences is as poignant today as it was whenever he wrote it.
Knocked out most of it last night.
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« Reply #3673 on: January 08, 2014, 01:16:54 PM » |
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Because my life is becoming a country music song, I've taken up something light from a fellow spirit:
The Incoherence of the Philosophers
He cracks me up. His passing note on the stupidities of polemics against the natural sciences is as poignant today as it was whenever he wrote it.
Knocked out most of it last night.
Is that the one written by Al-Ghazali? Yeah, I got a parallel edition for xmas. The translation is by Marmura. A lot of the rhetorical oomph is lost in translation, but it is still a hoot. And a great reminder of what nonsense Thomism is before Thomism was along with other nonsenses. I never really looked to see if Leibnitz had much contact with Algazel, but I think his monadology lends itself well to the occassionalism lurking in the background of the Incoherence. |
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« Reply #3674 on: January 08, 2014, 02:52:36 PM » |
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Sophia: The Wisdom of God, by Fr. Sergius Bulgakov.
I'm reading it in advance of a class where we'll be reading his The Lamb of God which, while a Christological work, I imagine will bring in elements of his Sophiology and I want to be prepared.
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« Reply #3675 on: January 08, 2014, 05:42:31 PM » |
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Reformation of Church and Dogma (1300-1700) / Jaroslav Pelikan. V. 4 of the series: The Christian Tradition: a History of the Development of Doctrine.
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« Reply #3676 on: January 09, 2014, 01:30:45 AM » |
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Gospel according to St. John. That and going through works of the Church Fathers on New Advent.
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"To love someone means to see him as God intended him."
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« Reply #3677 on: January 10, 2014, 10:02:55 PM » |
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The novels of Charles Williams. I read Descent Into Hell recently and now on War in Heaven.
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« Reply #3678 on: January 10, 2014, 10:11:29 PM » |
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Nothing right now. But I got a Complete Ancient Greek course, Brenton's Septuagint and the Apostolic Fathers in the mail... So, it's a start.
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"We knew not whether we were in Heaven or on Earth… We only know that God dwells there among the people, and their service is fairer than the ceremonies of other nations." (St. Vladimir of Kiev)
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« Reply #3679 on: January 10, 2014, 10:24:28 PM » |
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Learn to Read Greek by Andrew Keller and Stephanie Russell.
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« Reply #3680 on: January 10, 2014, 10:30:27 PM » |
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'The Cold Calling' by Phil Rickman. He wrote it under the name Will Kingdom.  |
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He will come again with glory to judge the living and the dead. His kingdom will have no end.
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« Reply #3681 on: January 10, 2014, 10:52:27 PM » |
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Love Poems, by Emily Dickinson Even though it's a hardcover book, this can't be more than 5,000 words long. A nice find at the library for 25¢ though. 
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« Reply #3682 on: January 11, 2014, 03:56:23 AM » |
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Brothers Karamazov.
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« Reply #3683 on: January 11, 2014, 07:34:23 AM » |
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Then Everything ChangedAn exercise in perspective.
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« Reply #3684 on: January 11, 2014, 06:55:46 PM » |
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« Reply #3685 on: January 11, 2014, 06:57:21 PM » |
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Some of the Odyssey in Greek.
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"We knew not whether we were in Heaven or on Earth… We only know that God dwells there among the people, and their service is fairer than the ceremonies of other nations." (St. Vladimir of Kiev)
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« Reply #3687 on: January 11, 2014, 07:09:54 PM » |
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Some of the Odyssey in Greek.
That's tough to start with. After seven years of studying Greek Homer still scares me a bit. I suggest starting with Lysias and Xenophon instead. |
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« Reply #3688 on: January 12, 2014, 02:11:19 AM » |
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You could buy the entire talmud for that price.
I've currently just finished Jojo's bizarre adventure Stardust crusaders which was brilliant if not a bit ick at times. I'm also pursing my way through Paul and the faithfulness of God and Jesus and the victory of God.
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