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« Reply #3915 on: May 15, 2014, 02:08:40 PM » |
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I requested like 50 books from the library. Lots of reading to do.
Kudos to you, I admire people who can read that much. Despite having tried, I really don't think I can handle reading more than one book at a time. Even when I try to read two at a time, it doesn't seem to work as well as if I'd just read one immediately after the other. I used to be able to read 3 or 4 books at a time, but lately am having trouble getting through a book and, say, a magazine. My attention span has grown shorter, but I still do the three books at a time thing (hard copy, Kindle, kid book with the young 'un). |
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« Reply #3916 on: May 15, 2014, 02:21:36 PM » |
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I requested like 50 books from the library. Lots of reading to do.
Kudos to you, I admire people who can read that much. Despite having tried, I really don't think I can handle reading more than one book at a time. Even when I try to read two at a time, it doesn't seem to work as well as if I'd just read one immediately after the other. I used to be able to read 3 or 4 books at a time, but lately am having trouble getting through a book and, say, a magazine. My attention span has grown shorter, but I still do the three books at a time thing (hard copy, Kindle, kid book with the young 'un). I'm a location reader with one book in my study, another in the living room, one at the bedstand, and one at my office (for lunch breaks). Lately, I just don't make it into my study and once I get to bed, I crash. |
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« Reply #3917 on: May 15, 2014, 02:34:53 PM » |
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I used to be able to read 3 or 4 books at a time, but lately am having trouble getting through a book and, say, a magazine.
Finishing books? Ain't no one got time for that! |
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« Reply #3918 on: May 15, 2014, 02:37:19 PM » |
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I used to be able to read 3 or 4 books at a time, but lately am having trouble getting through a book and, say, a magazine.
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« Reply #3919 on: May 18, 2014, 06:52:02 PM » |
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The Iliad of Homer / translated by Richmond Lattimore ; introduction and notes by Richard Martin.
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« Reply #3920 on: May 18, 2014, 08:56:48 PM » |
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The Iliad of Homer / translated by Richmond Lattimore ; introduction and notes by Richard Martin.
A classic translation. If you're willing, you may also want o compare it to the more recent translations of Fagle and Lombardo. All are excellent. |
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« Reply #3921 on: May 18, 2014, 09:28:56 PM » |
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^ About ten years ago I read Fagle. I am only in book Two, but so far I like Lattimore much more than Fagle.
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« Reply #3922 on: May 18, 2014, 10:27:19 PM » |
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I am reading "Peter the Great" by Robert K. Massie and "On Prayer" by St. John of Kronstadt.
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« Reply #3923 on: May 18, 2014, 11:07:18 PM » |
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Living Prayer by Metropolitan Anthony Bloom
The Life of the Sudanese Mahdi by Haim Shaked
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« Reply #3924 on: May 18, 2014, 11:47:45 PM » |
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« Reply #3925 on: May 19, 2014, 12:19:54 AM » |
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I am reading "Peter the Great" by Robert K. Massie and "On Prayer" by St. John of Kronstadt.
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« Reply #3926 on: May 22, 2014, 04:03:36 PM » |
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The Acts and Decrees of the Synod of Jerusalem (1672) under Pat. Dositheus
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« Reply #3927 on: May 22, 2014, 04:50:21 PM » |
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Do not be cast down over the struggle - the Lord loves a brave warrior. The Lord loves the soul that is valiant.
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« Reply #3928 on: May 22, 2014, 05:18:06 PM » |
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You are right. I apologize for having sacked Constantinople. I really need to stop doing that.
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« Reply #3929 on: May 22, 2014, 07:33:14 PM » |
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1 Samuel (or 1 Kings).
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Where even the last two or three are gathered in His name, He is there in their midst.
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« Reply #3930 on: May 22, 2014, 07:38:26 PM » |
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The Paradise of the Holy(Desert) Fathers.
Daniel.
The Iliad
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« Reply #3931 on: May 25, 2014, 11:40:48 PM » |
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Darkness at Noon, by Koestler
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« Reply #3932 on: May 26, 2014, 05:23:09 PM » |
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"My idea of an agreeable person is a person who agrees with me"
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« Reply #3933 on: May 26, 2014, 05:55:33 PM » |
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'Dead Like You,' Peter James.
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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 #3934 on: May 27, 2014, 02:44:05 PM » |
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The Duty of Delight: The Diaries of Dorothy Day
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« Reply #3935 on: June 01, 2014, 01:28:16 PM » |
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The Duty of Delight: The Diaries of Dorothy Day
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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."
Selam, +GMK+
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« Reply #3937 on: June 04, 2014, 01:58:14 AM » |
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The Early Church, by Henry Chadwick
Orthodoxy and the Religion of the Future, by Father Seraphim Rose
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āWhen I have a little money I buy books; and if any is left, I buy food and clothes.ā - Erasmus
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« Reply #3938 on: June 04, 2014, 03:05:52 AM » |
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'When you live your path all the time, you end up with both more path and more time.'~Venecia Rauls
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« Reply #3939 on: June 04, 2014, 05:06:56 PM » |
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The Gospel of St. Matthew
The Life of Pope St. Kyrillos (Cyril) VI- by Hanna Youssef Atta (his brother in the flesh)
The Life of Anthony- by St. Athanasius the Great
The Green Book- by Colonel Muammar Al-Gaddafi
Ancient Egyptian Civilization- by Brenda Stalcup
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"These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world." -Jesus Christ
Lord, protect Egypt, Syria, Lebanon & Iraq.
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« Reply #3940 on: June 04, 2014, 10:10:33 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."
Selam, +GMK+
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« Reply #3941 on: June 05, 2014, 01:31:27 PM » |
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About halfway through Speaker for the Dead.
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« Reply #3942 on: June 05, 2014, 02:18:59 PM » |
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Tons of tech books, as I try to get back into that industry after a decade away, but also:
The Restoration of the Self and some other books by Heinz Kohut
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In love did God create the world; in love does he guide it ...; in love is he going wondrously to transform it. --Abba Isaac
Love ... is an abyss of illumination, a mountain of fire ... . It is the condition of angels, the progress of eternity. --Climacus
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« Reply #3943 on: June 05, 2014, 02:27:31 PM » |
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The Iliad of Homer / translated by Richmond Lattimore ; introduction and notes by Richard Martin.
A classic translation. If you're willing, you may also want o compare it to the more recent translations of Fagle and Lombardo. All are excellent. Or E.V. Rieu! Also the Odyssey by George Herbert Palmer is just the best (but hard to find). I dislike audio books as a rule, but if you can find Norman Dietz's narration of this, you're in heaven.. |
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In love did God create the world; in love does he guide it ...; in love is he going wondrously to transform it. --Abba Isaac
Love ... is an abyss of illumination, a mountain of fire ... . It is the condition of angels, the progress of eternity. --Climacus
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« Reply #3944 on: June 08, 2014, 08:18:08 AM » |
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Martin van Gelderen - The Political Thought of the Dutch Revolt 1555-1590
An excellent book. Anyone who's interested in absolute monarchy, the development of constitutions, federalism, the right of revolution, the Reformation or the antecedents for the American Revolution should pick up this book.
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« Reply #3945 on: June 08, 2014, 01:33:19 PM » |
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Anyone who's interested in absolute monarchy, the development of constitutions, federalism, the right of revolution, the Reformation or the antecedents for the American Revolution should pick up this book.
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"...you could not bear, Master, in the compassion of your mercy to watch the human race being tyrannised by the devil, but you came and saved us. We acknowledge your grace, we proclaim your mercy, we do not conceal your benevolence..."
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« Reply #3946 on: June 08, 2014, 01:54:55 PM » |
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Martin van Gelderen - The Political Thought of the Dutch Revolt 1555-1590
An excellent book. Anyone who's interested in absolute monarchy, the development of constitutions, federalism, the right of revolution, the Reformation or the antecedents for the American Revolution should pick up this book.
This made me think of my time teaching at Rutgers. The Linguistics department building lies right next to a statue of William the Silent: "Founder of the United States of the Netherlands". Rutgers was originally a seminary of the Dutch Reformed Church. |
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« Reply #3947 on: June 12, 2014, 04:22:23 PM » |
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The Place of Blessed Augustine in the Orthodox Church, by Fr. Seraphim Rose. First time I've read this one in probably 8-9 years. (To the good fellow who asked me about my thoughts on Fr. Seraphim, I haven't forgotten your question, I'm just really slow at answering people.  But I'm going to try to reread some books by him before I respond... that's the plan anyway). Also just got this through interlibrary loan: 
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« Reply #3948 on: June 12, 2014, 06:48:15 PM » |
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Defeating Sin by Fr. Joseph David Huneycutt (half-way through) alternating with Holy Women of Russia by Brenda Meehan (which I recently started).
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« Reply #3949 on: June 13, 2014, 05:38:04 PM » |
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I will be reading the case against Theodore and Diodore, which was a real bargain at 45 pounds (when compared to its actual price of 150 pounds)
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« Reply #3951 on: June 14, 2014, 02:29:33 AM » |
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I had a paperback with some of Seneca's letters. Also still have a hardback with his longer moral epistles. Great stuff. I love Seneca. Much better than the crap today we are told to read to help with depression and so forth. They make it worse. Seneca gives you wisdom and fortitude. |
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"To love someone means to see him as God intended him."
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« Reply #3952 on: June 14, 2014, 02:31:20 AM » |
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I have to admit I am like Erasmus in a way. I would like there to be a St. Plato, a St. Socrates, St. Seneca, etc. if possible. I place my classical literature on nearly the same level as Christian literature sometimes I fear. I should ask my friend who can do icons I think to make me an icon of Socrates.  |
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"To love someone means to see him as God intended him."
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« Reply #3953 on: June 14, 2014, 12:15:56 PM » |
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Seneca is incredibly boring and not very original. Much better than the crap today we are told to read to help with depression and so forth.
I'll give you that. However, pretty much anything is better than those self-help books. I should ask my friend who can do icons I think to make me an icon of Socrates. Socrates is the one on the right.  |
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"My idea of an agreeable person is a person who agrees with me"
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« Reply #3954 on: June 14, 2014, 06:41:39 PM » |
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What is This Thing Called Science?, by A.F. Chalmers
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« Reply #3955 on: June 14, 2014, 07:16:08 PM » |
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I would like there to be a St. Plato, a St. Socrates, St. Seneca, etc. if possible. I place my classical literature on nearly the same level as Christian literature sometimes I fear. I should ask my friend who can do icons I think to make me an icon of Socrates. Saint Plato.  Saint Socrates  I couldn't find a saint Seneca, but if it helps, some medieval christians regarded his suicide bath as a disguised baptism. |
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Do not be cast down over the struggle - the Lord loves a brave warrior. The Lord loves the soul that is valiant.
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« Reply #3956 on: June 14, 2014, 07:27:45 PM » |
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A few things, sporadically. The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco, Bhagavad-Gita by who knows, and Homestuck by Andrew Hussie (in case you couldn't tell).
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« Reply #3957 on: June 16, 2014, 03:50:45 PM » |
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I dust this one off on occasion. Good selections, though for an intermediate student (not suggesting you are), the lack of more copious notes can be a hindrance to building up more confidence. |
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tonight you die of a heart attack in your sleep. your at the pearly gates wanting to get in but you have not been very good nor have you been very bad, sin wise the scales are even. so to break the tie God asks you to explain this post you made, what u gona say?
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