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Seven Pillars of Wisdom – 1: The Discovery of Feisal
Previously: Introduction Left to right: Rustum Haidar, Nuri as-Said, Prince Faisal (front), Captain Pisani (rear), T. E. Lawrence,Faisal’s slave (name unknown), Captain Hassan Khadri I had believed these misfortunes of the Revolt to be due mainly to faulty leadership, or rather to the lack of leadership, Arab and English. So I went down to Arabia Continue reading
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Seven Pillars of Wisdom – The Foundations of Arab Revolt
map by T. E. Lawrence What draws you into Lawrence’s narrative from the start is its setting. As Westerners, we often view history in a binary perspective. There is the past – epitomized frequently in our culture by the World Wars, and the still living generations who remember them – and there is the present, Continue reading
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Fear and Trembling – Abraham revisited
For he who loved himself became great in himself, and he who loved others became great through his devotion, but he who loved God became greater than all. I gave this books 5 stars on Goodreads, but I almost gave it none. By that, I mean it is an almost impossible book to rate in Continue reading
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Viktor Frankl and the Will to Meaning
On the bus this afternoon, I finished reading Viktor Frankl‘s nonfiction classic, Man’s Search for Meaning. It is a short, two-part memoir, detailing first his experiences as a Nazi concentration camp survivor, and second, his own system of psychotherapy, logotherapy. This latter is based on his belief that the driving force in human life is Continue reading
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