philosophy
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Never Powerless: Václav Havel’s Open Letters – Part 1
A kind of bi-polar political thinking is becoming more and more common in today’s politically polarized world…everyone is expected to be unquestionably loyal to the position he belongs to or has been assigned to. Václav Havel wrote that in 1986. You know I’m not a loud person, but when I read that, I could’ve opened Continue reading
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Bookshelf Tour! History, Memoirs, and Assorted Nonfiction
These were the last books left to tour – a smallish but eclectic variety of “real world” topics that interest me. Let me know if you’ve read any of them or similar books you’d recommend! Continue reading
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Quoting Kierkegaard – Works of Love, Fear and Trembling, and More
For nonfiction books, I’ll be going over specific topics, starting with my beloved Soren Kierkegaard collection. These are just some first impressions of his writing, without any in-depth analysis or philosophical/theological context. Later down the road I’d like to give a better overview, but since I appreciate his writing so much already, I couldn’t resist Continue reading
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The Art of Loving – A Ramble on Chapters 1–2.1
This month, Cleo is hosting a readalong of The Art of Loving (1956) by Erich Fromm and On Friendship by Cicero. It’s a sequel to the Four Loves Readalong – which feels recent but was actually back in June(!!). Fromm and C. S. Lewis were contemporaries (and Lewis’s book was published just four years later), Continue reading
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Hi, I’m Marian—I talk about classics, history, and other books on this blog, as well as on YouTube.
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