philosophy
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The Four Loves – Weeks 3 & 4
Well, I missed last week, so once again playing catch up with the readalong. 🙂 Here are the last two parts – and thanks again to Cleo for hosting this! Week 3: Friendship In this chapter, Lewis talks about what he considers to be the “least natural” of the loves: Friendship. It is less “organic”… Continue reading
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The Four Loves – Weeks 1 & 2
Cleo has been hosting a read-along of The Four Loves by C. S. Lewis, and happily I’ve been keeping up with it well, in spite of some reader’s block. These are the parts I’ve read so far: Week 1: “Introduction” and “Likings and Loves for the Sub-Human” Week 2: “Affection” First off, this book is… Continue reading
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12 Rules for Life – Follow-up
Well…I promise I’m not trying to milk this for all it’s worth. But I realized that after “finishing” the review of 12 Rules for Life, I’d failed to answer my starting questions from Part 1: What is about [Jordan Peterson] or his message that generates commonality between such disparate groups? What kind of person, with… Continue reading
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12 Rules for Life – Part 3 of 3
I’ve decided to share these quotes in the order they appear in the book, plus occasional commentary. All quotes are from the 2018 hardcover edition. Key: plaintext – Worthy quotes bold – Favorite quotes italics – Quotes I disliked 12 Rules for Life: Best and Worst Quotes The dominance hierarchy is not capitalism. It’s not… 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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