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Ilion, Ilion: June 2012

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Dum longus inter saeviat Ilion Romamque pontus, qualibet exsules in parte regnanto beati. The Hitler Question in Education. The twentieth century has proven that the liberal arts cannot prevent civilizational slide into barbarism, but can only add a unique horror to man's native capacity for the brutal by embellishing it with the grinning death-mask of gentility. Having played Schubert beneath the gas chambers, why do we continue to educate? The great, possibly counterfactual enterprise of education rests.

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Ilion, Ilion: Anton's crush.

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Dum longus inter saeviat Ilion Romamque pontus, qualibet exsules in parte regnanto beati. When I read Narziß und Goldmund. And yet, a lazy glance at his biography reveals nothing of the kind―the man took wives; I hear no google-rumors of male lovers. And yet, as they say, it moves. As it happens, I'm rereading Das Glasperlenspiel. This certainly doesn't prove anything about Hesse―although I'll leave the elaborate prophylaxis to Henning Bech and his absent homosexuality. Well, I leave this for what it is&...

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Ilion, Ilion: October 2010

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Dum longus inter saeviat Ilion Romamque pontus, qualibet exsules in parte regnanto beati. When I read Narziß und Goldmund. And yet, a lazy glance at his biography reveals nothing of the kind―the man took wives; I hear no google-rumors of male lovers. And yet, as they say, it moves. As it happens, I'm rereading Das Glasperlenspiel. This certainly doesn't prove anything about Hesse―although I'll leave the elaborate prophylaxis to Henning Bech and his absent homosexuality. Well, I leave this for what it is&...

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Ilion, Ilion: March 2012

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Dum longus inter saeviat Ilion Romamque pontus, qualibet exsules in parte regnanto beati. I am a rationalist, uncomfortable with metaphysical explanations that cut the bowels out of insoluble paradoxes through resort to incontrovertible spiritual claims. Explanations must come to an end somewhere—I'll return to this again—but in this case I have put my self into the hands of mystical thought because my reason cannot take me to the place where I am standing now. Exist, is, believe, like. As with so much o...

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Ilion, Ilion: September 2010

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Dum longus inter saeviat Ilion Romamque pontus, qualibet exsules in parte regnanto beati. From the florilegium: Conrad. I had started to put book darts. In my Glass Bead Game. When I abruptly ran out. Where were the rest? A search reveals them still tucked into my edition of Conrad's Heart of Darkness. Which reminded me of the whole peck of quotations I'd never gotten around to copying down. These are they. The men said 'My dear fellow,' and did nothing. In these straits he throws himself on the ministra...

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Ilion, Ilion: Shelo asani goy.

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Dum longus inter saeviat Ilion Romamque pontus, qualibet exsules in parte regnanto beati. I am a rationalist, uncomfortable with metaphysical explanations that cut the bowels out of insoluble paradoxes through resort to incontrovertible spiritual claims. Explanations must come to an end somewhere—I'll return to this again—but in this case I have put my self into the hands of mystical thought because my reason cannot take me to the place where I am standing now. Exist, is, believe, like. As with so much o...

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Ilion, Ilion: Parashat Vayetzei.

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Dum longus inter saeviat Ilion Romamque pontus, qualibet exsules in parte regnanto beati. Let's talk about Jacob for a minute. Last week's parshah includes a callback to Parashat Toldot:. וַיִּשַּׁק יַעֲקֹב, לְרָחֵל; וַיִּשָּׂא אֶת-קֹלוֹ, וַיֵּבְךְּ. And Jacob kissed Rachel, and lifted up his voice, and wept. ( Bereshit. Why does Jacob weep? In Toldot, after he realizes that his blessing has been stolen from him as well as his birthright, Esau begs his father Isaac:. And he lifted up his voice, and wept).

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Skip to main content. Skip to primary sidebar. Skip to secondary sidebar. Monthly Archives: December 2011. Posted by Michael Norton. In a local reading group this semester, we’ve been going through some of the key sections of. Last weekend one of the sections we looked at was 35 on. On the other hand, isn’t it the case that pointing to Twitter or Facebook or cable news (or respected newspapers, for that matter) as prime examples of forums for idle talk is also an example of idle talk? The question that a...

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Skip to main content. Skip to primary sidebar. Skip to secondary sidebar. Posted by Michael Norton. In a local reading group this semester, we’ve been going through some of the key sections of. Last weekend one of the sections we looked at was 35 on. On the other hand, isn’t it the case that pointing to Twitter or Facebook or cable news (or respected newspapers, for that matter) as prime examples of forums for idle talk is also an example of idle talk? The question that arises for me, then, is this: can ...