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Scattered notes on Rumi
I am feeling a little loopy from travel yesterday (and the time change) so I’m simply posting some brief thoughts on Rumi rather than trying to craft a coherent post before class today. Sad, because when I first read Love is a Stranger a… Continue Reading “Scattered notes on Rumi”
One Long Struggle – Part Two
As I head out to New York City – land of Occupy Wall Street among many other historic struggles – I am reflecting on Lucretius and the Epicureans a bit further. One question that was posed in our Saturday discussion/lecture was “Are we approaching… Continue Reading “One Long Struggle – Part Two”
One long struggle in the dark.
As much as I like everything I’ve read *about* Lucretius, I have to admit that I have really been struggling with the actual text of On the Nature of Things. You see, it’s a poem from about 70 BCE which seeks to explain the… Continue Reading “One long struggle in the dark.”
What cruelty without wisdom
(The above is highlights of a marionette version of Antigone produced this year…..) Antigone is the reading which has affected me the most (in the tragic sense) thus far in our curriculum. A young woman who has lost almost everything – her father and… Continue Reading “What cruelty without wisdom”
Mencius by the sea
Over the weekend I re-read the books of Mencius for my class this week – fortunately in a little cabin by the sea on the west coast of Vancouver Island – a perfect place for quiet meditation and reflection on the words of this… Continue Reading “Mencius by the sea”
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