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“But surely to encounter texts from the past is a relatively nonthreatening, and yet potentially enormously rewarding, way to practice encountering difference.”
— Aug 30, 2025 06:02AM
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Anjanette
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As this book progresses I’m annoyed by how lengthy the examples are which the author uses to make a point. I can see how this storytelling-style is effective in his classes. But, as a reader, it feels like he doesn’t have many original points to make, when after three pages of a play’s backstory he basically says, “See? That’s what I mean.”
— Sep 06, 2025 05:12AM
Anjanette
is on page 102 of 192
“For mental and moral health we need both: that could be me speaking AND that is someone very different from me speaking.”
— Sep 05, 2025 04:59AM
Anjanette
is on page 81 of 192
regarding classics:
“We catch our breath at the places where the breath was always caught.” -Tom Stoppard
Four is the least impactful of the essays so far, for me. But I will remember that. ^^^
— Sep 01, 2025 05:21AM
“We catch our breath at the places where the breath was always caught.” -Tom Stoppard
Four is the least impactful of the essays so far, for me. But I will remember that. ^^^
Anjanette
is on page 58 of 192
Ch 3: NEGATIVE SELECTION is so observable in our lives, making sense of how we INFORMATIONALLY TRIAGE.
This chapter is full of parallels to Wendell Berry’s outlook!
— Aug 31, 2025 06:18AM
This chapter is full of parallels to Wendell Berry’s outlook!
