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Category Archives: philosophy
The Big Lie and the Truth
“I know it is the fashion to say that most of recorded history is lies anyway. I am willing to believe that history is for the most part inaccurate and biased, but what is peculiar to our own age is … Continue reading
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Philosophy as Obedience to the Divine
“Men of Athens, I honor and love you; but I shall obey God rather than you, and while I have life and strength, I shall never cease from the practice and teaching of philosophy, exhorting any one whom I meet … Continue reading
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Students of Wisdom
“Some of us are enslaved to glory, others to money. But there are also a few people who devote themselves wholly to the study of the universe, believing everything else to be trivial in comparison. These call themselves students of … Continue reading
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The Attack on Wisdom
“Do you think that this is the first time that Wisdom has been attacked and endangered by a wicked society? Did I not often of old also, before Plato’s time, have to battle in mighty struggle with arrogant stupidity? And … Continue reading
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Bernard’s Memoria
“Preserve without fail the memory of all those bitter things he endured for you, persevere in meditating on him and you in turn will be able to say: ‘My beloved is to me a little bunch of myrrh that lies … Continue reading
Posted in Bernard of Clairvaux, memory, philosophy
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Boethius on Good Fortune
“What I want to tell you is something wonderful, which makes it very difficult for me to put it into words. For I think that ill fortune is better for men than good. Fortune always cheats when she seems to … Continue reading
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