Saturday, September 13, 2014

For Hegel, it's clearly quid est, not just an est

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"In the Christian religion God has revealed Himself, that is, He has given us to understand what He is [(was er ist)]; so that He is no...

Et si omnes ego non | Etiam si omnes ego non | Etiamsi omnes ego non

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Even if all [others], not I. et si omnes scandalizati fuerint sed non ego (Mk 14:29). et si omnes scandalizati fuerint in te ego numquam ...

"'in the life of every man, late or soon, there is a moment when he knows beyond whatever else he might understand, and whether he can articulate the knowledge or not, the terrifying fact that he is alone, and separate, and that he can be no other than the poor thing that is himself.'"

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     Octavius Caesar to Nicolaus of Damascus, 10 August A.D. 14, as imagined by John Williams; Augustus,  Book III ((New York:  New York Re...
Friday, September 12, 2014

"somehow the remembrance of the dead is easier when the numbers are not round, when the final digit is not a zero."

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     "Cultures of memory are organized by round numbers, intervals of ten; but somehow the remembrance of the dead is easier when the ...
Friday, September 5, 2014

"God presses only those who press him. His withdrawls are invitations, not evasions."

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"Dieu est pressant seulement pour ceux qui le pressent.  Ses obscurités sont des invitations et non des dérobades." "God ...
Thursday, September 4, 2014

"Courage, then, and patience! Courage for the great sorrows of life, and patience for the small ones. And then when you have laboriously accomplished your daily task, go to sleep in peace. God is awake."

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      Victor Hugo to Savinien Lapointe, March 1841.   The letters of Victor Hugo, ed. Paul Meurice, vol. 2, From exile, and after the fall ...
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Wednesday, September 3, 2014

"Those who do not love the truth take as a pretext that it is disputed, and that a multitude deny it."

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     “Ceux qui n’aiment pas la vérité prennent le prétexte de la contestation en la multitude de ceux qui la nient; . . .”       Blaise ...