August 2012
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“I wish Strauss’ esoteric writing would contain awful drivel like “bomb Iraq” or...”
– On Leo Strauss’ Esotericism: Xenophon’s Socrates 76
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“[…]we can hope. We do make mistakes.”
– Travis Mossotti, “Dallas World Aquarium, Private Tour”
(from a comment of mine)
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“I hearken to a dove from other Floods.”
– Giuseppe Ungaretti, “A Dove”
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“And all those sayings will I overswear;
And those swearings keep as true in...”
– Viola to Orsino, Act V of “Twelfth Night,” lines 2471-4
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“Our wealth is most conventional; we have ways of constantly reinforcing our...”
– Horses, Wealth & Virtue: Xenophon, Oeconomicus 11.3-6
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Alice Shapiro, “Denial” →
When one has done most everything that a childish mind desires -
white-haired and haberdashed the thread about to unravel the chink in the champagne glass about to lengthen subordinates’ sneers increasing, attrition in its infancy is quietly noticed
and pushed down like so much salt stuck at ocean’s bottom.
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Neil Gaiman - Guest of Honor - Chicago Comicon... →
A bunch of short comics about Neil Gaiman - http://neil-gaiman.tumblr.com/ - all of which are hilarious and fun.
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“Trying to explain Darth Vader to 3 yr old..pretty hard. She says he should come...”
– Alyson Hannigan, via Twitter
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“Forgetting someone is like
forgetting to turn off the light in the back yard...”
– Yehuda Amichai, “Forgetting Someone”
“Not I - not anyone else, can travel that road for you,
You must travel it for...”
– Walt Whitman (via maybeiamgoinghome)
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“Above the boat,
bellies
of wild geese.”
– Kikaku, “Above the boat”
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“I don’t know what rationality is. I suspect it involves some sort of grip on the...”
– An Attempt at a Rethink FAQ, 8/16/12
“Darkness is the true mirror of light.”
– Jana Mihalkovicova-Lepejova, “Spring Song”
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“Only the written can reach where
I’ve arrived
Only the written and the
Doves”
– Poet: Five Poems: Laments for the Beloved
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Emily Dickinson, “Best Witchcraft is Geometry”... →
Best Witchcraft is Geometry To the magician’s mind — His ordinary acts are feats To thinking of mankind.
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Can’t Pay Your Speeding Ticket? Go To Jail →
Lindsay Beyerstein, like Jay Cost, isn’t someone I always agree with. But she raises important topics and should be read regularly.
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“Snake fighting is one of the great traditions of higher education. It may seem...”
– McSweeney’s Internet Tendency: FAQ: The “Snake Fight” Portion Of Your Thesis Defense.
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“Put another way: Because Obamacare already messes with entitlements, there is...”
– Obamacare Makes Vice President Ryan Possible | The Weekly Standard
Whether you agree with him or not, Jay Cost is a very thoughtful political scientist. I have my issues with some of his personal political views. But as an observer of electoral politics, he’s very sharp and should be getting...
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“Plato put over the entrance to his Academy the words: Ageometretos medeis...”
– Heidegger
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“I just wish I could click my fingers and be instantly skinny.”
– Atrocity Exhibition:
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“The first time I fell in love, I was here. And the air felt a lot like this,...”
– Have a seat next to me, Darling.: It’s my last night (and probably my last summer) in Kansas City
If you guys get a chance, do flood M’s inbox with greetings and salutations.
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augustcasper:
i show my affection to my friends by gently bullying them
In my case, you can strikeout “gently.”
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“something about the way you laugh
something about not being able to hear all of...”
– from honoruru: on the phone - please do check out the rest of the poem
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“Socrates in the Republic distinguishes between wisdom and learning. The latter...”
– Exclusive Interview: Ashok Karra
If you like the interview, consider visiting my lil’ ol’ blog and giving it a like on Facebook.
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thelaughingworld:
shows this summer:
best coast
built to spill
american nightmare
the summerland tour
mean jeans/the adults
the early november
the gaslight anthem
titus andronicus
braid
tim barry
murder by death (possibly)
it’s gonna be a sweet summer.
I suspect a lot of you share musical tastes with http://thelaughingworld.tumblr.com - do drop by and say hi.
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“This is actually a super-interesting idea that Plato has, about music being a...”
– the leading tone:
This is one of those things that falls under my specialty (ancient thought, specifically Plato & Xenophon) where I still have to look up things because I forget (or, worse, things differ from text to text). I think your observations are generally right and I’m only...
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