We often say ancient people were naive and prone to believe almost anything. That’s why they believed in miracles that had never happened. But is it really so? Writings from the first century of our era give quite a different picture. Let’s look into the writings that belong to the library known as New Testament […]
Imaginary evil is romantic and varied; real evil is gloomy, monotonous, barren, boring. Imaginary good is boring; real good is always new, marvelous, intoxicating. — Simone Weil
Lord Jesus. Meek and humble of heart, Hear me. From the desire of being esteemed, Deliver me, Jesus. From the desire of being loved, Deliver me, Jesus. From the desire of being extolled, Deliver me, Jesus. From the desire of being honored, Deliver me, Jesus. From the desire of being praised, Deliver me, Jesus. From […]
Mozart: Four Operatic Arias Canteloube: Songs from the Auvergne Mazart: Symphony No. 35, K385 “Haffner”
A pro-life activist has been accused of putting women and children against each other. He disagreed, arguing that it was actually the pro-choice attitude which was doing that … Human history is full of such sad “misunderstandings”. In the middle ages the rich and the poor were supposed to be held together by the bond […]
It is calmly and persistently supposed that the great writers of the past, say Shakespeare for instance, did not hold this [new idea], because they had never imagined it; because it had never come into their heads. Turn up the last act of Shakespeare’s Richard III and you will find not only all that Nietzsche had […]