tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-891289711377156224.post7699366594179858005..comments2024-03-28T09:46:24.020+02:00Comments on A Political Refugee From The Global Village : Why have there been no great men since 1950?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-891289711377156224.post-30517636367357173482013-07-01T16:29:27.294+03:002013-07-01T16:29:27.294+03:00No. Think of Keynes, Jung, Joyce, Laurence, Church...No. Think of Keynes, Jung, Joyce, Laurence, Churchill, Evelyn Waugh, Proust, Picasso, Matisse..Political Refugee from the Global Villagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03523068770529814044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-891289711377156224.post-27843773543518760742013-06-06T12:15:44.769+03:002013-06-06T12:15:44.769+03:00Sorry, I don't speak Romanian. Who's fooli...Sorry, I don't speak Romanian. Who's fooling who ?annelynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-891289711377156224.post-51647860945464173852013-06-06T12:13:43.915+03:002013-06-06T12:13:43.915+03:00 That is irresistible. Thanks for offering it. So ... That is irresistible. Thanks for offering it. So here we are.annelynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-891289711377156224.post-35478146887602024152013-06-04T15:20:03.368+03:002013-06-04T15:20:03.368+03:00Pentru ca civilizatia vestica a apus...Si lumea s-...Pentru ca civilizatia vestica a apus...Si lumea s-a prostit, deci nu mai e cerere.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-891289711377156224.post-24634721216052883832013-06-04T10:15:23.077+03:002013-06-04T10:15:23.077+03:00Anonymous, I read the newrepublic article. He is t...Anonymous, I read the newrepublic article. He is the <br />literary editor and he is literary. These are just my<br />initial thoughts (without reflection). He is a <br />Humanists. I am not. Anyway what I hear he pretty much says with flourish that calculators and data are not<br />enough. The humanities are as important, maybe more so<br />today. So that's good. And of course he includes religion in the humanities. So far so good. But it seems<br />lacking. Reading the humanities at University will not<br />save civilization. I don't know how many great thinkers<br />writers and contributions it will produce when in this<br />age the very foundations of this kind of higher thinking<br />..thought is crumbling away through man's own efforts.<br />Man now building his new foundations upon Humanism.<br />Humanism is a poor foundation and will not last. Just my<br />initial thoughts.annelynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-891289711377156224.post-82127067222894686972013-06-04T06:45:48.136+03:002013-06-04T06:45:48.136+03:00I have thought that Picasso was a better artist be...I have thought that Picasso was a better artist before he<br />came into his own. but I am not post-Christian or post-<br />anything.annelynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-891289711377156224.post-76161064205297404032013-06-03T20:17:58.514+03:002013-06-03T20:17:58.514+03:00Ah well - I hate getting Biblical, but Isaiah 3:1-...Ah well - I hate getting Biblical, but Isaiah 3:1-5 is irresistible in this context: "For behold the sovereign the Lord of hosts shall take away from Jerusalem, and from Juda the valiant and the strong, the whole strength of bread, and the whole strength of water. The strong man, and the man of war, the judge, and the prophet, and the cunning man, and the ancient.The captain over fifty, and the honourable in countenance, and the counsellor, and the architect, and the skillful in eloquent speech. And I will give children to be their princes, and the effeminate shall rule over them. And the people shall rush one upon another, and every man against his neighbour: the child shall make it tumult against the ancient, and the base against the honourable."Charles Coulombehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12178934272480316847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-891289711377156224.post-72407203680066401452013-06-03T20:17:23.891+03:002013-06-03T20:17:23.891+03:00Ah well - I hate getting Biblical, but Isaiah 3:1-...Ah well - I hate getting Biblical, but Isaiah 3:1-5 is irresistible in this context: "For behold the sovereign the Lord of hosts shall take away from Jerusalem, and from Juda the valiant and the strong, the whole strength of bread, and the whole strength of water. The strong man, and the man of war, the judge, and the prophet, and the cunning man, and the ancient.The captain over fifty, and the honourable in countenance, and the counsellor, and the architect, and the skillful in eloquent speech. And I will give children to be their princes, and the effeminate shall rule over them. And the people shall rush one upon another, and every man against his neighbour: the child shall make it tumult against the ancient, and the base against the honourable."Charles Coulombehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12178934272480316847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-891289711377156224.post-23834472275076609112013-06-03T10:27:30.198+03:002013-06-03T10:27:30.198+03:00Anonymous 3 June 10:00, I haven't looked at yo...Anonymous 3 June 10:00, I haven't looked at your suggested<br />article yet but I will. I can only imagine what I will find. But of course there is every need for a Christian<br />perspective as it is central to the discussion as western<br />societies central to the discussion have lived in a pre-dominantly Christian world for centuries.annelynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-891289711377156224.post-88905173724375506582013-06-03T10:00:01.491+03:002013-06-03T10:00:01.491+03:00No need to take a 'Christian' perspective ...No need to take a 'Christian' perspective on this: http://www.newrepublic.com/article/113299/leon-wieseltier-commencement-speech-brandeis-university-2013Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-891289711377156224.post-29453578881212030052013-06-02T23:26:21.715+03:002013-06-02T23:26:21.715+03:00Picasso. Very Post-Christian.Picasso. Very Post-Christian.annelynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-891289711377156224.post-10363982471270388242013-06-02T23:22:41.617+03:002013-06-02T23:22:41.617+03:00Anonymous 2 JUNE 19:44, The date is "thee&quo...Anonymous 2 JUNE 19:44, The date is "thee" dates<br /> and go back a long way, but the death knell rang loudly in the aftermath of<br />WW11 and effectively brought forth the death throes of Christian Society. WW11 became the ideal question for the ideal<br />answer to the "Christian Question". Christianity was subtly <br />but effectively blamed for the "Jewish Question". The premise <br />was false but it was garnered and used effectively and efficiently as The coup de gras to degrade the power and influence of Christian Society and the result is the degradation of thought and society.<br /> annelynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-891289711377156224.post-57026799469407116822013-06-02T19:44:41.182+03:002013-06-02T19:44:41.182+03:00I think that date could be pushed back by some way...I think that date could be pushed back by some way....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-891289711377156224.post-82702860534537807032013-06-02T19:32:36.774+03:002013-06-02T19:32:36.774+03:00I told Tom Gallagher that we were living through t...I told Tom Gallagher that we were living through the French 3rd Republic in its later years and he said - No. It's Vichy.Political Refugee from the Global Villagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03523068770529814044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-891289711377156224.post-75822184541090005762013-06-02T19:21:03.230+03:002013-06-02T19:21:03.230+03:00no Dark Age yet, just the 3rd and the 4th centurie...no Dark Age yet, just the 3rd and the 4th centuries, when erudition replaced creativity and bureaucracy replaced government Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com