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Ecclesiastes, Part 1: Vanity, and Wisdom

I highly recommend reading this AFTER reading the biblical book of Ecclesiastes, which touches on a great number of my feelings recently. The first chapter sets a mental foundation for our character, Solomon (maybe), who is experiencing what seems to be a crisis. All is vanity. Everything. It’s all… waste. The world doesn’t stop moving,Continue reading “Ecclesiastes, Part 1: Vanity, and Wisdom”

Thoughts On: The City of God, by Saint Augustine, Part 6

If you missed part 5, Click Me!! Hello all, and welcome back to my personal study of Saint Augustine’s “City of God”! Today, in part 6, we’ll be covering parts 12 and 13, covering two very interesting points whose direction I don’t know. So let’s dive in! Part 12: The lack of a burial doesContinue reading “Thoughts On: The City of God, by Saint Augustine, Part 6”

Meditations on Meditations, Part 1: Gratitude, Through Aurelius Eyes

One of the great Stoic Philosophers of history, Marcus Aurelius is oft touted as a “Philosopher King”, a great leader of men, and is the writer of the book “Meditations” which is the subject of today’s reading. It has been on my reading list for some time, and while I have read parts of it,Continue reading “Meditations on Meditations, Part 1: Gratitude, Through Aurelius Eyes”

Thoughts On: The City of God, by Saint Augustine, Part 3

For part 2, click here! Welcome back to my personal study of City of God, Part 3! Today we are looking at parts 3-5 of book 1, discussing the household gods of Rome, Juno, and further discussion of war customs in the 400’s A.D! Point 3: The Household Gods of Rome Augustine continues his criticismContinue reading “Thoughts On: The City of God, by Saint Augustine, Part 3”

Thoughts On: The City of God, by Saint Augustine, Part 2

In Part 1, we covered the preface to Book one of The City of God, detailing the purpose of the book, who Augustine was writing to, and what his starting thoughts were going into the writing. Today, we’re going to tackle points one and two. To read along, you can always pick up a copyContinue reading “Thoughts On: The City of God, by Saint Augustine, Part 2”