“For instance, when bread is baked, some parts are split at the surface, and these parts which thus open, and have a certain fashion contrary to the purpose of the bakers art, are beautiful in a manner, and in a peculiar way excite a desire for eating.” – Marcus Aurelius What a quote this is.Continue reading “Meditations On Meditations: Beauty, Stoically”
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Ecclesiastes Part 3: A Time for Everything.
“A time to weep, and a time to laugh. A time to mourn, and a time to dance.”-Ecclesiastes 3:4 The turning of the tide of Ecclesiastical nihilism begins here. The recordings of the times include things both happy and sad, things that might fill a man’s heart with sorrow. A time to die.. AContinue reading “Ecclesiastes Part 3: A Time for Everything.”
Ecclesiastes Part 2: The Emptiness of Possession
“I said in my heart: “I will go forth and overflow with delights, and I will enjoy good things.” And I saw that this, too, is emptiness.”- Ecclesiastes 2:1 The Continued Hopelessness of Solomon Picking up from chapter 1, Solomon continues by going and making merry, enjoying the many good things he has gotten,Continue reading “Ecclesiastes Part 2: The Emptiness of Possession”
To Grow In Kindness
How would you improve your community? I am, quite often, an angry, venomous, spiteful person. And I confess this, not out of pride, but awareness. I am, as most in America, untrusting, unkind, confrontational, and very un-Christlike. When asked about what I can do to improve my community, I must think first on the greaterContinue reading “To Grow In Kindness”
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”
Thoughts On: The City of God, by Saint Augustine, Part 4
For part 3, Click Here! Hey everybody, and welcome back to my personal reading of the City of God, part 4! Today, we’re going to be reading points 6,7 and 8 of Book 1! If you haven’t read the previous parts, fear not! You can always go back and read them! Or, better yet, goContinue reading “Thoughts On: The City of God, by Saint Augustine, Part 4”
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”
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