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luther: indulgence of the spiritual investment
Martin Luther and Leo X were certainly a study of contrasts. And to think that the reformation was catalyzed by a grubby dispute over taxes to build St. Peters and a rather dubious scheme on the part of Church and … Continue reading
fiddler on a hot church roof
Martin Luther is still creating controversy. Recently, about 800 statuettes of the 16th-century Protestant reformer popped up in the eastern German town of Wittenberg, where Luther first preached against practices of the Roman Catholic church almost five hundred years ago. … Continue reading
Posted in Art History/Antiquity/Anthropology, Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion
Tagged Johann Gottfried Schadow, Lucas Cranach the Elder, Martin Luther, mary fulbrook, Ottmar Hoerl, Pope Alexander VI, pope innocent VIII, pope Julius II, Pope Leo X, Raphael, thirty years war, William James
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the horse has already vaulted
The unfettered experience. Its the zipper, stupid. But, does promiscuity necessarily involve forms of immorality? Is there a value in promiscuity if it is located in the pursuit of ideals? .Promiscuity in a Western context seems to have a negative … Continue reading
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Tagged anthony weiner, charles colson, D.H. Lawrence, David Frum, elsworth baker, Hilary Clinton, Jefferson Airplane, Jonathan Kay, Kenneth Rexroth, larry flynt, larry flynt one nation under sex, Marie Antoinette, Martin Buber, michael bayles, michael walzer, paul langford, Philip Roth, political pornography, Sir Robert Walpole, Wilhelm Reich, William James
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stardust contemplating stardust
Stardust memories. Inner space and the science of illumination.Guest blog from Tai Carmen at Parallax. Parallax: Exploring the Architecture of Human Perception Tai Carmen: The most powerful weapon on earth is the human soul on fire.” Ferdinand Foch From the … Continue reading
what is and what it seems may be: manufacturing contentment?
Was he really the connoisseur who by accident sleepwalked into history? William James, the nineteenth-century psychologist wrote that “the greatest discovery of my generation is that a human being can alter his life by altering his attitudes of mind.” In … Continue reading
Posted in Cinema/Visual/Audio, Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Marketing/Advertising/Media, Miscellaneous
Tagged Andrew Roberts, Christopher Hitchens, Colin Firth, David Druck, Dreyfus Affair, Edward Bernays, Fruity Metcalfe, Howard Zinn, John Grigg, Kate Middleton, Nathan Straus, Neville Chamberlain, Noam Chomsky, Philip Ziegler, Prince William, Robert Capa, The King's Speech, Timothy Spall, Wallis Simpson, William James, William Manchester, Winston Churchill
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THE DARK SIDE OF THE NOON: Nanny State Lullabies
Or are the Golden Days at hand? A gilded age where civilization can be disposed of? Darkness at Noon by Arthur Koestler. Is the eclipse coming to a country near you? Does what goes around eventually come around? …… As … Continue reading
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Tagged Anne Applebaum, Anne C. Heller, Arthur Koestler, Ayn Rand, Bill Clinton, Charllie Fidelman, Christopher Caldwell, Cristian Mungiu, Daphne Hardy, David Cesarini, George Orwell, Jean Paul Sartre, Ken Starr, Kenneth Starr, Liam Lacey, Michael Scammell, Michael Schaub, Monica Lewinsky, Nat Hentoff, Richard Crossman, Sidney Blumenthal, Solzhenitysn, Timothy Leary, Tom Blackwell, Vanessa Farquharson, Whittaker Chambers, William James, William Skidelsky
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KILLING TIME WITH THE BLIND WATCHMAN
Son you better be ready for love On this glory day This is your chance to believe What I’ve got to say Keep your eyes on the sky Put a dollar in the kitty Don’t the moon look pretty Tonight … Continue reading
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Tagged Albert Einstein, Arthur Eddingtons, Charles Darwin, Charles Shepherd, Darwin, Donald Fagen, Einstein, Focaults's Pendulum, Foucault, Foucault's Pendulum, George Airy, Harold Lloyd, Jacques Derrida, Kirchmann Luxon Theory, Michael Becker, Richard Dawkins, Richard Feynman, Roscicrucians, Steely Dan, Umberto Eco, William James, William Paley
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DUNGEONS AND DRAGONS
Although Dickens based William Dorrit as well as Mr. Micawber, on some of the superficial mannerisms and idiosyncrasies of his father, the fundamental humiliation of Dorrit, his shame and fears , helplessness and concealments, are in all likelihood Dicken’s own. … Continue reading
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Tagged Alexander Welsh, Chales Dickens Mr. Micawber, Charles Dickens, Charles Dickens Childhood, Charles Dickens William Dorrit, Dickens Great Expectations, Dickens Marshalea Prison, Dickens Newgate Prison, Edmund Wilson, Edmund Wilson Dickens, George Cruikshank, John Dickens, Shakespeare, Shakespeare King Lear, William Heath, William James, William Powell Frith
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