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Newman and Socrates
The links between ancient Greek philosophy and Christianity are numerous. The most famous of the Greek precepts, Gnothi Seauton, "Know thyself," inscribed at Delphi, retains a certain mystery. Another fragment of the phrase has remained with us: "But not too much"... Know thyself... But not too much! Plato leads Socrates to reflect on the Delphic formula in Continue reading
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The virtues of boredom
In a short, acerbic book (On France, translated by Alain Paruit, L'Herne), Emil Cioran offered an answer to the French malaise. He explained how much he valued boredom, but he distinguished between two kinds: that which opens "its doors to infinity," "as a spiritual extension of an immanent void of being," and that which... Continue reading