A.I. and the Search for the Human
Norman Fiering at Law & Liberty
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Strolling Through Spines for Solace and Sobriety
“I’ve been drunk for about a week now, and I thought it might sober me up to sit in a library.’” The man with owl-eyed spectacles, The Great Gatsby.
I sit, in a battered, leather chair. It affords me a view of all three ceiling-to-floor bookcases in my study.
The First Catholic Cleric to Go Over to Saruman (and the Left Hemisphere)?
In the early nineteenth century, the “tormented, headstrong Breton priest”[1] Hugues-Félicité Robert de Lamennais changed fundamental Christian doctrines to justify socialism. His career illustrates the damage that can be done by presenting socialism as authentic religious doctrine, especially when an individual or group has established the illusion of orthodoxy
35,000-Word Tribute to The Matter with Things
I typically read the essays I post or link to, but I haven't read this one: "Beyond the Scientific Revolution: Ian McGilchrist's The Matter with Things."
But I might be forgiven.
It clocks in at 35,000 words.
And based on the first 2,
Scrolling Blog: May 2023
May 31, 2023
The Boromir Option
It appears Patrick Deneen has rejected the Benedict Option in favor of the Boromir Option, with special disdain for Albert Jay Nock's observation that a man performs his societal role by improving himself, without taking the reigns of power, just as Socrates
The Picture Book: Foe of the Left Hemisphere?
A Medieval Christmas
Dollar-for-word, this book is a terrible deal. It's 28 pages long and, except for a short appendix, every word is merely a paste job from the 2003 Revised Standard Edition (Catholic Edition) of the Bible.
And the book costs $44!
These publishers oughtta be locked
The Neon God
Paul Kingsnorth at The Abbey of Misrule
BYCU
The Walktail and Tequila. Fare for Your Weekend Bar Talk
JFK, Serial Killers, and Cults: The Fall of Heroes
The rise of fear and absurdity in American society from the sixties to the era of COVID-19
Developing: Notes On the Unseen Battle that Goes on Around Us
Father Simon recently said that, if we could see the invisible battle that goes on around us, between the demons and the angels, we'd be terrified. It's a blessing that our normal mode of existence doesn't let us see such things. The mystics, however,