Entries Tagged as 'Great Books'

Saturday, January 20th, 2007

The Analects

Then the Master said, “I never enlighten anyone who has not been driven to distraction by trying to understand a difficulty or who has not got into a frenzy trying to put his ideas into words.”
Now the Master says, “I never enlighten anyone who has not tried Googling it first.”

My position on The Analects takes [...]

Wednesday, January 17th, 2007

The Bible

An initial insight upon reading selections from The Bible:

God, Word, Light is the schema of creation found in Genesis I. At the very beginning there is a transcendent God, after which comes the Word, realized in the divine proclamation “let there be light.” Following the Word is Light, which is interpreted as light or existence [...]