tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post590448664601822194..comments2024-03-29T06:03:45.545-07:00Comments on One Cʘsmos: Merely AbsoluteGagdad Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comBlogger44125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-47760544222519560802014-12-01T09:30:40.717-08:002014-12-01T09:30:40.717-08:00Beautiful. I really should read more CS Lewis.Beautiful. I really should read more CS Lewis.juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-87725260496938880222014-12-01T09:24:02.200-08:002014-12-01T09:24:02.200-08:00For some reason I am provoked to think about this:...For some reason I am provoked to think about this:<br /><br />“It was obvious to Aristotle that most things which move do so because some other moving object impels them. A hand, itself in motion, moves a sword; a wind, itself in motion, moves a ship. But it was also fundamental to his thought that no infinite series can be actual. We cannot therefore go on explaining one movement by another ad infinitum. There must in the last resort be something which, motionless itself, initiates the motion of all other things. Such a Prime Mover he finds in the wholly transcendent and immaterial God who ‘occupies no place and is not affected by time’. But we must not imagine Him moving things by any positive action, for that would be to attribute some kind of motion to Himself and we should then not have reached an utterly unmoving Mover. How then does He move things? Aristotle answers, ‘He moves as beloved’. He moves other things, that is, as an object of desire moves those who desire it. The Primum Mobile (the outermost or innermost - depending on your point of view - sphere of Heaven) is moved by its love for God, and being moved, communicates motion to the rest of the universe.”<br />C.S. Lewis, Discarded Image<br />Rogelio Buenohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12290262102213332850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-81805062283758756912014-11-30T21:21:29.487-08:002014-11-30T21:21:29.487-08:00Happy Advent, Raccoons! Here's some very trad...Happy Advent, Raccoons! Here's some <a href="http://www.mixcloud.com/cloisters/the-bridegroom-of-snow-ancient-carols-and-folk-song-for-an-albion-winter/" rel="nofollow"> very traditional and lovely, yet largely-unheard, music for the season</a>.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-13920472451129341132014-11-30T17:38:05.947-08:002014-11-30T17:38:05.947-08:00Bob: Got a music recommendation for you. I recentl...Bob: Got a music recommendation for you. I recently heard Robert Plant give an interview, and was asked what would be his one album to take to deserted island. He mentioned the <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Great-Destroyer-Low/dp/B000777J9G/ref=tmm_acd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&sr=1-1&qid=1417397521" rel="nofollow">Great Destroyer by Low</a>. Having never heard of it, I decided to make an impulse purchase, and I've been listening all weekend. They have this uncanny ability to write melodic songs that build with intensity. Great record!tedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07354048695798015131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-50641009055106077822014-11-30T17:16:25.965-08:002014-11-30T17:16:25.965-08:00Yes, his books are like pure reason unleavened by ...Yes, his books are like pure reason unleavened by any poetry whatsoever. He does have an occasional sly & dry sense of humor, however. Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-22610275162445629882014-11-30T16:58:56.265-08:002014-11-30T16:58:56.265-08:00I like what Sowell writes, but I am not sure I enj...I like what Sowell writes, but I am not sure I enjoy how he writes. I've read a couple of his books, but they took me the longest time to get through. There's something where some writers put unnecessary strains on you.tedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07354048695798015131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-60132814589038313262014-11-30T16:37:47.463-08:002014-11-30T16:37:47.463-08:00He may be wrong, but it sure resolves a lot of con...<i>He may be wrong, but it sure resolves a lot of conundrums.</i><br /><br />Or perhaps verbalizes better than most our own inklings of seeming contradictions. I think that's why, when we read such ideas, we tend to embrace them heartily because we know... we know. <br /><br />And if we really know ourselves, we fall back to the concrete in order to test the knowing we think we know. The only absolute is the Truth at the back of the omniscience, omnipotence, omnipathos. Why shouldn't the absolute Truth embody the absolute beauty of of the quest to become one with It?Joan of Argghh!https://www.blogger.com/profile/14729682908266300507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-88313222662451449472014-11-30T15:08:52.104-08:002014-11-30T15:08:52.104-08:00"Or you could go with Obama's more elevat..."Or you could go with Obama's more elevated selections."<br /><br />HA! I just saved 100%!Rickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13720790978632771716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-49892607945583012942014-11-30T11:05:37.548-08:002014-11-30T11:05:37.548-08:00Yes, on both counts. I suppose the world could han...Yes, on both counts. I suppose the world could handle intelligentsia, if they would just keep to their ivory towers and let the rest of us get on with the business of living. <br /><br />Russia becomes more baffling the more I learn about it. For instance, apparently if you smile at a strange Russian they'll assume <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/3788509.stm" rel="nofollow">you're plotting against them or something</a>.juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-9842322631808584832014-11-30T10:25:10.345-08:002014-11-30T10:25:10.345-08:00This new bio of Stalin is compelling, but at over ...This new bio of Stalin is compelling, but at over 700 pages, and only taking the story to 1928, requires a degree of commitment. Two things so far: 1) Russia is a totally alien place, and 2) life would be so great if it weren't for the f-ing intelligentsia. Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-89603068128278587492014-11-30T10:06:15.271-08:002014-11-30T10:06:15.271-08:00Interesting. I'm guessing most of those are fo...Interesting. I'm guessing most of those are for the kids. Or maybe the Mrs. At least there's nothing involving Shades of Grey or sparkling vampires.<br /><br />Re. the Conrad, maybe it's just about decoration; it's a classic, and he can pretend he's smart for reading it. Plus it's about Africa. Anyway, it's not like he has time to lift the covers, what with all those rounds of golf and the tiring process of making imperial edicts.juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-69137500414598429102014-11-30T08:43:26.933-08:002014-11-30T08:43:26.933-08:00The Conrad must be for oppo research...The Conrad must be for oppo research...Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-85629830269013374212014-11-30T08:40:01.976-08:002014-11-30T08:40:01.976-08:00Or you could go with Obama's more elevated sel...Or you could go with Obama's <a href="http://pjmedia.com/tatler/2014/11/29/obama-goes-book-shopping-confronted-with-sad-cover-of-chuck-todd-book/" rel="nofollow">more elevated selections</a>.Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-13080820823641767752014-11-30T08:20:59.208-08:002014-11-30T08:20:59.208-08:00Hmm. Not really. I used it to order Sowell's n...Hmm. Not really. I used it to order Sowell's new edition of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Basic-Economics-Thomas-Sowell/dp/0465060730/ref=tf_ssw?&linkCode=wss&tag=onecos-20" rel="nofollow">Basic Economics</a>. I read the first edition may years ago, but this is not only updated but like twice as long. This other one, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Inventing-Individual-Origins-Western-Liberalism/dp/0674417534/ref=tf_ssw?&linkCode=wss&tag=onecos-20" rel="nofollow">Inventing the Individual</a>, looks very promising -- right up Raccoon Alley -- but I haven't yet received it. <br />Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-18587391932621294622014-11-30T06:32:32.141-08:002014-11-30T06:32:32.141-08:00Thanks - you have any current recommendations?Thanks - you have any current recommendations?juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-54440106222003224812014-11-29T21:20:32.806-08:002014-11-29T21:20:32.806-08:00FYI -- Amazon has a sale through Sunday midnight, ...FYI -- Amazon has a sale through Sunday midnight, 30% off any book. Info should be on the page, but use promo code HOLIDAY30. Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-7085342605726993032014-11-27T15:39:03.331-08:002014-11-27T15:39:03.331-08:00I believe you may be going the way of Aquinas wher...I believe you may be going the way of Aquinas where it's all seeming "like straw."tedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07354048695798015131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-18463391228850715812014-11-27T15:33:38.587-08:002014-11-27T15:33:38.587-08:00Well, I spent the day unpacking the books and orga...Well, I spent the day unpacking the books and organizing the library. What is remarkable is how few of them are truly necessary. Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-86730334358618646422014-11-27T15:11:38.631-08:002014-11-27T15:11:38.631-08:00Is that you, Joe? Is that you, Joe? USS Ben USN (Ret)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07492369604790651538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-23507326505949062132014-11-27T12:21:15.358-08:002014-11-27T12:21:15.358-08:00...and you are not only an absolute twit, but are ......and you are not only an absolute twit, but are relatively the only one not to realize it. Van Harveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08470413719262297062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-45608665508307298472014-11-27T11:50:35.804-08:002014-11-27T11:50:35.804-08:00Changing, growing, developing, absolute personal G...Changing, growing, developing, absolute personal God. You are Mormons, and didn't even realize it!Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08797912120688482383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-58760120415191752832014-11-27T10:42:40.391-08:002014-11-27T10:42:40.391-08:00Gagdad said "In short, there is an Absolute R...Gagdad said "In short, there is an Absolute Relative and his name is God, the "always perfectly relating.""<br /><br />Yep. Any other relational database, Object Oriented Programming, Aristotlians out there feel near to bursting? The information is Both absolute And relative, and would be gibberish otherwise. <br /><br />As I suppose the object is both particle And wave, and could not Be otherwise. <br /><br />And the Truth is that if you accept the wrong key to relate your information upon, you compromise it all.<br /><br />Programming with physics & awareness - the ultimate in Virtue All Reality. <br /><br /><br />Van Harveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08470413719262297062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-66448798347461737582014-11-27T10:30:05.680-08:002014-11-27T10:30:05.680-08:00Yes Julie... I think for "heady" folks l...Yes Julie... I think for "heady" folks like us, we require a more high-minded doorway. It was like that for God for me. I needed the spiritual intellects to gently guide me in.tedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07354048695798015131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-17521314309107379602014-11-27T10:24:08.441-08:002014-11-27T10:24:08.441-08:00Ted, agreed re. Prager's approach. Back when I...Ted, agreed re. Prager's approach. Back when I listened to talk radio, after listening to him, I couldn't stomach too many other shows even when I agreed with them - for the most part, I found them too abrasive and often completely obnoxious. It was the courteous approach, plus his genuine faith, which helped turn me around, too.juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-79783636415927294602014-11-27T10:09:36.175-08:002014-11-27T10:09:36.175-08:00In short, there is an Absolute Relative and his na...<i>In short, there is an Absolute Relative and his name is God, the "always perfectly relating."</i><br /><br />Sounds like a Trinity to me. Partial, yes, like any path.tedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07354048695798015131noreply@blogger.com