Humble people are happy people. The world offers her goodness to everyone, but does so on her own terms. It cannot be demanded, grasped at, captured, or enticipated. Pride thinks it is owned this goodness, and when the hardness of the world is instead recieved, it is seen as an insult to its dignity. Humility … More Pride and Happiness
I am not a prophet, nor the son of a prophet, but I know that the modern fantasy world will fall and burn. You can only sin against normality for so long. I am not saying that the answers will be ideal, or even Christian, but mankind cannot live in delusion against basic human and … More A Prophecy
Meaningful leisure is the antidote to both the modern world’s laziness as well as its bustle, but more than that, leisure leads to the highest human calling, contemplation. “Leisure is,” according to the German philosopher Josef Pieper, “the contemplative reception of reality through our highest activities.” In other words doing activities that allow the mind … More Leisure and the Highest Good
Aristotle – Metaphysics, On Interpretation, The Categories, Prior Analytics, De Anima, Poetics, and Rhetoric Cicero – The Republic, and The Laws Shakespeare – Hamlet (4th reading), and A Midsummer Night’s Dream Thomas Hardy – Jude the Obscure Seneca – Selected Dialogues and Consolations William Blake – Songs of Wisdom and Experience Montgomery – Emily Climbs … More Books Read or Listened to in 2023
Reflective Wanderer 