tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714437334790446678.post522915403645141320..comments2023-10-04T09:50:08.070-05:00Comments on Logismoi: An Orthodox Response to 'Earth Day'Aaron Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17775589009145031773noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714437334790446678.post-14770048204256447162009-04-25T00:52:00.000-05:002009-04-25T00:52:00.000-05:00Goody! I'm starting it tomorrow, out with coffee ...Goody! I'm starting it tomorrow, out with coffee somewhere green and quiet.Kevin P. Edgecombhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16590490181739464401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714437334790446678.post-45848881182543785402009-04-24T18:54:00.000-05:002009-04-24T18:54:00.000-05:00A delightful book, Kevin. I was particularly excit...A delightful book, Kevin. I was particularly excited to see the last chapter, on modern philosophy!Aaron Taylorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17775589009145031773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714437334790446678.post-87493503416651048312009-04-24T14:08:00.000-05:002009-04-24T14:08:00.000-05:00That would not at all be surprising, Owen, as the ...That would not at all be surprising, Owen, as the Stoics discovered and first described, among other things, <I>apatheia</I>, this Greek word being used first in their writings. A book I'm about to start (I'm on a Cavarnos kick) is <I>Orthodoxy and Philosophy: Lectures Delivered at St Tikhon's Orthodox Theological Seminary</I>, covering the relation of ancient and modern philosophy to Orthodoxy. It's arranged chronologically, in small chapters dealing with various Church Fathers, describing the deep philosophical background that would have been apparent to any even middlingly educated ancient, but which is obscured in our time through our lack of familiarity with the terminology, concepts, and personalities involved.Kevin P. Edgecombhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16590490181739464401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714437334790446678.post-91678644805654299822009-04-23T14:54:00.000-05:002009-04-23T14:54:00.000-05:00I have a priest friend who likes to suggest that t...I have a priest friend who likes to suggest that the mind of the Church reflects more a Christianized stoicism than it does a Christianized neo-Platonism or Platonism.Ochlophobist https://www.blogger.com/profile/13751003558600087713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714437334790446678.post-14801706305985970782009-04-23T13:59:00.000-05:002009-04-23T13:59:00.000-05:00Very nice.
It brings to mind all the things which...Very nice.<br /><br />It brings to mind all the things which the world finds to represent progress, which are rather, each and every one, turning points away from what is proper, what is intended by God. Progress is regress. The machinery that has made life so frantic and dirty, the chemicals that need to be used to clean up other chemicals, the pollution of land, sea, and air, the degradation of philosophy into solipsism, the inhuman politics, the rudderless education——all of these things, touted by irrational, thoughtless, naive devotees, have made of a garden a living hell.Kevin P. Edgecombhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16590490181739464401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714437334790446678.post-79119554090357500042009-04-23T10:52:00.000-05:002009-04-23T10:52:00.000-05:00!!Andrea Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04072949934250484257noreply@blogger.com