tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714437334790446678.post7019014552972814512..comments2023-10-04T09:50:08.070-05:00Comments on Logismoi: Acedia RevisitedAaron Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17775589009145031773noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714437334790446678.post-4703707864063071282016-02-21T22:36:29.174-06:002016-02-21T22:36:29.174-06:00"I would argue that it leads her to overempha..."I would argue that it leads her to overemphasise the effect of acedia on the chest at the expense of the belly. It is identified too closely with mere sloth or indolence, and not at the same time with the longing for something else."<br /><br />Makes me think of the distinction between anaclitic and introjective depression commonly used in some of the psychoanalytic literature. Hmm...Anaxagorashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06740822202435477034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714437334790446678.post-81983766339674775742016-02-16T00:25:41.419-06:002016-02-16T00:25:41.419-06:00Wouldn't be exactly 'chasing after the win...Wouldn't be exactly 'chasing after the wind' of the Ecclesiast?<br />And yet,"Better to have one handful with quietness than two handfuls with hard work and chasing the wind." (4,6)seraphimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13804487873268748108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714437334790446678.post-40032431186625861692016-01-13T00:56:15.367-06:002016-01-13T00:56:15.367-06:00Dear Fr Taylor,
Did you ever finish your translat...Dear Fr Taylor,<br /><br />Did you ever finish your translation of Fr Placide Deseille's essay ‘Roman Catholic Spirituality and Orthodox Tradition’?<br /><br />I greatly enjoy your blog.<br /><br />StephenAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714437334790446678.post-90790419150454057762015-12-29T08:17:24.819-06:002015-12-29T08:17:24.819-06:00Thank you, guys. It's definitely become an imp...Thank you, guys. It's definitely become an important topic to me. I'm planning to do much more reading on acedia over the next year.Aaron Taylorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17775589009145031773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714437334790446678.post-67870984252910666632015-12-29T01:08:21.982-06:002015-12-29T01:08:21.982-06:00I, too, have been fascinated with this subject, an...I, too, have been fascinated with this subject, and have yet to read Fr Gabriel's work. Thanks for the recommendation and the reflection. The contrast of akedia and apatheia, particularly in the stoics and early Fathers, has piqued my interest over the last few years. Michael Anthony Cornetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10347163268534638963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714437334790446678.post-59097726468316682342015-12-24T17:53:40.418-06:002015-12-24T17:53:40.418-06:00Fr. Aaron,
Thank you for this. I look forward to ...Fr. Aaron,<br /><br />Thank you for this. I look forward to your further posts on <i>acedia</i>. I always look forward to new content here.Protodeacon Jeremiahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14619149770763813471noreply@blogger.com