Elves seldom give unguarded advice, for advice is a dangerous gift, even from the wise to the wise, and all courses may run ill.
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Hart on Physics and Causality
Physics isn't a science of predetermination, after all, but just a set of limit-conditions. It might tell us that mental causes can't violate certain minimal principles of causal possibility — a man can't choose to do something forbidden by gravity, but he can choose to do a great many things within the boundaries of the law of gravity.
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Guardini on the Dividing Point Between the Ages
Here in Italy I have seen the dividing point between the ages. I did so when I saw, along with the sailing vessel, a motorboat on the lake, floating, streamlined, but still a machine. I saw this dividing point also when in Padua I went through the streets with their houses that were so full of vitality. In almost all of them the second story rested on pillars and the first floor was set back. The spaces were conjoined, so that on both sides of the streets we had covered walkways. Each house was built individually and yet in such a way as to create a feeling that they all…
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The Phenomenology of Phineas and Ferb
They prize summer above all else. Why? It is full of potential, and unfinished narratives, embodied experience, and sensory experience with others. “Summer” becomes a stand-in for a life well-lived in the particulars. It’s making-do with the odds and ends we’ve been given, bucking convention, and rising to the occasion.
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On Liberals and Liberal Education
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