Whether our neglect of the great books comes from our not reading at all, or from an incorrigible habit of reading the little books, it ends in just the same thing.
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Mill on the Recognition of Sin
Orthodox Christians who are tempted to think that those who stoned to death the first martyrs must have been worse men than they themselves are ought to remember that one of those persecutors was St. Paul.
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Andi Ashworth on Mercy and Unanswered Questions
For all that I cannot unravel or understand, mercy.
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Alasdair MacIntyre (1929-2025) on Virtuous Action and Feeling
Virtues are dispositions not only to act in particular ways, but also to feel in particular ways. To act virtuously is not, as Kant was later to think, to act against inclination; it is to act from inclination formed by the cultivation of the virtues.
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“Eyes on the Construction Site”
⎺Original Poetry from John Grey
