So this morning I checked the mail and this was in it:


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Marcus Aurelius is inconsistent. At one point he says "nothing is evil which is according to nature" and barely 2 pages later he says of the body and soul "the one is intelligence and deity; the other is earth and corruption." As if the human "vessel" is not "according to nature." I feel cheated. I thought these ancient classic philosophers ( Read more... )

Welcome to a new program. We're going to call it 'one of Gwyn's crazy ideas'. See, I really like reading aloud to people, but my brother's a little old for it, not to mention living far away, and I don't really know anyone around here who wants to listen to me read. So I had an idea. I'm going to read to you, my adoring public ( Read more... )