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Real Name: Nathan Rein
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Thoughts on asking stupid questions:

Socrates: Then we must begin again at the beginning and ask what holiness is [, s]ince I shall not willingly give up until I learn. And do not scorn me, but by all means apply your mind now to the utmost and tell me the truth; for you know, if anyone does, and like Proteus, you must be held until you speak.... I am sure you think you know what is holy and what is not. So tell me, most excellent Euthyphro, and do not conceal your thought.
Source: Plato, Euthyphro (ca. 380 B.C.E.), 15cff. (link)

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POPSMontaigne's skepticism: Apologie of Sebond, 1580
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by enbar  3-25-2008   
 Montaigne's famous defense of Raymond Sebond, the proponent of natural theology, in which he lays out a profoundly, even shockingly skeptical view of human knowledge.
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POPSIllustrations of the "Harrowing of Hell"
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by enbar  3-22-2008   
 Happy Good Friday, everybody. Here are a few interesting historical images of the "harrowing of Hell" tradition drawn from various Christian iconographic sources.
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POPSDavid Hume's epistle to Dr. Arbuthnot, 1734
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by enbar  3-9-2008    1
 In his early 20s, the great Scottish philosopher, David Hume, wrote this "letter to a physician" (unidentified, but probably Arbuthnot) giving an account of his melancholic symptoms and his efforts at self-treatment.
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POPSAbraham Lincoln on religion
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by enbar  2-5-2008    13
 Two lesser-known pieces of writing from Lincoln that give some hints about his religious beliefs. Lincoln was notoriously cagey about his religious commitments -- he never attended church regluarly, nor did he ever make a public proclamation of faith.
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POPSMarsilius of Padua (c.1275-1342): a few links
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by enbar  1-2-2008   
 I've been meaning for some time to read up on this guy, sort of the intellectual godfather of medieval constitutionalism.
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POPSElihu's speech to Job (Job 32.17-21)
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by enbar  12-31-2007    3
 Source of the line, "I must speak, so that I may find relief."
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POPSMartin Luther's Christmas sermon, 1522
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by enbar  12-26-2007   
 The great Reformer on the meaning of Christmas. This is only a tiny snippet; the original is very wide-ranging and covers a lot of ground. The source is worth reading.
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POPSSplendor Solis: illuminated alchemical manuscript
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by enbar  11-9-2006   
 Illustrations from the sixteenth-century manuscript Splendor solis , a German text on alchemy. Very surreal and bizarre images.
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POPSThe way of the Cross - Thomas à Kempis
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by enbar  11-7-2006   
 Thomas à Kempis, a 14th-century devotional writer, on what it means to "take up the Cross." My favorite line: The Cross always stands ready, and everywhere awaits you. You cannot escape it, wherever you flee; for wherever you go, you bear yourself, and always find yourself. Shows that the medievals were as astute in their psychology as many modern psychodynamic thinkers.
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POPSChrist and peace: Bonhoeffer
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by enbar  11-7-2006    3
 Dietrich Bonhoeffer's famous 1934 sermon at Fanø, Denmark. Bonhoeffer was later hanged for conspiring to assassinate Hitler. "There is no way to peace along the way of safety.... Peace is the opposite of security."
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POPSThe "get-rich gospel" around 1900
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by enbar  10-17-2006    1
 This is the famous "Acres of Diamonds" sermon preached by Russell Conwell around the turn of the 20th century. Shows that the "prosperity gospel" wing of American evangelical Protestantism didn't start with Joel Osteen and Creflo Dollar.
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