Hi, Helen. I’m so sorry to hear that your health news wasn’t good. As usual, I’m in awe of your writing plans, and look forward to reading what you write! And as always, I’ll be praying for you (though I agree with Maimonides and Schleiermacher too). Steve Heyman
As an autistic and chronically ill person, I often feel like a struggling orchid. And yet I have survived so much, so there must be strength there, too. I think of wild orchids, found deep in the forest in a protected glade. Once they were more numerous, as the right conditions were more widespread. But now life is harder and their habitat more isolated and broken.
Pandemic-era thoughts.
I look forward to your book on Lorde and Spinoza very much!
wonderful, as always. I'm not clear what Plato thought. On the one hand, it might seem that only those who follow the strenuous education of the Guardians have any hope of achieving union with the Good. OTOH, in some of the myths, the virtuous choose to come back, not as the rich and powerful, but as simple contented folk. That might suggest that shepherds etc. can live good life without all that training.
A powerful and moving post. Thank you for writing it. I have sent you a direct chat message about Van den Enden.
Hi, Helen. I’m so sorry to hear that your health news wasn’t good. As usual, I’m in awe of your writing plans, and look forward to reading what you write! And as always, I’ll be praying for you (though I agree with Maimonides and Schleiermacher too). Steve Heyman
A great thanks for sharing with your thoughts and emotions
As an autistic and chronically ill person, I often feel like a struggling orchid. And yet I have survived so much, so there must be strength there, too. I think of wild orchids, found deep in the forest in a protected glade. Once they were more numerous, as the right conditions were more widespread. But now life is harder and their habitat more isolated and broken.
Pandemic-era thoughts.
I look forward to your book on Lorde and Spinoza very much!
this is an awesome beautiful piece, HDC! What a style!
wonderful, as always. I'm not clear what Plato thought. On the one hand, it might seem that only those who follow the strenuous education of the Guardians have any hope of achieving union with the Good. OTOH, in some of the myths, the virtuous choose to come back, not as the rich and powerful, but as simple contented folk. That might suggest that shepherds etc. can live good life without all that training.