Of late, I have been dwelling a little upon the fearfulness of fairies. We recently read a book out loud as a family that played a part in these ruminations. The Perilous Gard is a young adult novel by Elizabeth Marie Pope that was awarded the Newbery Honor in 1975. It is set in the … Continue reading The Terror of Faerie
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Cosmos, Glory, Science, Plato and Christ: Reading Ancient Mediterranean Philosophy by Stephen R. L. Clark
[Note: reposted from an original 2020/12/02 share on my personal blog.] Book cover. “The curtain of history rises on a world already ancient, full of ruined cities and ways of thought worn smooth. Mediterranian peoples knew there had been disasters, but remembered little in detail” (2). These opening lines of Ancient Mediterranean Philosophy mesmerized me, and the … Continue reading Cosmos, Glory, Science, Plato and Christ: Reading Ancient Mediterranean Philosophy by Stephen R. L. Clark