Tag Archives: god(s)

le meilleur des mondes possibles

The logic: “Leibniz’ solution [to the ‘problem of evil’] casts God as a kind of ‘optimizer’ of the collection of all original possibilities: Since He is good and omnipotent, and since He chose this world out of all possibilities, this … Continue reading

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wikipedia, iStream of consciousness

“What, will the line stretch out to th’ crack of doom?” (MacBeth, IV.i) crack of doom, day of judgment, doomsday, Bloomsday Ragnarök (Old Norse: “final destiny of the gods”)=death of Odin, Thor, Loki, Marvel comics; Ragnarökr or Ragnarökkr (“Twilight of … Continue reading

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upon re-re-reading The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge

by Rainer Maria Rilke I loved it this time. (There is truth in inconsistency, is my claim for today.) writing, isolation, communication, connection “And I mean to write no more letters. What’s the use of telling anyone that I am … Continue reading

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Two 93-Minute Films Involving Euphoriants

The theme (Arthur Magazine‘s theme) at the Silent Movie Theatre on Tuesday was pretty precise: “93-Minute Films Involving Euphoriants.” Indeed they were and indeed they did. Work Is a 4-Letter Word (Peter Hall, 1968, 35mm, 93 min.) is about a … Continue reading

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