http://phil159.vox.com/library/posts/page/1/ eucatastrophe n. eucatastrophic [ < Gr. eu, "good" and catastrophe Coined by JRR Tolkien.] 1. (in a narrative) The event that shifts the balance in favor of the protagonist when all seems lost. 2. A happy ending. en Vox Tue, 01 Jul 2008 21:27:23 -0700 Copyright 2008 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://phil159.vox.com/library/post/to-kill-a-king.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(vtpanther) http://phil159.vox.com/library/post/to-kill-a-king.html?_c=feed-rss http://phil159.vox.com/library/post/to-kill-a-king.html?_c=feed-rss Tue, 01 Jul 2008 21:27:23 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://phil159.vox.com/library/video/6a00d4144d4df23c7f00fa96839bbb0002.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a3.vox.com/6a00d4144d4df23c7f00fa96839bbb0002-50si" alt="To Kill a King" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> “not what they want but what is good for them.” Remark by Oliver Cromwell. Tonight's movie was To Kill a King. It is the story of the Roundhead's victory over the armies of King Charles in one of England's more interesting revolutions. It's ab... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://phil159.vox.com/library/post/to-kill-a-king.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d4144d4df23c7f00fae8c82eae000b?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> loyalty oliver cromwell world civilizations ii to kill a king http://phil159.vox.com/library/post/cosmopolotan-patriotism.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(vtpanther) http://phil159.vox.com/library/post/cosmopolotan-patriotism.html?_c=feed-rss http://phil159.vox.com/library/post/cosmopolotan-patriotism.html?_c=feed-rss Mon, 30 Jun 2008 11:28:46 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://phil159.vox.com/library/book/6a00d4144d4df23c7f00fae8c7bbfb000b.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a3.vox.com/6a00d4144d4df23c7f00fae8c7bbfb000b-50si" alt="The Middle East and Islamic World Reader" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> One of my projects in the last few weeks has been to read the Middle East and Islamic World Reader edited by Marvin Getterman and Stuart Shaar. It would be IMPOSSIBLE to discuss each and every primary source in this anthology (Just the question g... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://phil159.vox.com/library/post/cosmopolotan-patriotism.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d4144d4df23c7f00fa96832a600002?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> war islam peace middle east nationalism tribalism cosmopolitan patriotism http://phil159.vox.com/library/post/romancing-the-shadow-1.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(vtpanther) http://phil159.vox.com/library/post/romancing-the-shadow-1.html?_c=feed-rss http://phil159.vox.com/library/post/romancing-the-shadow-1.html?_c=feed-rss Mon, 30 Jun 2008 10:53:30 -0700 "Beneath the social mask we wear every day, we have a hidden shadow side: an impulsive, wounded, sad, or isolated part that we generally try to ignore. The Shadow can be a source of emotional richness and vitality, and acknowledging it can be a p... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://phil159.vox.com/library/post/romancing-the-shadow-1.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d4144d4df23c7f00fad6955fbb0005?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> romancing the shadow http://phil159.vox.com/library/post/embrace-by-billy-collins.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(vtpanther) http://phil159.vox.com/library/post/embrace-by-billy-collins.html?_c=feed-rss http://phil159.vox.com/library/post/embrace-by-billy-collins.html?_c=feed-rss Mon, 30 Jun 2008 10:19:21 -0700 You know the parlor trick. wrap your arms around your own body and from the back it looks like someone is embracing you her hands grasping your shirt her fingernails teasing your neck from the front it is another story you never looked s... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://phil159.vox.com/library/post/embrace-by-billy-collins.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d4144d4df23c7f00fae8c7b7a7000b?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> poetry poem lonliness http://phil159.vox.com/library/post/my-summer-reading-list.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(vtpanther) http://phil159.vox.com/library/post/my-summer-reading-list.html?_c=feed-rss http://phil159.vox.com/library/post/my-summer-reading-list.html?_c=feed-rss Mon, 30 Jun 2008 10:07:00 -0700 I am not sure that I am going to have much of my summer to read what I want but here is my summer reading list as it is shaping up should I manage to get myself fired so that I can just read what I am interested in. Grin. I am working on developin... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://phil159.vox.com/library/post/my-summer-reading-list.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d4144d4df23c7f00fae8c7b6f5000b?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> books reading list http://phil159.vox.com/library/post/perhaps-men-and-women-should-live-next-door-and-just-visit-now-and-then.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(vtpanther) http://phil159.vox.com/library/post/perhaps-men-and-women-should-live-next-door-and-just-visit-now-and-then.html?_c=feed-rss http://phil159.vox.com/library/post/perhaps-men-and-women-should-live-next-door-and-just-visit-now-and-then.html?_c=feed-rss Sun, 29 Jun 2008 14:53:31 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://phil159.vox.com/library/book/6a00d4144d4df23c7f00fad6951e610005.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a1.vox.com/6a00d4144d4df23c7f00fad6951e610005-50si" alt="Heroes, Rogues, &amp; Lovers: Testosterone and Behavior" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> "Sometimes I wonder if men and women really suit each other. Perhaps they should live next door, and just visit now and then." Katherine Hepburn Just finished reading Heroes, Rogues, and Lovers: Testosterone and Behavior by James McBride Dabbs.... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://phil159.vox.com/library/post/perhaps-men-and-women-should-live-next-door-and-just-visit-now-and-then.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d4144d4df23c7f00fa9682e8120002?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> weather emotions feelings testosterone hormones http://phil159.vox.com/library/post/send-a-bullet-manda-bala.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(vtpanther) http://phil159.vox.com/library/post/send-a-bullet-manda-bala.html?_c=feed-rss http://phil159.vox.com/library/post/send-a-bullet-manda-bala.html?_c=feed-rss Tue, 24 Jun 2008 21:24:23 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://phil159.vox.com/library/video/6a00d4144d4df23c7f00fad69494c90004.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a1.vox.com/6a00d4144d4df23c7f00fad69494c90004-50si" alt="Manda Bala" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> OK, so my theme for this week is poverty. The other day I had seen the new Incredible Hulk movie and in the opening scenes, there are shots of the favela (slums) in Rio De Janeiro. They almost don't look real all stacked up like milk cartons on t... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://phil159.vox.com/library/post/send-a-bullet-manda-bala.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d4144d4df23c7f00fa968221aa0003?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> poverty rome vice wealth kidnapping corruption manda bala http://phil159.vox.com/library/post/of-cions-and-iconoclasts.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(vtpanther) http://phil159.vox.com/library/post/of-cions-and-iconoclasts.html?_c=feed-rss http://phil159.vox.com/library/post/of-cions-and-iconoclasts.html?_c=feed-rss Tue, 24 Jun 2008 09:44:11 -0700 Yesterday, I read the chapter in The Story of Art about the Byzantines. One of my favorite things to teach about Byzantium is the iconoclast "wars". On one level the conflict in Byzantium over the use of images was a theological debate about the m... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://phil159.vox.com/library/post/of-cions-and-iconoclasts.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d4144d4df23c7f00fad69470030004?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> power icons freedom taxes byzantium iconoclasts western civilizations i http://phil159.vox.com/library/post/a-wake-up-call-from-my-friend-tom.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(vtpanther) http://phil159.vox.com/library/post/a-wake-up-call-from-my-friend-tom.html?_c=feed-rss http://phil159.vox.com/library/post/a-wake-up-call-from-my-friend-tom.html?_c=feed-rss Tue, 24 Jun 2008 08:59:15 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://phil159.vox.com/library/book/6a00d4144d4df23c7f00fad6946a800004.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a0.vox.com/6a00d4144d4df23c7f00fad6946a800004-50si" alt="Awareness" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Awareness: The Perils and Opportunities of Reality by Anthony De Mello OK, my friend, Tom, sent me a book a month or two ago and it is high time I responded to it. Awareness by Anthony DeMello is a spiritual self-help book that asks readers to ... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://phil159.vox.com/library/post/a-wake-up-call-from-my-friend-tom.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d4144d4df23c7f00fad6946c850004?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> crazy emotions tom awareness sanity acceptance stoicism http://phil159.vox.com/library/post/better-a-dead-husband-in-hell-that-reciprocates-something-than-a-lying-lover-in-carthage.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(vtpanther) http://phil159.vox.com/library/post/better-a-dead-husband-in-hell-that-reciprocates-something-than-a-lying-lover-in-carthage.html?_c=feed-rss http://phil159.vox.com/library/post/better-a-dead-husband-in-hell-that-reciprocates-something-than-a-lying-lover-in-carthage.html?_c=feed-rss Sat, 21 Jun 2008 21:33:11 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://phil159.vox.com/library/book/6a00d4144d4df23c7f00fae8c48451000b.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a1.vox.com/6a00d4144d4df23c7f00fae8c48451000b-50si" alt="The Aeneid" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> A little more from the Aeneid today. Aeneas meets Dido on his way through hell to see his father: "Not far from these Phoenician Dido stood, Fresh from her wound, her bosom bath'd in blood; Whom when the Trojan hero hardly knew, Obscure in sh... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://phil159.vox.com/library/post/better-a-dead-husband-in-hell-that-reciprocates-something-than-a-lying-lover-in-carthage.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d4144d4df23c7f00fad69446da0004?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> war hell trust conflict betrayal aeneid western civilizations i