wonderful thoughts from the Pope, intellectually coherent and practically relevant and doable IMO
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Tag: Truth and the Crisis in Language
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Lesson 8: Truth and the Crisis in Language (Part 2)
Read MORE: Lesson 8: Truth and the Crisis in Language (Part 2)In the last lesson, I suggested the crisis in language that has led to our present inability to separate what is true and false in public conversation might have first been observed in Orwell’s political newspeak and Ellul’s technological commonplaces.…
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Lesson 7: Truth and the Crisis in Language (Part 1)
Read MORE: Lesson 7: Truth and the Crisis in Language (Part 1)Because we are confronted every blasted day with a new manipulation of truth, it might help to trace the development that has led to this perilous situation. Many believe it was first brought to our attention by George Orwell who…
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I absolutely love these ideas, especially paying attention to beauty and reducing your needs.
Fritz a wonderful lesson – and esp. reading has a flow I found encompassing. If only …….. yes we can…