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Have you seen the giant pistons |
Tinted
version of an old engraving entitled Arch-Druid in his full
Judicial Costume (see Wm Stukeley) |
Do not wait for the last judgment. It takes place every day.
Albert Camus
In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer.
Albert Camus
Nobody realizes that some people expend tremendous energy merely to be normal.
Albert Camus
There is no fate that cannot be surmounted by scorn.
Albert Camus
We are asked to love or to hate such and such a country and such and such a people. But some of us feel too strongly our common humanity to make such a choice.
Albert Camus; 'Neither Victims nor
Executioners' Source
Since these [powerful destructive] forces are working themselves out and since
it is inevitable that they continue to do so, there is no reason why some of us should not take on the job of keeping alive, through the apocalyptic historical vista that stretches before us, a modest thoughtfulness which, without pretending to solve everything, will
constantly be prepared to give some human meaning to everyday life.
Albert Camus; ibid
All I ask is that, in the midst of a murderous world, we agree to reflect on murder and to make a choice. After that, we can distinguish those who accept the consequences of being murderers themselves or the accomplices of murderers, and those who refuse to do so with all their force and being. Since this terrible dividing line does actually exist,
it will be a gain if it be clearly marked. Over the expanse of five continents throughout the coming years an endless struggle is going to be pursued between violence and friendly persuasion, a struggle in which, granted, the former has a thousand times the chances of success than that of the latter. But I have always held that, if he who bases his hopes on human nature is a fool, he who gives up in the face of circumstances is a coward. And henceforth, the only honourable course will be to stake everything on a formidable gamble: that words are more powerful than munitions.
Albert Camus; ibid
L'histoire d'aujourd'hui nous force à dire que la révolte est l'une des dimensions essentielles de l'homme.
Albert Camus
Mother died today. Or maybe yesterday, I don't know. I had a telegram from the home:
'Mother passed away. Funeral tomorrow. Yours sincerely.' That doesn't mean anything. It may have happened yesterday.
Albert Camus; opening lines of L'Etranger
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Feast
day of Blessed John
Duns Scotus
One
of the most important and influential philosopher-theologians of the High
Middle Ages, John Duns
Scotus (c. 1266 - November
8, 1308)
was a theologian
and philosopher,
born in Duns,
Borders,
Scotland.
Some argue that during his tenure at Oxford, the notion of what differentiates theology from philosophy and science began in earnest.
He was one of the most important Franciscan
theologians and was the founder of Scotism, a special form of Scholasticism.
He was known as 'Doctor Subtilis' because of his subtle merging of
differing views.
Ordained a priest in Northampton,
England, he studied and taught at
Oxford and Paris, and probably also at
Cambridge. Finally, he came to
Cologne, Germany, in
1307.
Later philosophers were not so complimentary
about his work and the modern word dunce comes from the name
'Dunse' given to his followers.
He
died in Cologne and is buried in the Church of the Minorites
there. His sarcophagus bears the Latin inscription: 'Scotia me
genuit. Anglia me suscepit. Gallia me docuit. Colonia me tenet'.
('Scotland brought me forth. England sustained me. France taught me.
Cologne holds me.') He was beatified
by Pope John Paul II in 1993.
Pictured: The 'subtle doctor' is portrayed as a pilgrim, with wings, beside the
'Woman of the Apocalypse',
trampling on the heads of Lucifer (as a dragon or serpent) and various Lutheran reformers.
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