This morning’s random reading over coffee brought together two articles under one theme. The first was Maria Popova’s “The Day Dostoyevsky Discovered the Meaning of Life in a Dream.” Immediately upon absorbing that piece I opened “The Right Right Thing to Do” by Irene McMullin. The Meaning of Life Dostoevsky didn’t allege that he personallyContinue reading “The Meaning of Doing the Right Thing”
Monthly Archives: February 2021
Eric Hoffer and Mass Movements
In the summer of 1971, while I still lived in Monterey, California, as a student at the Defense Language Institute, I obtained an address for Eric Hoffer and, on a trip into San Francisco ostensibly to prowl more bookstores, I spent the day finding the humble apartment building bearing the address I’d been provided. It was late on a Saturday when I finally stood before the façade in the evening shadows and contemplated knocking or ringing a doorbell…
The Disadvantages of Being Educated
Well-trained professionals welcome the accolades for possessing proficiency in their field. Their education, however, if they had any, is another matter, as it lies behind their proficiency, and should not be confused with it. The joy and satisfaction of an education for education’s sake should still be what Commencement speakers say it is. Something must be done to mature the national resources of intellect and character, as well as proficiency…
Albert Jay Nock 