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LTERATURE & REALITY?: Application of Consolation
No surprise, I’m seeking answers from my readings, particularly from Boethius in his Consolation of Philosophy. While I study literature to understand the concepts of good writing just as for the expansion of my rather fenced in vistas and for … Continue reading Continue reading
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LITERATURE: The Consolation –
After Philosophy has "proved" that a sovereign God can do all things, and that men cannot, but men can do evil, she goes on: Therefore, since He who can only do good can do all things and those who do … Continue reading Continue reading
LITERATURE: The Consolation – Argument
As Philosophy moves into the question of evil versus good, and the qualitative theory of yes or no logic, I am most definitely not likin’ it. This in itself is odd because for one thing, I’m basically non-argumentative (though age … Continue reading Continue reading
LITERATURE: Classics and Literary Fiction
For the next few days I’m going to concentrate on finishing up Boethius’ The Consolation of Philosophy as I find it at a point where I need full attention to the logical pattern of argument that Philosophy presents in Book … Continue reading Continue reading
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LITERATURE: Mrs. Kimble – Finale
Haigh does bring the separate stories of the three wives of Ken Kimble together as they are bound together by the two children of his first marriage to Birdie, Charlie and Jody, and there is a full circle structure back … Continue reading Continue reading
LITERATURE: Mrs. Kimble – Plot and Imagery
I’m well into Ken Kimble’s third wife, Dinah, who babysat his children when they were little. What I object to is the too-convenient running into and ending up married to Kimble situations. When Ken left his first wife, Birdie, he … Continue reading Continue reading
LITERATURE: The Consolation – Perfection
As I come to the end of Book III, all the while watching Boethius nodding his head wildly excited in agreement with Philosophy’s logic, I am suspicious of the steps I’ve been taking in the thought process, and wonder indeed … Continue reading Continue reading
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LITERATURE: Mrs. Kimble – Paths
Happily, all paths are crossing and coming around nicely to the third section of the book, and thus, most likely Ken Kimble’s third wife, Dinah. My problem here seems to be though that all are too conveniently interconnected. Continue reading
LITERATURE: The Consolation – Logic
I’m reading this a bit harder now, resistant to its all-too-easy message. I am questioning the logic, as if it is twisted to produce rather than by strict deduction. I need go back–or simply be more cautious in the forward … Continue reading Continue reading
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LITERATURE: The Consolation – The Answer…
…is in God. "Grant, Oh Father, that my mind may rise to Thy sacred throne. Let it see the fountain of good; let it find light, so that the clear light of my soul may fix itself in Thee. Burn … Continue reading Continue reading
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LITERATURE: Mrs. Kimble
I’m well rid of Birdie, Mrs. Kimble #1, and into Joan, Ken Kimble’s second wife. Birdie was a pathetic creature, unable to get over her husband’s leaving her with two small children, and finding comfort in wine. I was sympathetic … Continue reading Continue reading
LITERATURE: The Consolation – In Action
No lesson is learned the better than when lived. And often that which seemed one way, becomes another when applying a different theory. That which seemed most difficult to me of Philosophy’s logic was that of honor in striving for … Continue reading Continue reading
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LITERATURE: Consolation – The Bad Goods
Philosophy sums up the falseness of that which men seek as happiness, and gives her reasons for each being unable to bring true good and happiness to those who take these paths: "There is no doubt, therefore, that these are … Continue reading Continue reading
LITERATURE: Mrs. Kimble – Inconsistencies
Maybe it’s me, maybe it’s coming off of Marquez, McCarthy, Steinbeck, Faulkner, but I seem to be getting irked by some small inconsistencies in Haigh’s writing. He came to her silently at night, careful not to wake his parents on … Continue reading Continue reading
LITERATURE: Mrs. Kimble
Fifty pages into this novel, and there’s basically a good developing story of the first Mrs. Kimble as it plays out after her husband’s left her. Birdie is a drinker, trying to get a job and raise her two children … Continue reading Continue reading
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