Different Sensibilities Between the Ancients and Moderns
Conceit of the present is the most deadly bondage of the human spirit. – Paul Elmer More ___________________________________________________ Towards the
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Culture
I Wonder What They DO Teach Them at These Schools?
But in general it is fair to say that few Americans now know anything about Classics and could not care
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On the “Tyranny of the Dead” Fallacy
“An imbecile habit has arisen in modern controversy of saying that such and such a creed can be held in
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Restoring the Moral Imagination
The soul of a civilization may be lost at the very moment of that culture’s material triumph. In our time,
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The Arts & Faith Top 25 Films on Waking Up
“My father says almost the whole world’s asleep. Everybody you know, everybody you see, everybody you talk to. He says
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Towards a New Theory of Film Criticism, Part Two
2. Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s “Fancy” and “Imagination”: It should clear that this essay is exploring Coleridge’s thought under the assumption
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Towards a New Theory of Film Criticism, Part One
“Sightseeing becomes sinful, when it renders a man prone to the vices of lust and cruelty on account of things
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A Eulogy to Brain Cells That Were Killed in Socialization
“I certainly have not the talent which some people possess,” said Darcy, “of conversing easily with those I have never seen before.
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Black Mirror (2011) – Charlie Brooker
“As we contemplate the world converted into a huge machine and managed by engineers, we gradually grow aware of its
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