JulesCouldn't decide which book to read next, so I'm re-reading Alice Degan's "From All False Doctrine". Don't know whether I'll post notes 🤷🏻
I know I quoted this before, but it's just so funny 😂
“She’ll study the morphology of the verbs or something, Peachy, you fool,” said Mr. Underhill. “She’s not doing her Master’s thesis in experimental pagan mysticism. One hopes.”
"The life of the intellect should be lived, if not in solitude, at least in the absence of domestic concerns."
This comes from a time where running a household, for those privileged enough to pursue a life of the intellect, was a full-time job. But it's certainly appealing even today.
I don't think it's necessarily true, though. Thinking without community, without doing, without dispute, becomes ungrounded and empty.
Irina@quidcumque (a variant of) this is why Orthodox priests should either be married or monks, no solitary celibate priesthood. You need a community behind you.