tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3729092211988393857.post4367587834740974919..comments2023-06-06T04:11:58.204-07:00Comments on Samuel Scoville: Gymnasium - "naked training"Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09955256439849634940noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3729092211988393857.post-27036938712780760362015-07-03T02:18:57.786-07:002015-07-03T02:18:57.786-07:00I reckonI reckonSamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09955256439849634940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3729092211988393857.post-43607982965789747332015-07-02T21:20:30.047-07:002015-07-02T21:20:30.047-07:00Historical research can and should still be conduc...Historical research can and should still be conducted. It is wrong to sideline it in favor of stories and fiction. Another stupid false dichotomy...Brigittehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10259491144770243688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3729092211988393857.post-19450693036581178582015-07-02T21:17:14.875-07:002015-07-02T21:17:14.875-07:00When Brodsky diminishes scientific historicism, he...When Brodsky diminishes scientific historicism, he may well be talking about communist indoctrination, at heart. But, no, I think he means it broadly sweepingly. Still it may be tinged by communism and secular Judaism, leaving him jaded, or unmoored...Brigittehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10259491144770243688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3729092211988393857.post-82377309676559714372015-07-02T21:13:05.331-07:002015-07-02T21:13:05.331-07:00He does not think much of Pablo Neruda. Stalinist...He does not think much of Pablo Neruda. Stalinist. Hm. <br /><br />Neruda never lost his essential faith in Communist theory and remained loyal to "the Party." Anxious not to give ammunition to his ideological enemies, he would later refuse publicly to condemn the Soviet repression of dissident writers like Boris Pasternak and Joseph Brodsky, an attitude with which even some of his staunchest admirers disagreed.[24]Brigittehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10259491144770243688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3729092211988393857.post-30054421229114786472015-07-01T14:11:38.646-07:002015-07-01T14:11:38.646-07:00I just read Brodsky's "Profile of Clio&qu...I just read Brodsky's "Profile of Clio" (muse of time or history). It is just up your alley. Like totally.<br /><br />Clio, herself, seems a bit unknown. Even her Wiki page is pretty sparse. Her vagueness and unknowability is, of course, the main theme. <br /><br /><br />Brigittehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10259491144770243688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3729092211988393857.post-85209804610281590182015-06-30T08:05:57.288-07:002015-06-30T08:05:57.288-07:00Hemmingway and Brodsky do a good job presenting ma...Hemmingway and Brodsky do a good job presenting male psyche to me. The men in my life are more nurturing than their writings. But by driving things to a point, they become clearer.Brigittehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10259491144770243688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3729092211988393857.post-11949296570539282572015-06-30T07:57:19.234-07:002015-06-30T07:57:19.234-07:00Not likely (to feel bad): that's the benefit/l...Not likely (to feel bad): that's the benefit/liability of little empathy. Samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09955256439849634940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3729092211988393857.post-29576286399384702182015-06-30T07:56:56.358-07:002015-06-30T07:56:56.358-07:00I find it the most ironic and not enough considere...I find it the most ironic and not enough considered thing, perhaps because of lack of interest or political correctness, that men can't feel what women feel and vice versa. We are so into each other and don't get a thing. Rhinos.Brigittehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10259491144770243688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3729092211988393857.post-71551775505031674552015-06-30T07:54:46.726-07:002015-06-30T07:54:46.726-07:00Men. Don't feel bad.Men. Don't feel bad.Brigittehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10259491144770243688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3729092211988393857.post-43450742550565671012015-06-30T07:53:16.494-07:002015-06-30T07:53:16.494-07:00Ann has so much it's a handicap. I'll tear...Ann has so much it's a handicap. I'll tear up at a movie or tv show and feel nothing but detachment at the grief and pain around me. Sociopathetic. <br /> Samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09955256439849634940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3729092211988393857.post-43386309343968668792015-06-30T07:39:09.052-07:002015-06-30T07:39:09.052-07:00Empathy, maybe it only comes with similar experien...Empathy, maybe it only comes with similar experience, truly. I find it mostly in older experienced women.Brigittehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10259491144770243688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3729092211988393857.post-76018321896313007212015-06-30T02:25:17.553-07:002015-06-30T02:25:17.553-07:00I have sympathy but little empathy.I have sympathy but little empathy.Samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09955256439849634940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3729092211988393857.post-45001464937853595492015-06-29T11:40:42.973-07:002015-06-29T11:40:42.973-07:00A different kind of Gymnasium: learning empathy. ...A different kind of Gymnasium: learning empathy. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-33287727Brigittehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10259491144770243688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3729092211988393857.post-79825735805505667472015-06-29T10:52:46.220-07:002015-06-29T10:52:46.220-07:00One of the women on the dementia unit had a stroke...One of the women on the dementia unit had a stroke and now she will be off all drugs and life support. I am distraught. And it's really hot. I read 100 pages of Joseph Brodsky overnight. He is good. But I can't make the essayist and the poet congeal. He seems like two different persons.Brigittehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10259491144770243688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3729092211988393857.post-33247024286383880772015-06-29T10:49:06.058-07:002015-06-29T10:49:06.058-07:00I attended Gymnasium. Much of it was learning lan...I attended Gymnasium. Much of it was learning languages with the grammar drilled in, translating famous writers and writing essays explaining both sides of the issue.Brigittehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10259491144770243688noreply@blogger.com