August 2010
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“My wish for you is that you experience the joy of learning for its own sake in...”
– Christopher B. Nelson, 2010 Convocation Address
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A... bildungsroman?
I’ve been reading Joyce’s A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, which is absolutely fantastic. It is perhaps one of the best examples of one of of my favorite genres, the bildungsroman, or a novel that documents the growth and change of a character from childhood to adulthood, towards self-actualization. Or, as Joyce says:
His soul had arisen from the grave of boyhood, spurning...
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“This is a double-edged sword, our bequest from the early postmodernists and the...”
– David Foster Wallace
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“I stand among you as one who offers a small message of hope. There are always...”
– Thomas Merton, Choosing to Love the World: On Contemplation
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“The secret of the Great Stories is that they have no secrets. The Great Stories...”
– Arundhati Roy, The God of Small Things
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“You consider yourself odd at times, you accuse yourself of taking a road...”
– Hermann Hesse, Demian
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“The mind is sharper and keener in seclusion and uninterrupted solitude....”
– Nikola Tesla
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An Autodidact by M. W. Fogleman →
My book is DONE! The print edition is $10, and the ebook is free. Go get it!
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St. John's College Greek Deck
I’ve been working on a Greek deck for Anki for some time, which I have found very useful for my studies. I have given it to some friends, and they have also found it useful.
I am hereby releasing it to the public as version 0.8. You can download it here (I’m sorry to have to release it on a filesharing website; I do not have server space anymore). Obviously, you need Anki to use it....
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“Here are some of the qualities you should possess or should try to acquire if...”
– Roald Dahl, Lucky Break 