Wrote philosophical books on Hegel and fared well in politics too. That partly makes up what the ancients called a "civilized life":
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Sunday, October 9, 2011
Sentimentality or Honesty? On Charles Taylor | The Nation
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Sentimentality or Honesty? On Charles Taylor | The Nation
Wrote philosophical books on Hegel and fared well in politics too. That partly makes up what the ancients called a "civilized life":
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The Other Socrates - The Barnes & Noble Review
That's how I learnt some Greek and got into the ancient philosophers. Thanks to the Jewish German Loeb!
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When a Dictionary Could Outrage - NYTimes.com
Language matters and this is worth reading:
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What Happens when a Leftist Philosopher Discovers God? | Religion and Other Curiosities
Well, this reads easily and you don't even have to understand German or read Hegel in the original for that matter. A well written piece going quite a distance to show that you don't have to be unintelligible to be philosophical.
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Kruger's oldest elephant dies - Times LIVE
That's another memorable day and what a blessing that for over 5 decades he could roam freely in the confines of the park. Pray that this will be possible for his descendants too and for mine to behold.
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Our classroom heroes - Times LIVE
Prof. Jonathan Jansen encourages as he writes. Here another positive insight into his fast experience of education in South Africa - and yes, I am also grateful for the good teachers at all levels of schooling right back from the Primary School days in Uelzen, KZN, but also at Wartburg Kirchdorf High School and then finally at the Universities of Pretoria and of South Africa.
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Land claim trust 'mismanaged' - Times LIVE
It's good news if previously cheated people receive justice and have wrongs are rectified. However its much worse and adding insult to injury if the boards, trusts and managers tasked with delivering the rightful goods to their rightful owners default on their services. They prolong the injustices of the past, the prevent reconciliation and healing and they impede necessary development of the affected communities. Bad governance is a plight and dreadful scourge! We pray against it in the 4th petition of the "Our Father" and we can use this as another example of Jesus Christ's parables of the bad stewards in the vineyard, harvest and management of his people. Read for yourself:
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