tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14410967.post270365547299446315..comments2024-03-25T19:00:40.046-06:00Comments on The Constructive Curmudgeon: Slice From An Autobiography That Will Never Be Written or The Year of Reading DangerouslyDouglas Groothuis, Ph.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08766692378954258034noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14410967.post-59067344190443981992007-11-29T10:32:00.000-07:002007-11-29T10:32:00.000-07:00"White Guilt" by Steele dear brother. The only tim..."White Guilt" by Steele dear brother. The only time I shall ever correct one of my most respected professors.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13941702987976325575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14410967.post-1719280281816133462007-11-27T20:48:00.000-07:002007-11-27T20:48:00.000-07:00Great post. It made me realize how much I am clutt...Great post. It made me realize how much I am cluttering my mind up with Wikipedia articles and videos on YouTube. I would prefer to read more so why do I snack and snack on these articles until I am fat on empty calories? I have more time to read now and it is foolish of me to not seize the opportunity. Also, I like the idea of expanding one's vocabulary with the simplicity of notepad.Clint K.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10491379935160735832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14410967.post-18075743582717309992007-11-27T20:41:00.000-07:002007-11-27T20:41:00.000-07:00You've raised a couple of thoughts for me: first, ...You've raised a couple of thoughts for me: first, I think that literacy should be far more emphasized than mathematics in our culture, and prioritized by parents above video games, television, and film. Not that any of these three mediums are inherently wrong...I think they are all beautiful mediums... but we've raised an illiterate generation in order to appreciate them. Too much of a good thing is still bad. <BR/><BR/>Secondly, I wrestle with weighing the burning need to read more and write more with the Biblical concept of community. I would much rather be alone with words and with story than dealing with all of these annoying people that surround me. <BR/><BR/>Unfortunately, one must experience life in order to write about it. <BR/><BR/>Oh well. Such is my lot.Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18228237190423435197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14410967.post-69834638085910195262007-11-26T23:54:00.000-07:002007-11-26T23:54:00.000-07:00Tom:Thanks. It was the second year I taught it, I ...Tom:<BR/><BR/>Thanks. It was the second year I taught it, I believe. Karsten Musaeus and I co-taught it for one year. Then I taught it by myself the second year.Douglas Groothuis, Ph.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08766692378954258034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14410967.post-49395231886010053932007-11-26T19:18:00.000-07:002007-11-26T19:18:00.000-07:00As someone who was in Doug's "Twilight" course the...As someone who was in Doug's "Twilight" course the first time he taught it (I believe--it was team taught with Karsten Something-or-Other), I was a beneficiary of Doug's studiousness. And I might well have never decided to go into philosophy without his influence then. So thanks Doug!Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05074257624733067171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14410967.post-7627229624649692282007-11-26T00:27:00.000-07:002007-11-26T00:27:00.000-07:00HEY-- why the hit on Northern Colorado! Aside fro...HEY-- why the hit on Northern Colorado! Aside from the smelll, it's a great place to learn, live, and grow.BJShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05326277125704522469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14410967.post-70156488576076220872007-11-25T17:37:00.000-07:002007-11-25T17:37:00.000-07:00My undergrad reading was fairly light compared to ...My undergrad reading was fairly light compared to my grad reading. So far my shortest read was probably 300+ pages out of the Baker Encyclopedia of Apologetics. I'm not sure whether reading most sections out of History of Philosophy Volumes 1, 2 and 3 by Copleston or the 600 pages that are photocopied chapters of various philosophical books. However, I guess by the time I get done, I can say that I've read something from every great philosopher in the modern and contemporary era. I'm not sure how many others can, er I mean want, to say that.D. A. Armstronghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08456306638327419919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14410967.post-42330898648983137272007-11-25T15:29:00.000-07:002007-11-25T15:29:00.000-07:00d.a. armstrong, I can empathize with your last par...d.a. armstrong, <BR/><BR/>I can empathize with your last paragraph. My undergraduate reading is often an enormous bane...there simply aren't enough hours in the day to read extracurricular works! I am entertaining the idea of ceasing to sleep and just drinking mass amounts of coffee in order to read books of substance and great intellectual significance. This strategy may, however, hinder actual processing of said books.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14410967.post-56423250648305825802007-11-25T14:18:00.000-07:002007-11-25T14:18:00.000-07:00I made it a goal to read 1 book a week last year. ...I made it a goal to read 1 book a week last year. I was working 3/4 at a church and doing odd jobs on the side. I read 48 last year. Topics were, theology, mormonism, biblical studies, philosophy, education and other topics. I think more Christians ought to read. <BR/><BR/>During my years in Bible college, I used to have people tell me I needed to go out and minister to people, not be a hermit in the library. I'm probably still in my formative years of learning, though perhaps on the tail end of it. <BR/><BR/>I wish I had more time to read this year, but my school studies haven't always allowed for it. I've been itching to reread Aristotle's Metaphysics as well as a few others. But school has me reading a lot of other things.D. A. Armstronghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08456306638327419919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14410967.post-10275294789945587992007-11-25T07:48:00.000-07:002007-11-25T07:48:00.000-07:00"In reading great literature, I become a thousand ..."In reading great literature, I become a thousand men and yet remain myself . . . <BR/>Here, as in worship, in love, in moral action, and in knowing, I transcend myself; <BR/>and am never more myself than when I do."<BR/> -- C. S. Lewis<BR/><BR/>While intereacting with others indeed does shape our identity, it by no means should solely define it. Our culture should give serious attention to knowledge shaping who we are and will be become, rather than merely being defined by others. Ergo....READING IS QUINTESSENTIAL TO OUR IDENTITY!Paul D. Adamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18213551311029058377noreply@blogger.com