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by Hypatia_Of_Alexandria
Tue Jun 01, 2010 7:23 pm
Forum: Mythology and Religion
Topic: Mythology and Religion: In The News
Replies: 1052
Views: 167542

Carmela said, "Nations can do that." I'm not so sure. In 1942 Simone Weil wrote (and I cannot find this on the internet, but I remember it from one of my books): "Charity can and should love everything in every country that is an expression of the spiritual development of individuals, all the beauty...
by Hypatia_Of_Alexandria
Tue Jun 01, 2010 6:57 pm
Forum: The Conversation with a Thousand Faces
Topic: The Art of Discourse II
Replies: 281
Views: 70929

It's the tone we are talking about, here. Joseph Campbell talked about what he believed - but he never talked down. In my knowledge, he has not stated a single opinion arrogantly. You know... I'm not so sure about that. Campbell can seem to lean toward a certain attitude about the concretization of...
by Hypatia_Of_Alexandria
Sun May 30, 2010 5:48 pm
Forum: The Conversation with a Thousand Faces
Topic: The Art of Discourse II
Replies: 281
Views: 70929

Wow! Thanks, Clemsy, for greeting me with such friendly openness AND with such strong challenges to reply to as an equal even though I'm a "newbie" here! Okay, you said, and I'm going to put all your words in italics: Hypatia, if Galileo, Joseph Campbell, or Hypatia herself (!), were to log on here,...
by Hypatia_Of_Alexandria
Sun May 30, 2010 2:46 pm
Forum: The Conversation with a Thousand Faces
Topic: The Art of Discourse II
Replies: 281
Views: 70929

To move this back on track: A "higher order conversation" can only occur in an atmosphere of mutual respect where no one demonstrates a belief one is in some way superior to another, or believes one is in possession of 'special knowledge' that others are unaware of, and where, since this is a text ...