The first chapter of the Gospel of Luke reports the words of Mary on receiving the message that she will conceive Jesus: But Mary said to the angel, “How can this be, since I have no relations with a man?” The first known words of Mary, the … [Continue reading] about Mary’s Desire to Know
Some Questions about Reading
Since reading How to Take Smart Notes earlier this year, I've thought more about (1) how I read books and (2) what it even means to read a book. Here are some questions to show what I have in mind: Let's say you read a book from beginning to … [Continue reading] about Some Questions about Reading
Wherever You Find Truth, You Find Something of the Holy Spirit
"Each truth, whoever may say it, is from the Holy Spirit." That line translates this Latin sentence from Thomas Aquinas: Omne verum, a quocumque dicatur, a spiritu sancto est. The line occurs in Aquinas's treatise about truth and "trueness": … [Continue reading] about Wherever You Find Truth, You Find Something of the Holy Spirit
Becoming a Writer by Collecting Interesting Things
On Episode 31 of the Deep Questions podcast, Cal Newport spoke with Ryan Holiday. They discussed the process of writing non-fiction. I was interested by Newport's description, because it sounds so natural. Here's what I mean: Newport likes … [Continue reading] about Becoming a Writer by Collecting Interesting Things
Waste and Abundance in Note-Taking and Creative Work
I read an article on the Zettelkasten and antifragility. I clipped this quotation from the article: Tinker a lot. Write lots of Zettels and apply the outline method in abundance. The more Zettel you write the faster you erase the downsides of … [Continue reading] about Waste and Abundance in Note-Taking and Creative Work