Desmet nails it all. Haha, I was in the middle of listening to my millionth Desmet interview when a friend sent me a link to your post. I'm Desmet fangirling!! Plus he's not hard on the eyes...
And he's clearly not finished his work: He answers a question in this interview (this one is with Canadian ethicist, Julie Ponesse) that he/we still don't fully understand who the (we) outliers are, or how/why it is that we outliers refuse the narrative. So, there's more to come :-)
I am intrigued that the author is Belgian. Bad things have been happening in Belgium, like Luce Irigaray and the euthanasia mobile. I don't think it was an accident that Dr. Evil hailed from Belgium. And Hannah Arendt is so good. I remember when Trump was elected, Audible started giving away On Totalitarianism. Now, having read it closely I wonder if anyone actually read it or if they carried it around with them to signal their concern about Trump?
I just finished reading On Revolution and learned more about and gained a greater appreciation for the American Revolution, where it succeeded where others failed (we so often forget that America began with a Revolution) and where it went wrong, and most tantalizingly, how to recover "the lost treasure" of the revolutionary tradition.
Wow, thanks for the unexpected mid-week treat. You've again given me a lot to think about. I just might (probably will) order Desmet's book. In fact, I think my wife might have already bought it, and it's in the pile waiting to be read. Anything that offers clarity and hope in the midst of the current chaotic bad dream will be welcome.
"Having a life well lived" is a wonderful thing and leaves a great legacy, but it will not, in and of itself, bring one to heaven absent belief in Jesus Christ. Scripture says, "For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life." (John 3:16)
Desmet nails it all. Haha, I was in the middle of listening to my millionth Desmet interview when a friend sent me a link to your post. I'm Desmet fangirling!! Plus he's not hard on the eyes...
And he's clearly not finished his work: He answers a question in this interview (this one is with Canadian ethicist, Julie Ponesse) that he/we still don't fully understand who the (we) outliers are, or how/why it is that we outliers refuse the narrative. So, there's more to come :-)
I am intrigued that the author is Belgian. Bad things have been happening in Belgium, like Luce Irigaray and the euthanasia mobile. I don't think it was an accident that Dr. Evil hailed from Belgium. And Hannah Arendt is so good. I remember when Trump was elected, Audible started giving away On Totalitarianism. Now, having read it closely I wonder if anyone actually read it or if they carried it around with them to signal their concern about Trump?
I just finished reading On Revolution and learned more about and gained a greater appreciation for the American Revolution, where it succeeded where others failed (we so often forget that America began with a Revolution) and where it went wrong, and most tantalizingly, how to recover "the lost treasure" of the revolutionary tradition.
Wow, thanks for the unexpected mid-week treat. You've again given me a lot to think about. I just might (probably will) order Desmet's book. In fact, I think my wife might have already bought it, and it's in the pile waiting to be read. Anything that offers clarity and hope in the midst of the current chaotic bad dream will be welcome.
"Having a life well lived" is a wonderful thing and leaves a great legacy, but it will not, in and of itself, bring one to heaven absent belief in Jesus Christ. Scripture says, "For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life." (John 3:16)
Excellent food for thought.