tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25624602.post8222882675202566386..comments2024-03-15T00:12:57.489-07:00Comments on Covenant Zone: Politic of the General Willtruepeershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16401984575637492845noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25624602.post-67458692023771839602008-08-07T01:12:00.000-07:002008-08-07T01:12:00.000-07:00Eowyn, I'm done reading Sandall, and I loved his b...Eowyn, I'm done reading Sandall, and I loved his book. Will write a real review soon enough, I hope. <BR/><BR/>I wrote some time back about the Philadelphia story as Stoicism. Had good fun with that. Will look for more commentary from you if I get up something on Sandall. <BR/><BR/>Thanks for the input here.Daghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10664271893389366772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25624602.post-58444316019008914662008-08-02T16:25:00.000-07:002008-08-02T16:25:00.000-07:00"Having made that point, an obvious one, we might ..."Having made that point, an obvious one, we might benefit from looking at the idea of Stoicism as our up-coming 'narrative.'"<BR/><BR/>You may be right, dag. At least, I hope you are, and will welcome additional signs to that outcome.<BR/><BR/>Stoicism requires not only personal responsibility, as a virtue, but taking a stand for virtue itself. And this involves, to the original Stoics, an abiding and unbroken connection with the virtues of Nature (which I, perhaps, not coincidentally posted something about).<BR/><BR/>Alas -- with the current American election, I'm seeing not adherence to principle, but shifting of principle depending on which way the poll-driven wind is blowing. Indeed -- the "flip-flopping" of John Kerry in the last election now seems quaint, by comparison.<BR/><BR/>I hope that's just a momentary cynical lapse.Eowynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11166378681749345402noreply@blogger.com