tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21999805.post603441895038474154..comments2024-03-27T06:25:29.002-05:00Comments on Anecdotal Evidence: 'As a Drop of Dew Contains the Sky'Patrick Kurphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08436175583386298032noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21999805.post-46117707238560887432020-04-18T12:33:50.718-05:002020-04-18T12:33:50.718-05:00This post prompted me to read (and enjoy) his 2005...This post prompted me to read (and enjoy) his 2005 "Gentle Regrets".<br />Blurb: an "account of the ways in which life brought him to think what he thinks, and to be what he is."<br /><br />Favorite chapter, Growing up with Sam, which was about a dog, then a horse, and lastly his son. A few excerpts:<br /><br />p 99: "He allowed me to lead him by the mane back to his box, exemplifying a wondrous docility which has always earned forgiveness, ..."<br />[Perfectly describes a situation I have with someone.]<br /><br />p 110: "What I had reproached in my mother as timidity I remembered now as gentleness; ... what I had feared as anxiety I knew to be love -- love baffled by my selfishness, love that would not intrude since it cherished my freedom and wanted only what was best for me."<br /><br />Thanks!<br /><br /> mike zimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08688913712302681707noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21999805.post-31644077763530167202020-01-13T16:26:39.741-06:002020-01-13T16:26:39.741-06:00It's practically a dictum to say that philosop...It's practically a dictum to say that philosophers make a fool of themselves whenever they try to define beauty; even Plato could not escape the cap and bells, no matter how plumed it feels. <br /><br />Scruton never seemed a fool. Which is miraculous. Wonderful post!Montezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11099333058568185397noreply@blogger.com