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In the same way, every Catholic around me reads "Catholic" books written in the past 20 years that are 90% watered down and 10% quotes from older books. So imag
by sdegutis 8y ago
In the same way, every Catholic around me reads "Catholic" books written in the past 20 years that are 90% watered down and 10% quotes from older books. So imagine my surprise when I found all those old books they were quoting were easily available on archive.org and easily installable on my phone (the PDF copies only) and in easy to understand English translations, despite being written 200, 500, 1000, 1700 years ago. And compared to these older books, even the 150 year old books, these 20 year old books are nothing more than overpriced flowery pamphlets.
- kurosawa 8y agoI find the same for books for the relationship between contemporary and classic works in other major traditions
- photojosh 8y agoI'm not Catholic, but my most revelatory reading this year has been Rene Girard's (a Catholic philosopher/theologian) 20-40 year old books. I guarantee they're not flowery pamphlets, they're mind-blowing.
- photojosh 8y agoAnd serendipitously enough, an article on him made HN today! https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18585177 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18585177