A beautiful place to visit on a Sunday morning, thank you.
I am not afraid of decay.
There came a moment when I realized that the work of Man is to be constantly weeding, keeping Nature from overcoming his surroundings, that whatever he does, he will have to keep Nature out a little bit, to keep from being overwhelmed, and maybe to be able…
A beautiful place to visit on a Sunday morning, thank you.
I am not afraid of decay.
There came a moment when I realized that the work of Man is to be constantly weeding, keeping Nature from overcoming his surroundings, that whatever he does, he will have to keep Nature out a little bit, to keep from being overwhelmed, and maybe to be able to settle down and eat at a table.
Weeding is never done. Every spring brings new weeds, and they follow their timetable, too.
It is nice to see the Christmas manger at the site.
In the south of France, there is a tradition of "santons", clay ? figures that are fashioned to represent the Holy Family at Christmas, with people in traditional garb. The figurines are beautifully crafted.
I have noticed that our children seem to be much more superstitious than we are... as though Christian ? rationalism were losing its hold on them. My daughter is unreasonably afraid of spiders, the way that many people seem to be unreasonably ? superstitiously ? afraid of microbes.
Would Nietzsche have thought that this is progress at work ?
Good observation. Rationalism by authority has ruined itself. Superstition is real science. Superstition comes from personal experimentation, not from reading or listening to experts.
The experts have told us that superstition is bad because it subverts their "scientific" dogmas. Now we're not listening to them.
For starters, I looked up "superstition" in my trusty French etymological dictionary, which is a history of the French language. Sometimes I dream about having a historical dictionary of Latin, and Greek, because I know (though I'm not an expert...) that Cicero already had questioned the etymology of the word "religere" that our word "religion" comes from. Popular belief held that it came from tying people together... connecting them, we would probably say now, but Cicero already was challenging popular belief on the etymology of the Latin language in his day. That... boggles my mind, although it probably shouldn't.
To start with, since I feel like starting here, "superstitio" derives from "superstare" which means to stand above, to dominate, in one of the meanings of the word "dominate". You could say that a dominant person stands above, as in "superstare".
The word was borrowed from sophisticated, "savvy" latin, in opposition to "religio", and indicates ritual that is too scrupulous, with unnecessary and superfluous details around 1375.
It came to designate irrational beliefs and practices with respect to the sacred. In this light, you might say that Jesus's preaching concentrated on criticizing superstitious Jewish rites around the Sabbath, for example.
From what I understand in reading my dictionary, the criticism of superstition shares the Jewish mistrust of everything that is connected with magic. The Jewish religion eschews the practice of magic, and firmly condemns it, from what I have learned about Judaism.
From the 16th century onward, superstition has been associated with idolatry, opposed either to the "true religion" or to reason. Superstition is attached to the belief in the power of certain acts, and of certain signs.
Initially, the word was associated with the idea of excessive scruples within a religious framework, before coming to designate religious practices themselves in opposition to pure ? faith in reason. (1742, Voltaire, not long before the French revolution)
I, for one, believe in the necessity for society to establish recognized authority in order to function. And individual personal experimentation is not enough to found a.. society.
A beautiful place to visit on a Sunday morning, thank you.
I am not afraid of decay.
There came a moment when I realized that the work of Man is to be constantly weeding, keeping Nature from overcoming his surroundings, that whatever he does, he will have to keep Nature out a little bit, to keep from being overwhelmed, and maybe to be able to settle down and eat at a table.
Weeding is never done. Every spring brings new weeds, and they follow their timetable, too.
It is nice to see the Christmas manger at the site.
In the south of France, there is a tradition of "santons", clay ? figures that are fashioned to represent the Holy Family at Christmas, with people in traditional garb. The figurines are beautifully crafted.
I have noticed that our children seem to be much more superstitious than we are... as though Christian ? rationalism were losing its hold on them. My daughter is unreasonably afraid of spiders, the way that many people seem to be unreasonably ? superstitiously ? afraid of microbes.
Would Nietzsche have thought that this is progress at work ?
Good observation. Rationalism by authority has ruined itself. Superstition is real science. Superstition comes from personal experimentation, not from reading or listening to experts.
The experts have told us that superstition is bad because it subverts their "scientific" dogmas. Now we're not listening to them.
I'm not sure that I understand you.
For starters, I looked up "superstition" in my trusty French etymological dictionary, which is a history of the French language. Sometimes I dream about having a historical dictionary of Latin, and Greek, because I know (though I'm not an expert...) that Cicero already had questioned the etymology of the word "religere" that our word "religion" comes from. Popular belief held that it came from tying people together... connecting them, we would probably say now, but Cicero already was challenging popular belief on the etymology of the Latin language in his day. That... boggles my mind, although it probably shouldn't.
To start with, since I feel like starting here, "superstitio" derives from "superstare" which means to stand above, to dominate, in one of the meanings of the word "dominate". You could say that a dominant person stands above, as in "superstare".
The word was borrowed from sophisticated, "savvy" latin, in opposition to "religio", and indicates ritual that is too scrupulous, with unnecessary and superfluous details around 1375.
It came to designate irrational beliefs and practices with respect to the sacred. In this light, you might say that Jesus's preaching concentrated on criticizing superstitious Jewish rites around the Sabbath, for example.
From what I understand in reading my dictionary, the criticism of superstition shares the Jewish mistrust of everything that is connected with magic. The Jewish religion eschews the practice of magic, and firmly condemns it, from what I have learned about Judaism.
From the 16th century onward, superstition has been associated with idolatry, opposed either to the "true religion" or to reason. Superstition is attached to the belief in the power of certain acts, and of certain signs.
Initially, the word was associated with the idea of excessive scruples within a religious framework, before coming to designate religious practices themselves in opposition to pure ? faith in reason. (1742, Voltaire, not long before the French revolution)
I, for one, believe in the necessity for society to establish recognized authority in order to function. And individual personal experimentation is not enough to found a.. society.