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  • Sigrid Undset Crosses Russia: The Remarkable Case of Back from the Future (1942)

    03/06/2009 5:32:50 AM PST · by ihatedemocrats · 7 replies · 397+ views
    The Brussels Journal ^ | 2009-03-03 | Thomas F. Bertonneau
    Seeing things plain, not lying to oneself, not subscribing to the delusions of others – these virtues, seemingly so simple, prove in life difficult to achieve and tricky to exercise. An inevitable imitative pressure assimilates people to one another so that mere opinion, received but never vetted, comes to function as a surrogate reality, in the cave-like error of which people stumble about their errands in a lurching mockery of witting behavior. The ancients worried about false or second-hand judgment (doxa) or about superstition. Modern people must grapple with ideology. The critique of ideology is the single most important exercise...
  • Much to Treasure from Norwegian Royal Visit

    01/28/2005 3:02:15 PM PST · by franksolich · 375+ views
    corporate hand-out ^ | November 2004
    Much to Treasure from Royal Norwegian Visit A Royal visit brings with it much to cherish and to treasure. The visit by His Majesty King Harald V and Her Majesty Queen Sonja to Singapore brings with it much rewards for both countries and their peoples. Singapore and Norway share much similar interests and concerns, especially in the maritime field and in oil and gas. With the recent visit of Their Majesties, the areas of joint interests and concerns will no doubt be expanded broadly into other fields such as tourism and possibly even renewable energy.