"Now no one is secure in enjoying goods that can be lost against his will. But no one can lose truth and wisdom against his will, for no one can be separated from the place where they are."
-St. Augustine, "On Free Choice of the Will"
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"Now no one is secure in enjoying goods that can be lost against his will. But no one can lose truth and wisdom against his will, for no one can be separated from the place where they are."
-St. Augustine, "On Free Choice of the Will"
A surprising number of strong contenders for #LetterV in the #alphabetgame but in the end I chose this (fictional) short reply to St Augustine's Confessions by his unnamed girlfriend.
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pickA fictional novella-length letter giving the reactions of Floria, St. Augustine of Hippo's concubine who he abandoned, to his Confessions.
I enjoyed the debunking of the Confessions, and her insistence that God's creation is to be enjoyed, not despised.
One of the best days of every month - my personalised ‘surprise‘ book subscription arriving. Can‘t wait to see what the amazing Amy at Mr B‘s has selected for me this month 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
panWhy is that I always seem to read my #doublespin first each month?
This just wasn‘t for me. Maybe I had a bad translation, but I had a hard time tracking the thought process through the book as a whole and at the sentence-level. There is some good stuff in here, but I ended up doing a lot of skimming.
#MarchUnshelving report:
✅Read 50% physical books from my own shelves
❌Donate 15 books (only got rid of 8)
However, the blue titles with pink on the sides - a total of five books - are in the giveaway box, even if they haven't quite made it out of the house, so that brings me much closer!!
Thanks for the inspiration @Clwojick !!!
I love buying used books and imagining where the book has been before it got to me. In this case, I don‘t have to imagine!
Book 1/15 leaving my house for #MarchUnshelving!! This one just wasn't for me, so it's heading out via Paperback Swap, which if you haven't checked out you totally should!!
Readathon progress: finished a book and halfway through two more. Super busy week so not as much reading time as I want!!
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