tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3441908040982501903.post8552673285931219541..comments2023-12-18T19:38:22.023-08:00Comments on The Good Portion: Religio MediciLaurie M.http://www.blogger.com/profile/15840896949617719814noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3441908040982501903.post-44316964243608508562011-01-13T23:42:21.114-08:002011-01-13T23:42:21.114-08:00Christopher,
First, thanks.
Second, Paul and I f...Christopher,<br /><br />First, thanks.<br /><br />Second, Paul and I feel your pain. The day-job has a way of cutting into reading and writing time. But, I must say, paying the mortgage and putting food on the table have their own rewards.Laurie M.https://www.blogger.com/profile/15840896949617719814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3441908040982501903.post-59284588083875119942011-01-13T23:39:48.219-08:002011-01-13T23:39:48.219-08:00Well, Kevin, to be perfectly honest, I didn't ...Well, Kevin, to be perfectly honest, I didn't pick up on his humor the first time through. We Americans tend to be suckers for the obvious and a bit lacking in subtlety in the humor department (or perhaps I should speak for myself here). But I read a comment somewhere that Browne was quite known by his contemporaries for his humor and then the light came on and I was able to see it. I needed for someone to wink at me to recognize that some play was going on. As I've stated elsewhere, literalism is my default mode.<br /><br />An essay contest sounds like fun.Laurie M.https://www.blogger.com/profile/15840896949617719814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3441908040982501903.post-36523998305720511722011-01-13T16:52:26.261-08:002011-01-13T16:52:26.261-08:00Finally the R.M. post -- you got to it before me a...Finally the R.M. post -- you got to it before me and did a better job than I ever would have done. And besides... I'm finding myself horribly distracted from my reading and writing by work and trying to figure out how to balance it all. There aren't enough hours...Tuirginhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05081067215683168015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3441908040982501903.post-58152212641932396072011-01-13T09:54:26.169-08:002011-01-13T09:54:26.169-08:00I just love this contemporary review of R.M. by Gu...I just love this contemporary review of R.M. by Gui de Patin whom Edward Browne met years later in Paris-<br /><br />'A new little volume has arrived from Holland entitled Religio Medici written by an Englishman and translated into Latin by some Dutchman. It is a strange and pleasant book, but very delicate and wholly mystical; the author is not lacking in wit and you will see in him quaint and delightful thoughts. There are hardly any books of this sort. If scholars were permitted to write freely we would learn many novel things, never has there been a newspaper to this; in this way the subtlety of the human spirit could be revealed'.Kevin Faulknerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15482886706239506749noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3441908040982501903.post-46982462143113544122011-01-13T08:44:24.369-08:002011-01-13T08:44:24.369-08:00It's amazing how lines of thought hundreds of ...It's amazing how lines of thought hundreds of years old can resonate so beautifully today.<br /><br />I really want to find and read that book now.Courthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00777460619211803236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3441908040982501903.post-88012981801406663492011-01-13T04:50:16.040-08:002011-01-13T04:50:16.040-08:00I can't tell you how happy this post has made ...I can't tell you how happy this post has made me! One of the rare instances when words fail me.Paul Mathershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15951893912611871578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3441908040982501903.post-69430846381690795222011-01-13T00:25:39.685-08:002011-01-13T00:25:39.685-08:00All of this is fine theological appreciation for s...All of this is fine theological appreciation for sure and Browne would doubtless blushed to hear he is so greatly admired 350 years later in the New World.<br /><br />Don't forget his humour either, an important component in his sanity and tolerance.<br /><br />I am trying to get funding for an essay competition with a big cash prize about Browne to be open to the English-speaking world at present. Will let you know if i succeed.Kevin Faulknerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15482886706239506749noreply@blogger.com