Motus Mentis

8 Comments

1. Alex Leibowitz says

   Montaigne’s essay on pity is worth re-reading.

   Posted November 11, 2016 at 12:23 am | Permalink
2. Kevin Kim says

   I spent two weeks in Portland. Lots of homeless, hipsters, and druggies–three overlapping circles in the Venn diagram. Plenty of normal folk as well, along with an abundance of good eateries. I thought the city was mellower than this, although I’m not totally surprised.

   Posted November 11, 2016 at 12:38 am | Permalink
3. TheBigHenry says

   Alex,

   Which of Montaigne’s essays is “on pity”? I don’t see one with the word “pity” in its title.

   Posted November 11, 2016 at 1:54 am | Permalink
4. Alex Leibowitz says

   Henry,

   “That Men By Various Ways Arrive At The Same End.” The subject is pity, anyway.

   I lived in Portland for 5 years. Went to Reed College.

   Posted November 11, 2016 at 2:17 am | Permalink
5. Whitewall says

   Democrats in their natural (subsidized) state of mind. Blue Governing Model on display.

   Posted November 11, 2016 at 7:11 am | Permalink
6. Whitewall says

   Amazing what “deep research” can predict:

   http://legalinsurrection.com/2016/11/research-guru-saw-trump-phenomenon-coming-before-anyone-else/

   Uncanny!

   Posted November 11, 2016 at 9:43 am | Permalink
7. J Clivas says

   I would never attend a college named after an American Bolshevik.

   Posted November 11, 2016 at 11:20 am | Permalink
8. Alex Leibowitz says

   Clicks, sir or madam, I believe it was named after a Portland businessman in 1908

   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simeon_Gannett_Reed

   There are many Reeds in America.

   The college has its eccentricities, but I attended it because of its Humanities curriculum. For the moment it still requires all freshman study the Greek and Roman classics (which I went on to major in), and offers similar programs in early modern, modern, and Chinese civilization.

   Of course politically and ethically, I anticipate you wouldn’t find its atmosphere agreeable. But if you want to remain on courteous and civil terms with a man, you would do well not to cast aspersions on his alma mater. I recognize there are things to be said against it, especially in this society, but I would ask you allow me to reserve that privilege for myself.

   Posted November 11, 2016 at 9:56 pm | Permalink