Category Archives: Philosophy & Psychology

Walking and Singing: Our 130,000-year-old Hunting, Wandering and Gathering Heritage

Posted on August 27, 2008 by Ron Pavellas

This excursion into that which is asserted to be inescapably human began with the reading of The Songlines by Bruce Chatwin, an assignment from the monthly book discussion group I attend in Stockholm. I quote here from the text in … Continue reading →

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Writing about writing and arguing for God—a very difficult book

Posted on July 30, 2008 by Ron Pavellas

The book is The Broken Estate, by James Wood. I have long wanted to learn more about some of the authors and historical figures (often one and the same) whom this author presents: Sir Thomas More, Jane Austen, Gustave Flaubert, … Continue reading →

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