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“That book of [Melancthon], to my mind, deserves not merely to live as long as books are read, but to take its place in the Church canon; whereas your book, by comparison, struck me as so worthless and poor that my heart went out to you for having defiled your lovely, brilliant flow of language with such vile stuff. I thought it outrageous to convey material of so low a quality in the trappings of such rare eloquence; it is like using gold or silver dishes to carry garden rubbish or dung.”

Book:The Bondage of the Will

Work

The Bondage of the Will

This book delves into the philosophical debate on the extent of human free will, examining the influence of determinism and predestination on individual choice and action. more

Author

Martin Luther

Martin Luther, born on November 10, 1483 and died on February 18, 1546, was a significant figure in the German Reformation. He was a monk, theologian, philosopher, and writer, known for his leading role in the Reformation. Luther challenged the authority of the Roman Catholic Church and translated the Bible into German, which had a profound impact on German culture and religion. more

“…the importance of the study of Western esotericism goes far beyond a mere “academic interest” in some historical currents and ideas that happen to have been neglected by earlier generations. On the contrary, this domain of research should be recognized as centrally important to historians of religion and culture because it is only by virtue of excluding its basic components—as imagined in the polemical imagination—from the realm of the acceptable that Western culture as such has been able to deﬁne its very identity. If I am correct in arguing that the most essential components of that identity are at bottom polemical concepts, it follows that we cannot understand them in isolation, as if they exist in and for themselves. Instead, we need to understand the dynamics of the underlying discourse that created them; and this, in turn, requires us to try and step outside the latter and analyze it from a neutral point of view.”

Polemics Religious History 2005 Western Esotericism

Book:Forbidden Knowledge: Anti-Esoteric Polemics and Academic Research

Source: Forbidden Knowledge: Anti-Esoteric Polemics and Academic Research

“Don't you quit. You keep walking, you keep trying, there is help and happiness ahead.”

Inspirational Trials Enduring Hardships Percerverence

Author:Jeffrey R. Holland

“A friendship can't survive on childhood memories alone. We have to create new experiences, or the friendship will shrivel up.”

Friendhip Sarah Mlynowski

Book:I See London, I See France

Source: I See London, I See France

“Normal is boring. Who wants that?”