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Tagged: the deliberate life


Wendell Berry Remembered

Wendell Berry Remembered

Remembering Wendell Berry — agrarian, prophet of the physical world, and a writer who lived his convictions.

The Weight

The Weight

On the heaviness of life, and the journey to understand what it means.

Nietzsche on Reflection

Nietzsche on Reflection

On a passage from The Gay Science, and reflection as a lost art worth preserving.

On Making Things Easier

On Making Things Easier

On spurning efficiency, and Kierkegaard's case for deliberately making some things harder.