1/2 “While I believe in the power of Great Books and Sacred Scriptures to incite thought, they are not enough on their own. We need on-ramps, models, and guides who can show us the way to closely read these texts with an open mind and open heart.”

2/2 “Most of us are not autodidacts, and even those of us who are need some energetic boosting from others who can help us believe that there is a path and we can walk it even if it will be a new one.”

@ZoharAtkins @nicholaspaul26 It’s a great piece. Thankful for your writing!

The War For Thoughtfulness – by ⁦@ZoharAtkins⁩ (h/t ⁦@nicholaspaul26⁩) whatiscalledthinking.substack.com/p/the-war-for-…

Adam Robbert retweeted: “I am thinking, needless to say, of Socratic-Platonic dialogue. Here we find a dialectic of question and answer, but this also requires multiple silences, and indeed a togetherness of saying and silence.” — William Desmond

@H_A_R_R_Y_1 The essay is dead. Long live the essay.

@also__known_as Definitely