tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post5821735479239058982..comments2024-03-29T12:03:37.344+00:00Comments on Bruce Charlton's Notions: The hierarchy of authoritiesBruce Charltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-48513022551257386802011-03-29T09:45:07.865+01:002011-03-29T09:45:07.865+01:00"What are your views on Spengler, by the way?..."What are your views on Spengler, by the way?"<br /><br />The Ancients and the primitive Church Fathers are infinitely more circumspect and learned - he's clever though and not altogether wrong.Peter Arnoldnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-77831913525981244222011-03-27T23:03:43.534+01:002011-03-27T23:03:43.534+01:00How about this:
Abolish state education.
Make it...How about this: <br />Abolish state education. <br />Make it the way it always used to be: prohibitively expensive to most. <br />Education annihilates true-nature, and replaces inborn wisdom with what you see, every day. <br />Ego, delusion, calculation, conflict.The Crowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04323413604073160469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-8272868666771773162011-03-27T07:52:59.738+01:002011-03-27T07:52:59.738+01:00@dearieme - thanks. Ahhh...
@GoRF - Thanks for th...@dearieme - thanks. Ahhh...<br /><br />@GoRF - Thanks for the confirmation. I have read in Spengler's great work (but not all of it) and found it interesting and useful.<br /><br />I would regard Spengler (from a personal perspective) as what Marshall McLuhan called a 'probe', something that shook and stimulated my thought, rather than having a shaping effect.<br /><br />@Crow - apprenticeship is necessary, but not sufficient. Part of this is that apprentice ad master should choose one another, and not be allocated. (And, usually, the apprentice pays the master; not vice versa - this is not exploitation but investment.)Bruce Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-90839977265368162502011-03-27T02:27:29.738+01:002011-03-27T02:27:29.738+01:00"He knows, you know".
Say it like Jimmy...<i>"He knows, you know".</i> <br />Say it like Jimmy Clitheroe. <br />And it's true, of course. <br />I spend more time than I should on internet forums, and it is horribly clear how few people even <i>understand</i> clear, accurate ideas, in their own language, let alone be able to communicate their own ideas. <br />My one experience of apprenticeship had me working like a slave on jobs nobody else wanted to do, and learning nothing, for considerably less pay than it took to support my being able to keep going to work. <br />Even in 1968, things were that bad. <br /><br />Apprenticeship is, of course, crucial to the handing down of knowledge. It either makes a comeback, or knowledge is going to be lost for good. It already is, to a large extent. <br />It must become important for future governments to consider, along with all the other myriad things a society needs to implement and honor, when narcissism and empty ego have run their sorry course.The Crowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04323413604073160469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-33820331071378985152011-03-26T22:18:19.053+00:002011-03-26T22:18:19.053+00:00Professor Charlton,
This is excellent. My milita...Professor Charlton,<br /><br />This is excellent. My military experiences corroborate your views on the decline of authority and capability. Western armies have traded authority for bureaucracy to a monstrous extent. I don't have much to add other than to encourage you to continue with your work. <br /><br />What are your views on Spengler, by the way?The Ghost Of Robert Filmernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-4619169196279668562011-03-26T18:46:46.485+00:002011-03-26T18:46:46.485+00:00Chill out, man.
http://www.youtube.com/user/Ragtim...Chill out, man.<br />http://www.youtube.com/user/RagtimeDorianHenrydeariemenoreply@blogger.com