tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post8146699811986323431..comments2024-03-28T17:44:11.289+00:00Comments on Bruce Charlton's Notions: Trouble and Anxiety - a good thing, or not?Bruce Charltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-7836936701474370902011-04-14T06:26:46.955+01:002011-04-14T06:26:46.955+01:00Our society fears the soul. We like the idea of eq...Our society fears the soul. We like the idea of equality because it lets us off the hook for a vital task, which is perfecting our souls through discipline of the self. Not everyone can do that, so it's not sociable to mention it, so we deny it. Instead, we like a nice quantitative existence where we can hand people a hunk of food, money or technology, and tell them the problem will solve itself.Brett Stevenshttp://www.amerika.org/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-28789691286499913072011-04-13T20:51:51.164+01:002011-04-13T20:51:51.164+01:00Do you take it that Shaw is somwhow endorsing, in ...Do you take it that Shaw is somwhow endorsing, in the voice of Undershaft, that society can cure poverty just by giving the poor more money?<br /><br />Barbara comes off as the level-headed one.<br /><br />That would be downright embarrassing. I'm surprised it wouldn't have been even in his own day.Steve Nhttp://www.octanecreative.com/ducttape/stump/stump.htmlnoreply@blogger.com