Comments on: Literary Meme-ory http://cosmos-liturgy-sex.com/2008/01/30/literary-meme-ory/ Now This Is The Real World! Where Theology and Real Life Meet. Sun, 07 Sep 2008 00:58:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Kris http://cosmos-liturgy-sex.com/2008/01/30/literary-meme-ory/#comment-587222 Kris Fri, 01 Feb 2008 19:58:29 +0000 http://cosmos-liturgy-sex.com/2008/01/30/literary-meme-ory/#comment-587222 I did it too! Fun! I did it too! Fun!

]]> By: Dim Bulb http://cosmos-liturgy-sex.com/2008/01/30/literary-meme-ory/#comment-586071 Dim Bulb Fri, 01 Feb 2008 01:50:41 +0000 http://cosmos-liturgy-sex.com/2008/01/30/literary-meme-ory/#comment-586071 Thanks! I'll post my (current) response on my blog. On the 25th, the Curt Jester did this same meme and I left the following in his combox: The meme would have been significantly better if it had asked for the first full paragraph beginning on page 123. First, it would have saved me the annoyance of having to count sentences. Have you ever tried hunting for a period at 11:30 at night? It ain't easy. Second, as a book lover, it would have given me a bit more to judge the worth of a book. Anyway, here, according to the criteria, is what is written in THOMIST REALISM AND THE CRITIQUE OF KNOWLEDGE, by Etienne Gilson: "One might say, for example, that an infant begins with a vague notion that its sensations or perceptions grasp really existing objects. Later on, thanks to the spontaneous application of the first principals and by comparing the different contents of perception, it becomes possible to apply the abstract notion of existence to certain perceptions. This extension is carried out so spontaneously that it soon goes beyond perceptions and embraces simple images also, thus giving rise to sense illusions, dreams and hallucinations." Makes you just want to run out and buy it, huh? Thanks! I’ll post my (current) response on my blog. On the 25th, the Curt Jester did this same meme and I left the following in his combox:

The meme would have been significantly better if it had asked for the first full paragraph beginning on page 123. First, it would have saved me the annoyance of having to count sentences. Have you ever tried hunting for a period at 11:30 at night? It ain’t easy. Second, as a book lover, it would have given me a bit more to judge the worth of a book.

Anyway, here, according to the criteria, is what is written in THOMIST REALISM AND THE CRITIQUE OF KNOWLEDGE, by Etienne Gilson:

“One might say, for example, that an infant begins with a vague notion that its sensations or perceptions grasp really existing objects. Later on, thanks to the spontaneous application of the first principals and by comparing the different contents of perception, it becomes possible to apply the abstract notion of existence to certain perceptions. This extension is carried out so spontaneously that it soon goes beyond perceptions and embraces simple images also, thus giving rise to sense illusions, dreams and hallucinations.”

Makes you just want to run out and buy it, huh?

]]> By: tara http://cosmos-liturgy-sex.com/2008/01/30/literary-meme-ory/#comment-584022 tara Wed, 30 Jan 2008 22:30:30 +0000 http://cosmos-liturgy-sex.com/2008/01/30/literary-meme-ory/#comment-584022 Okay David--it's done! Okay David–it’s done!

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