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Daily Archives: April 28, 2018
Dante’s PURGATORY, Canto 20: MIDAS’ GOLDEN TOUCH
https://pixabay.com/en/egg-golden-egg-gold-red-gold-2885370/ *** MIDAS’ GOLDEN TOUCH *** Midas’ golden touch All that he touched turned to gold Food, drink, and his son *** NOTE: The sinners purging the sin of greed meditate on examples of greed. King Midas of Phrygia, in … Continue reading
John Stuart Mill (1806-1873): The Divine Attributes
John Stuart Mill was an original thinker. In fact, his father brought him up to be an original thinker, teaching him Latin and Greek at a very early age. By the time he became a teenager, Mill had learned both … Continue reading