tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post2599674115992661272..comments2024-03-28T22:33:29.066-04:00Comments on The Philosopher's Stone: A PERSONAL RECOLLECTIONRobert Paul Wolffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11970360952872431856noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-1457377958935368662018-01-08T11:40:33.647-05:002018-01-08T11:40:33.647-05:00Jerry Fresia and LFC,
If the decisions described ...Jerry Fresia and LFC,<br /><br />If the decisions described above are among the most foolish or stupid ones that you both made when young (as young as having just graduated from high school), then you both were very wise and rational young men.<br /><br />It hurts just to begin to think about so many stupid or unwise decisions I made while young, ones that affected not only my life not also the lives of others around me. <br /><br />If I hadn't been so unwise, I doubt that I would have ever felt the necessity to study philosophy nor would have continued studying it (not formally of course) for so many years.<br /><br />s. wallersteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17448905469871566228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-6721537920324425212018-01-08T09:58:44.056-05:002018-01-08T09:58:44.056-05:00@ J. Fresia
A high-school classmate w/ ties to Ch...@ J. Fresia<br /><br />A high-school classmate w/ ties to China invited me to go to the PRC with him and a few other people in the summer after we graduated (1975). I didn't go. Unbelievably stupid decision; I have no idea now what my reasoning was. Though I lived abroad as a young child and have traveled a certain amount (though not for quite a long time) as an adult (including in the Indian subcontinent), I've still never been to China. LFCnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-66481735937420416812018-01-08T05:48:57.254-05:002018-01-08T05:48:57.254-05:00During the period in which Baldwin was teaching at...During the period in which Baldwin was teaching at UMass, a friend of mine reported that she would be taking a course with Baldwin and asked me if would I like to take the course too given that there was still room.<br /><br />"Nah, maybe another time, " I said. Who was I then? What did I not understand?<br /><br />It is one of my most troubling regrets.Jerry Fresiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17566575038825699112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-1389721299375217372018-01-07T18:59:22.187-05:002018-01-07T18:59:22.187-05:00I was in the MFA program in Creative Writing.I was in the MFA program in Creative Writing.Ludwig Richterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17145442092958521609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-49136848763589801472018-01-07T15:28:23.007-05:002018-01-07T15:28:23.007-05:00David, what field were you in?David, what field were you in?Robert Paul Wolffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11970360952872431856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-31769274288032466752018-01-07T15:05:15.910-05:002018-01-07T15:05:15.910-05:00I was a graduate student at UMass when James Baldw...I was a graduate student at UMass when James Baldwin was the Five-College professor. Among my memories of that time is a public talk in which he discussed the president (Reagan) whom he referred to as "that cowboy." One of my idle fancies is to imagine what James Baldwin might have had to say about the current president of what he was fond of calling these yet-to-be-united-states.<br /><br />I am pleased and depressed that these "unutterably dangerous" times have made James Baldwin's writings seem more relevant and insightful than ever.Ludwig Richterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17145442092958521609noreply@blogger.com