tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post3376721779751752759..comments2024-03-28T06:07:03.667-04:00Comments on The Philosopher's Stone: BIBLE VERSE FOR THE DAYRobert Paul Wolffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11970360952872431856noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-52659558573476372362018-04-14T20:04:22.538-04:002018-04-14T20:04:22.538-04:00I think that was a compliment, so thank you.
(btw ...I think that was a compliment, so thank you.<br />(btw I don't have an academic job, so I don't lecture or digress, at least not in a classroom ;)) LFCnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-2533591490360632302018-04-14T14:20:22.318-04:002018-04-14T14:20:22.318-04:00LFC,
The digressions of someone as critically int...LFC,<br /><br />The digressions of someone as critically intelligent as Professor Wolff are often more intellectually and spiritually fruitful than the regular class material, for one's creativity emerges in the digressions from the text book or texts. On the other hand, the regular class material can generally be found elsewhere for it's academic common sense.<br /><br />By the way, LFC, I'd include you in the class of those whose digressions are most probably more intellectually and spiritually fruitful than your lectures on set academic subjects.<br />s. wallersteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17448905469871566228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-1896760479447987132018-04-14T10:22:41.499-04:002018-04-14T10:22:41.499-04:00Since the course was about the political economy o...Since the course was about the political economy of race and class, not biblical exegesis, I also would have dropped it and moved on. LFCAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-12710230711407744702018-04-13T12:38:55.019-04:002018-04-13T12:38:55.019-04:00In my experience if someone says something complet...In my experience if someone says something completely unthinking, but which I, as a non-member of the in-group, imagine is the hegemonic groupthink of the in-group and which, I imagine, should not be challenged, unless I want to end up seen as an enemy of the in-group,<br />and instead of dropping the matter to avoid problems, I challenge the unthinking groupthink, I am often surprised by how many members of the group in question welcome my challenging of such unthinking opinions and how many people back me up or at least refrain from the inevitable rejection of my questioning by the people directly involved.<br /><br />I never can tell beforehand how such things will work out, especially and above all, if I have little or no previous experiences with the in-group in question.<br />s. wallersteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17448905469871566228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-80749719086213210022018-04-13T10:57:26.545-04:002018-04-13T10:57:26.545-04:00You would not have been "calling out a person...You would not have been "calling out a person's grandmother", but rather your student's blind credulity. Ultimately, of course, you would have been "calling out" the proposition your student's belief expressed.<br /><br />"...I just dropped the matter and moved on" And you're amazed and dismayed Trump is President?Acastoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02396103259765857115noreply@blogger.com