tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post8999383265643173337..comments2024-03-28T06:07:03.667-04:00Comments on The Philosopher's Stone: AUTUMNAL THOUGHTSRobert Paul Wolffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11970360952872431856noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-57847693320322494492012-08-30T20:53:18.128-04:002012-08-30T20:53:18.128-04:00I would stress one thing. I find that many, many,...I would stress one thing. I find that many, many, people think that the action is somewhere else. "If only I were in New York or London or Chiapas or Caracas or on Television..." <br /><br />That's not true. Find an organization that makes sense and build it. If you are in the middle of nowhere, then the organization needs you to make a presence. <br /><br />Another piece of advice-- get some experience, then think about building something new. Murfmenschhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00031877154740991965noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-17253981040086389272012-08-30T15:49:36.487-04:002012-08-30T15:49:36.487-04:00I will be at Williams on October 23 and 24th. The...I will be at Williams on October 23 and 24th. The more the merrier!<br />Robert Paul Wolffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11970360952872431856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-69077526593643698722012-08-30T12:27:29.264-04:002012-08-30T12:27:29.264-04:00When will you be at Williams? I am not too far aw...When will you be at Williams? I am not too far away from there. I would try to get some students over to see you. <br />Murfmenschhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00031877154740991965noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-59332962772828426652012-08-30T09:43:39.651-04:002012-08-30T09:43:39.651-04:00I am supposed to give a public talk as a "pub...I am supposed to give a public talk as a "public intellectual" and also appear in Garrard's class, where we will be talking about Mannheim and ideology and stuff. In the seminar, the students are invited to ask me anything.<br /><br />P. J., I take your point, and I plan, as part of my talk, to allude to a number of men and women who have lived lives of commitment, year in and year out. It is always hard for me to judge what an undergraduate audience will relate to and what will simply leave them cold. We shall see.Robert Paul Wolffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11970360952872431856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-42871247009740254372012-08-29T19:15:37.743-04:002012-08-29T19:15:37.743-04:00Why would you NOT mention honorable men and women ...Why would you NOT mention honorable men and women as exemplars? Not a whole lecture on that, but more than passing mention. Might be what the students will most remember in later years. One can hope.P. J. Grathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12693462910472164289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-38717101969644148712012-08-29T18:17:37.988-04:002012-08-29T18:17:37.988-04:00I'm curious: What is the subject of the semina...I'm curious: What is the subject of the seminar that your friend Steve Garrard teaches? I presume it has something to do with politics... but that still leaves a wide range of possibilities. LFChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13551197682770555147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-16535750084972247252012-08-29T15:36:03.802-04:002012-08-29T15:36:03.802-04:00About Steve Biko, I agree with you completely. As...About Steve Biko, I agree with you completely. As for my calculation: I figure like this -- undergraduates arrive at college or university when they are seventeen or eighteen, typically. Most of them, if they pay attention to politics at all, started to do so when they were, let us say, twelve or thirteen, which means four to six years ago. Hence, George W. Bush's second term. Of course there are those who started paying attetion in some way when they were even younger, but not all that many, in my experience.Robert Paul Wolffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11970360952872431856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-72030684457371668742012-08-29T14:43:33.472-04:002012-08-29T14:43:33.472-04:00Just to let you know, I think your calculation is ...Just to let you know, I think your calculation is a little off. I'm a couple years older than most folks currently undergraduates and my first real political memories come Clinton's reelection bid.<br /><br />Also, I can't help but remind you of Steve Biko, who stands out to me as typifying honor and dignity in the face of struggle. Amatohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07392156407025334931noreply@blogger.com