One of the funniest conceits in Fringe is the excellent Mad Scientist Walter Bishop’s plethora of reinventions and variations of Agent Farnsworth’s name. Some people think it’s because Walter cannot remember Astrid’s name. I, however, suspect that this little quirk is a … Continue reading
by Jeffrey F. Barr I. INTRODUCTION Christians have traditionally interpreted the famous passage “Render therefore to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s; and to God, the things that are God’s,” to mean that Jesus endorsed paying taxes. This view was … Continue reading
Esce di mano a lui che la vagheggia prima che sia, a guisa di fanciulla che piangendo e ridendo pargoleggia, l’anima semplicetta che sa nulla, salvo che, mossa da lieto fattore, volontier torna a ciò che la trastulla. Purg. XVI.85-90 … Continue reading
O superbi cristian, miseri lassi, che, de la vista de la mente infermi, fidanza avete ne’ retrosi passi, non v’accorgete voi che noi siam vermi nati a formar l’angelica farfalla, che vola a la giustizia sanza schermi? Purg. X.121-126 O … Continue reading
CALIBAN: Be not afeard; the isle is full of noises, Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not. Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices That, if I then had waked after … Continue reading
… begins with a dream and ends with an idea… [To listen, press the SPACE BAR to start and stop video playback] Πάτερ_ἡμῶν
John Milton could not have said it better when he summed up the folly of vanity: all who in vain things Built their fond hopes of glory or lasting fame… Naught seeking but the praise of men, here find Fit … Continue reading
