There's an intellectual form of self-neutering that's worse, in some ways, than the tragedy of Abelard and Heloise.

Abelard's ultimate tragedy

Reflections in the spirit of Henry Thoreau ("Only that day dawns to which we are awake. There is more day to dawn. The sun is but a morning star." ) and William James ("the really vital question for us all is, What is this world going to be? What is life eventually to make of itself?"). 

Blogging at jposopher.blogspot.com and delightsprings.blogspot.com, tweeting @osopher.

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Reflections in the spirit of Henry Thoreau ("Only that day dawns to which we are awake. There is more day to dawn. The sun is but a morning star." ) and William James ("the really vital question for us all is, What is this world going to be? What is life eventually to make of itself?"). Blogging at jposopher.blogspot.com and delightsprings.blogspot.com, tweeting @osopher.

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