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	<title>Hardly the Last Word &#187; Boethius</title>
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		<title>Sinc ea?e m?g, gold on grunde, gumcynnes gehwone oferhigian, hyde se ?e wylle.</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2009 19:22:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Beowulf is over, and so my semester of experimental literature survey wraps up with it. ?I was dog-tired when I taught today, impending events having robbed me of some sleep, and I felt like the lesson suffered somewhat, but Beowulf?is &#8230; <a href="http://www.nathangilmour.com/hardly/2009/04/sinc-ea%c3%b0e-m%c3%a6g-gold-on-grunde-gumcynnes-gehwone-oferhigian-hyde-se-%c3%b0e-wylle/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Wyrd oft nere? unf?gne eorl, ?onne his ellen deah</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2009 17:42:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Strangely enough, even though I had just as much amateur linguistics lore, Tolkien tidbits, and other distractions in my notes today, our class on Beowulf turned out more focused than did our class on Anglo-Saxon elegies just before spring break.? &#8230; <a href="http://www.nathangilmour.com/hardly/2009/04/wyrd-oft-nere%c3%b0-unf%c3%a6gne-eorl-%c3%beonne-his-ellen-deah/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Another Semester of Liberal Education</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Nov 2008 16:06:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I met with the last of my portfolio-revision groups on Thursday afternoon, and now that I&#8217;ve actually slept and had a chance to reflect on this fall&#8217;s classes, I&#8217;m pleased with my efforts.? I hope I never get so stupid &#8230; <a href="http://www.nathangilmour.com/hardly/2008/11/another-semester-of-liberal-education/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Is Freedom an Illusion?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2008 16:18:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We finished the Consolation of Philosophy with a bang today, and Dr. Freer came in on a very animated class to boot.? I started both classes with a fairly detached discussion of what chance is for Boethius, and we extended &#8230; <a href="http://www.nathangilmour.com/hardly/2008/11/is-freedom-an-illusion/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Does Evil Exist?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Nov 2008 18:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We had a really great class in both sections today.? We began by tackling Boethius&#8217;s famous distinction between fate and providence, and the class followed along pretty well as we worked out the categories.? Boethius calls Fate the temporal unfolding &#8230; <a href="http://www.nathangilmour.com/hardly/2008/11/does-evil-exist/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Respecting the Office</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Oct 2008 15:16:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This was the perfect time for book three of Consolation to come along.? We all know that, five days and change from now, when the federal election commission declares the votes tallied and one of two men president-elect, the nastiness &#8230; <a href="http://www.nathangilmour.com/hardly/2008/10/respecting-the-office/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Negating the World with Boethius</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Oct 2008 15:54:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s fun, really, if one throws one&#8217;s self into it.? Money has no value at all when hoarded, and it has no staying power when spent.? Political and military power are illusions: they rely on chains of command that become &#8230; <a href="http://www.nathangilmour.com/hardly/2008/10/negating-the-world-with-boethius/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Nature of Humanity</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Oct 2008 18:54:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ngilmour</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s interesting how different classes take the same questions in entirely different directions.? In today&#8217;s comp classes we discussed book one of Boethius&#8217;s Consolation of Philosophy, and along with the text I wrapped up the session with a fairly straightforward &#8230; <a href="http://www.nathangilmour.com/hardly/2008/10/the-nature-of-humanity/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Boethius and Alfred</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Mar 2008 19:52:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I led discussion in our Old English seminar and held my own with the big ax-swinging Anglo-Saxonists.? That&#8217;s always a nice feeling.? Now the next few weeks are going to be low-maintenance for me in there&#8211;each student has one discussion &#8230; <a href="http://www.nathangilmour.com/hardly/2008/03/boethius-and-alfred/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Bible and Pornography</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Mar 2008 23:15:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Am I fishing for funky Google searches?? Yes. We spent the bulk of today&#8217;s class talking about the fourth scene of J.B., in which paparazzi-style reporters scheme to capture a picture of Sarah, J.B.&#8217;s wife, just at the moment when &#8230; <a href="http://www.nathangilmour.com/hardly/2008/03/the-bible-and-pornography/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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