James Daniels just reminded me about the order of knowledge and showed how you can see it disintegrate in western philosophical thought. At the top of all knowledge is theology, the knowledge that holds all other knowledge together. Below that is philosophical knowledge, knowledge of metaphysical things like being, mode, and change. One more step …
Answer below: [polldaddy poll=1598074] Thanks to all who participated. The answer is Edgar Allen Poe, who “invented” the short-story in the late 19th century. There were stories that were short before then, but he saw into the heart and soul of the short-story and was able to explain it to others. Since then, it has …
The spiritual mind rejoices in the abrupt change of the new life. Then it settles down to the hard work of spiritual growth. The spiritual man may be fleshly (carnal, our fathers called it), but when it is borne in to his heart that it is so, he rises in fear and responds. The carnal …
