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  1. Here's the better bit that I was coming to Daston for:

    "What to modern eyes reads as a pendulum swing between stringency and indulgence was to pre-modern sensibilities the only way to formulate a complete rule, both specific and supple" -- Daston, Rules: A Short History of What We Live By

    Like I said, a mostly really-smart book!

    #Benedictine #Catholic #OSB #rules
    #Daston #Bookstodon

  2. Here's the better bit that I was coming to Daston for:

    "What to modern eyes reads as a pendulum swing between stringency and indulgence was to pre-modern sensibilities the only way to formulate a complete rule, both specific and supple" -- Daston, Rules: A Short History of What We Live By

    Like I said, a mostly really-smart book!

    #Benedictine #Catholic #OSB #rules
    #Daston #Bookstodon

  3. Here's the better bit that I was coming to Daston for:

    "What to modern eyes reads as a pendulum swing between stringency and indulgence was to pre-modern sensibilities the only way to formulate a complete rule, both specific and supple" -- Daston, Rules: A Short History of What We Live By

    Like I said, a mostly really-smart book!

    #Benedictine #Catholic #OSB #rules
    #Daston #Bookstodon

  4. In fairness to Daston, the discussion goes on to talk about the rule's "extraordinary
    resilience and adaptability," and it's that part of the discussion which drew me back to the book, and which I *will* draw on in my own material.

    But I was really caught out by the mis-step early in the chapter in ways that hadn't hit me upon first reading.

    Every reading is a fresh reading.

    #Benedictine #Catholic #OSB #rules #Daston #Bookstodon

  5. In fairness to Daston, the discussion goes on to talk about the rule's "extraordinary
    resilience and adaptability," and it's that part of the discussion which drew me back to the book, and which I *will* draw on in my own material.

    But I was really caught out by the mis-step early in the chapter in ways that hadn't hit me upon first reading.

    Every reading is a fresh reading.

    #Benedictine #Catholic #OSB #rules #Daston #Bookstodon

  6. In fairness to Daston, the discussion goes on to talk about the rule's "extraordinary
    resilience and adaptability," and it's that part of the discussion which drew me back to the book, and which I *will* draw on in my own material.

    But I was really caught out by the mis-step early in the chapter in ways that hadn't hit me upon first reading.

    Every reading is a fresh reading.

    #Benedictine #Catholic #OSB #rules #Daston #Bookstodon

  7. "The seventy-three chapters (praecepta) of the Rule of Saint Benedict seem to regulate
    every moment and every aspect of monastic life in maniacal detail. If micro-managers have a patron saint, it is surely Saint Benedict." -- Daston, Rules: A Short History of What We Live By

    It struck me on this reading how unfortunately glib that assessment is. In a mostly smart book, this moment was funny, but flat-footed

    #Benedictine #Catholic #OSB #Rules #Daston #Bookstodon

  8. "The seventy-three chapters (praecepta) of the Rule of Saint Benedict seem to regulate
    every moment and every aspect of monastic life in maniacal detail. If micro-managers have a patron saint, it is surely Saint Benedict." -- Daston, Rules: A Short History of What We Live By

    It struck me on this reading how unfortunately glib that assessment is. In a mostly smart book, this moment was funny, but flat-footed

    #Benedictine #Catholic #OSB #Rules #Daston #Bookstodon

  9. "The seventy-three chapters (praecepta) of the Rule of Saint Benedict seem to regulate
    every moment and every aspect of monastic life in maniacal detail. If micro-managers have a patron saint, it is surely Saint Benedict." -- Daston, Rules: A Short History of What We Live By

    It struck me on this reading how unfortunately glib that assessment is. In a mostly smart book, this moment was funny, but flat-footed

    #Benedictine #Catholic #OSB #Rules #Daston #Bookstodon

  10. "The seventy-three chapters (praecepta) of the Rule of Saint Benedict seem to regulate
    every moment and every aspect of monastic life in maniacal detail. If micro-managers have a patron saint, it is surely Saint Benedict." -- Daston, Rules: A Short History of What We Live By

    It struck me on this reading how unfortunately glib that assessment is. In a mostly smart book, this moment was funny, but flat-footed

    #Benedictine #Catholic #OSB #Rules #Daston #Bookstodon

  11. All I want this school year is smaller trucks and more cleavage.
    #OSB
    #BSU