Rest & reading

by Ann E. Michael

It’s been a busy week, and I am exhausted mentally and physically; I am taking the three-day weekend as relaxation time–which means: reading, mostly. Currently, my “difficult books” concentration is Maimonides’ Guide for the Perplexed, though I am not finding it as challenging as I expected, because Maimonides is a good teacher! I am not among his target audience, however, as I am a woman. He was quite forward-thinking for a 12th century Talmudic scholar with an Aristotelian bent, but women were not considered qualified to study the deep mysteries of metaphysics. [Alas, I read without repentance for my heresy.]

My reading also means catching up with blogs I follow. Here’s the link to Theodora Goss’s latest musings on aesthetics and beauty–a lovely blog-essay. I hope you will read it.

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4 comments on “Rest & reading”

  1. Ann E. Michael says:
    September 6, 2015 at 11:21 am

    WordPress informs me that this is my 300th post. Wheee!

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  2. KM Huber says:
    September 21, 2015 at 5:17 pm

    Thanks for the introduction to Theodora Goss’s blog; loved her post on magical realism. Hope you enjoyed your break.
    Karen

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    November 1, 2015 at 6:43 pm

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