Wyatt, could you give us like a top ten list of old books? I know you've mentioned Athanasius On The Incarnation a few times - and I've started into that. You mention Plato's dialogues being a little easier than his other works - any specific recommendations?
I wonder if contemporary books are not hard to understand because of the footnotes and citations but because contemporary scholars have isolated themselves in academia for so long that they have forgotten how to communicate with ordinary people. They write books that only their peers can make sense of. They do not realize just how incommunicative they have become. Growing illiteracy, or at least growing numbers who simply do not read ("This article will take 5 minutes to read"!) demands that part of the pastor's job today is to pass on scholarly stuff written at a PhD level to an audience that no longer reads at an elementary level, in a manner in which they can comprehend. The scholars should keep on writing. Pastors must develop the ability to parse them for the average believer in the pew.
Good evening my friend, I’ve been seeing your posts quite a lot during my short time on Substack, I wanted to drop a comment to say how much I enjoy reading them.
While I’m here, I share a look some of the more obscure parts of history, through a philosophic lens.
Mainly focusing on historic books, as i collect them.
Here’s one you may enjoy on the Asian empire of Tartaria, a controversial subject:
Good evening my friend, I’ve been seeing your posts quite a lot during my short time on Substack, I wanted to drop a comment to say how much I enjoy reading them.
While I’m here, I share a look some of the more obscure parts of history, through a philosophic lens.
Mainly focusing on historic books, as i collect them.
Here’s one you may enjoy on the Asian empire of Tartaria, a controversial subject:
Wyatt, could you give us like a top ten list of old books? I know you've mentioned Athanasius On The Incarnation a few times - and I've started into that. You mention Plato's dialogues being a little easier than his other works - any specific recommendations?
Man, I'll write on this! Good prompt!
I wonder if contemporary books are not hard to understand because of the footnotes and citations but because contemporary scholars have isolated themselves in academia for so long that they have forgotten how to communicate with ordinary people. They write books that only their peers can make sense of. They do not realize just how incommunicative they have become. Growing illiteracy, or at least growing numbers who simply do not read ("This article will take 5 minutes to read"!) demands that part of the pastor's job today is to pass on scholarly stuff written at a PhD level to an audience that no longer reads at an elementary level, in a manner in which they can comprehend. The scholars should keep on writing. Pastors must develop the ability to parse them for the average believer in the pew.
Chanelling C.S. Lewis, I see.
I like it!
Always!
Do you have a recommended list of said books?
Coming soon!
Good evening my friend, I’ve been seeing your posts quite a lot during my short time on Substack, I wanted to drop a comment to say how much I enjoy reading them.
While I’m here, I share a look some of the more obscure parts of history, through a philosophic lens.
Mainly focusing on historic books, as i collect them.
Here’s one you may enjoy on the Asian empire of Tartaria, a controversial subject:
https://open.substack.com/pub/jordannuttall/p/tartaria-in-the-17th-century?r=4f55i2&utm_medium=ios
Good evening my friend, I’ve been seeing your posts quite a lot during my short time on Substack, I wanted to drop a comment to say how much I enjoy reading them.
While I’m here, I share a look some of the more obscure parts of history, through a philosophic lens.
Mainly focusing on historic books, as i collect them.
Here’s one you may enjoy on the Asian empire of Tartaria, a controversial subject:
https://open.substack.com/pub/jordannuttall/p/tartaria-in-the-17th-century?r=4f55i2&utm_medium=ios