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Post Tagged 'Odysseus'

Christopher Nolan’s Un-Greek Odyssey

“Loved the book, didn’t care for the movie.” A truly good book is not easily compressed into a two- or three-hour format. Difficult choices must be made concerning what parts of the narrative to include, how to present the characters, how to construct the dialogue, and what details need highlighting. Continue Reading...

Absolute Comfort Corrupts Absolutely

Lord Acton famously said that, “Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely.” Joseph Pearce finds that comfort can play a similar role in our lives and that “absolute comfort corrupts absolutely.” Continue Reading...