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The Great Books of the Western World: Embarking on a Survey of Western Thought

April 8, 2015 Adam Setser

I'm embarking on the long and oppressive road of the Great Books of the Western World. Here I give the purpose of the set and my purpose in reading it.

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Jan 19, 2023

Job 33, Exegetical Notes from Abner Chou

Jan 19, 2023

This chapter begins with an extreme word of contrast “But...”. There is a massive shift that occurs here

Jan 19, 2023

Nov 10, 2021

Job 32, Exegetical Notes from Abner Chou

Nov 10, 2021

Elihu comes to the conclusion of the debate between Job and his friends where at the end there is a stalemate since human wisdom cannot determine what is occurring in this specific situation.

Nov 10, 2021

Nov 2, 2021

Job 31, Exegetical Notes from Abner Chou

Nov 2, 2021

Job has presumed that if he does this then God should do that. As if the only reason that God could cause calamity is judgment. Job doesn’t have this information but that is fundamentally wrong, think about James 1, it says count it all joy because it refines you.

Nov 2, 2021

Oct 29, 2021

Job 30, Exegetical Notes from Abner Chou

Oct 29, 2021

For Job to think of himself so high and that it’s wrong for God to put him so low Job is still reasoning in the divine retribution principle.

Oct 29, 2021

Oct 20, 2021

Job 29, Exegetical Notes from Abner Chou

Oct 20, 2021

Job is saying that he is the mediator, savior, and ultimate head. This is close but not quite right.

Oct 20, 2021