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The AnkiDroid Collection (Part 6) – Philology, René Descartes & Gnosticism

Ankidroid additions related to Science, History and Philosophy. You can find more information about Ankidroid in my post – Learning a Second Language and Ankidroid. Philology Philology is the study of language in oral and written historical sources; it is

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6/12 – 12/12/21 Painting of Trees, Making the Beach Boys & Stewart Francis

Welcome to Monday’s News on the March – The week that was in my digital world. Painting of Trees in Moonlight Poem by Theodora Goss I am painting the trees.For whom am I painting the trees?The trees say, this is

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The AnkiDroid Collection (Part 3) – The Roman Empire, Sagittarius A Star & The Enlightenment

A feature on Wednesday’s literature piece are additions I have made to my Ankidroid application to expand my command of the English language as well as highlight aspects of Science, History and Philosophy I want to digest. You can find

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A Man’s World (Final – The Rainbow) – D.H. Lawrence

Today includes our final read of The Rainbow. Last week we delved into the controversial section called Shame about Ursula’s struggle to find fulfilment and her same-sex relationship with a teacher. At the end of the book, having failed to

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Shame (The Rainbow) – D.H. Lawrence

For today’s Wednesday literature excerpt I present to you another extract from D.H. Lawrence’s book The Rainbow. This book was banned in England for a number of years. I wrote in an earlier article that I didn’t know what the

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Wedding at the Marsh – D.H. Lawrence (The Rainbow 1915)

Today’s Wednesday Literature piece presents a second excerpt from D.H. Lawrence’s The Rainbow. Our first encounter with this book told about how Polish refugee, Lydia is tortured by her inability to register with her new English surrounds and her coming

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The Rainbow (1915) – D.H. Lawrence

Today’s Wednesday literature piece is from one of D.H. Lawrence’s most popular, but contentious novels The Rainbow. I am astounded it was prohibited for a decade in England after its publication. I started reading it recently and I haven’t found

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The AnkiDroid Collection (Part 2) – The Simulation Argument, Panpsychism & Quasar

As alluded to, a feature on Wednesday’s literature piece will be additions I have made to my Ankidroid application to expand my command of the English language as well as highlight aspects of Science and Philosophy I wanted to digest.

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The Kookaburra Moment Part III (Final)

This Wednesday’s literature extract resumes from Part 2: I realise that all things good about myself are not in me but others close to me.  After a while Susan wandered over.She opened the door and wiped a tear from my

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The Kookaburra Moment Part II

This Wednesday’s literature extract resumes from where Part 1 left us: Susan and I peered from inside, praying the kookaburra didn’t fly away. I looked at Susan as she smeared her hand across her mouth in a vain attempt to

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