Category Archives: Quotations

A World of Desires

Posted on October 13, 2006 by Alastair Roberts

Leithart makes a good observation:— John’s suggestion that the world is made up not only of “things” (TA EN TO KOSMO, v. 15) but of desires is a rich insight. He doesn’t limit the world merely to the artifacts that … Continue reading →

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Oliver O’Donovan on the Israelite Individual

Posted on October 3, 2006 by Alastair Roberts

It is important to understand the emergence of the individual in Israel historically, but equally important not to succumb, as we have said, to ‘Whig history’, supposing that the trend from community to individual could simply be extrapolated to authorise … Continue reading →

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