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Anthony Esolen

Ten Ways to Destroy the Imagination of Your Child: Method Ten

Here we are at the end. The tenth method is: Deny the Transcendent and the subtitle is: Fix Above the Heads of All Men the Lowest Ceiling of All. The root of this is probably that, if this world is truly all there is, there’s not much worth imagining, so let’s get on with the orders of the day, shall we? This is why thoughts of eternity have subsequently inspired all the greatest thoughts. One necessarily precedes the others. I thought Continue Reading…
March 22, 2011
Other Thoughts
Strength for Today, Bright Hope for Tomorrow

[dropcap]Y[/dropcap]esterday’s post elicited a comment that I want to address here in a separate post, because it tore at my heart so much, and because my answer is so lengthy. Here it is: After reading these posts I am more convinced than ever that we have made some less than wise decisions in our parenting. Is it possible to rekindle the imagination of a 12, 10 and 8 year old? My heart is sick…I wish we could get out of Continue Reading…
March 16, 2011
Books & Reading
Ten Ways to Destroy the Imagination of Your Child: Method 9

[dropcap]M[/dropcap]ethod Nine is: Distract the Child with the Shallow and Unreal. It is here that we see Esolen get to something he’s been hinting at {both subtly and not-so-subtly} all along, and it is best expressed in his subtitle: The Kingdom of Noise. The Kingdom of Noise is not children playing loudly. It is instead a kind of mental and spiritual interference, like the blitz of tiny explosions in radio static. Noisy Tactics The things which accomplish such perfect, Continue Reading…
March 15, 2011
Ten Ways to Destroy the Imagination of Your Child: Method 8

Method Eight is: Level Distinctions between Man and Woman*. In order to write this post, I’m going to choose to ignore the grammatical errors and the (at times) lack of cohesion. I can’t say that I don’t think like Esolen does, but I would feel obligated to make sure readers could follow me, especially if I was writing a real book. I have read enough of Esolen’s writing elsewhere to know that this is not his best stuff (though his Continue Reading…
March 8, 2011