What do the following four musical pieces have in common?
1. "String Quartet in C major ("Emperor"), No. 3, 2nd Movement", and
2. the pre-WWI Austrian National Anthem, and
3. the Christian hymns such as,"Word of God, Across the Sea" or
4. "Glorious Things of Thee Are Spoken"
Numbers 2, 3, and 4 are based the first piece. It, in turn, was written by Franz Josef Haydn.
Today, 31 March, is Haydn's 273rd birthday.
Mrs. Schiavo, may you rest in His peace this day. In God's house forevermore, your dwelling place shall be. Amen.
25 For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth:
26 And though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God
(Job 19:25-26 KJV)
Unless one is an old fogey, or a student of Big Band (C'est moi!), very few would know or bat an eye that today, 29 March, is American composer Albert Von Tilzer's 127th birthday. Some of the music he wrote have embedded in our cultural consciousness, and we don't even know it.
Don't be surprised if you have heard of at least one or both of these Von Tilzer songs: I'll Be with You in Apple Blossom Time; Take Me Out to the Ball Game
If you have heard of neither, then you are in luck. I have posted the "...Apple Blossom Time" on Lenvoi's Musical Moment web site.
Be warned. This song is "really" old (recorded in 1956) and sounds mushy to the Zits generation. It may not be your bottle of jolt (as oppose to your grandpa's cup of Joe). Perhaps you might want to invite your older loved ones to listen along and do some bonding all the while.
fly not through the mad waters of despair
batter not your wings in the torrent of fear
plunge not for life and death through the foam of abandonment
he is risen.
tá súil agam go bhfuil tú go maith.
She: You've read what I wrote. What say you is the state of my mind?
He: The New York state of mind kind?
She: Be serious.
He: Your writing is cathartic. It is a form of therapy, whether you know it or not. Others compose, paint, dance, and so forth. All these emotional expressions help us manage the real and perceived absurdity of living, or the madness of life, if you will. I do it too.
She: My romance, or the lack of it, is pitiful. Sometimes I think I am going mad.
He: If being in love or thinking about being in love is not madness, then very few things are.
She: I have been in love, all too brief.
He: St. Augustine would say otherwise.
She: St. Augustine?
He: Better to have loved and lost, than to have never loved at all.
She: Ah.
He: To have loved is preferred over living like the fool on the hill.
She: Hah! The Beatles.
He: Though this be madness, yet there is method in your ways. We use the ‘mad’ word a lot today. Anyway, stay the course. You are doing fine.
She: And I thought you are occupied elsewhere to talk with me.
He: You know where to find me. A parting word. Whoever he is, may he, when he sees your face in his heart, there is room for none. No other but you. Cool?
She: Cool.
The six determinants of Christ's resurrection:
1. puts everything in ETERNAL perspective
2. puts everything in the FUTURE tense
3. equips His own to CONNECT with God
4. equips His own to HANDLE LIFE'S TRAGEDIES
5. equips His own to FACE DEATH
6. gives His own a NEW SENSE OF PURPOSE
'For I know that my Redeemer liveth (Job 19:25), and 'The sun of righteousness shall rise with healing in His wings.' (Malachi 4:2)
All verses are taken from the King James Version (KJV).
1. Luke 23:34 KJV - Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do.
2. Luke 23:43 KJV - Verily I say unto thee, To day shalt thou be with me in paradise.
3. John 19:26-27 KJV - Woman, behold thy son! ... Behold thy mother!
4. Mark 15:34 KJV and Matthew 27:46 KJV - My God, my God, why hast Thou forsaken me? (Psalm 22:1 KJV)
5. John 19:28 KJV - I thirst.
6. John 19:30 KJV- It is finished.
7. Luke 23:46 KJV - Father, into Thy hands I commend my Spirit. (Psalm 31:5 KJV)
A blogger posed this question: what is "knowledge". It was more of a rhetorical question. Perhaps the author just wanted to noted this question for later reflection. My two-cents' worth of comments is as follows:
Your referenced definition for a 'correct and objective' reflection of systemic knowledge of things' is fuzzy and meaningless. It doesn't explain what constitues "learn and inquire".
To "learn and inquire" requires thoughts and things. Without thoughts, there will be no connection to things. Without things, there will be no reality. Therefore, knowledge (learning + inquery)=thoughts and things.
In other words, knowledge is a union of thoughts and things. And the two are no longer distinct in the mind. Here is the rub, however.
What is your reality? What is my reality? If your reality is different than mine, then knowledge is subjective.
Another question is this: is knowledge wisdom?
You have opened up a can of philosophical worms by asking what is "learn and inquire"...
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