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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 4 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/556150.Encounters_with_Chinese_Writers">Encounters with Chinese Writers (Paperback)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/5209.Annie_Dillard">Annie Dillard</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Mon, 07 Dec 2009 18:43:06 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Short essays in Dillard's inimitable style about travels to China by American authors, Dillard included, and to America by Chinese authors.]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 4 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/320550.The_Meditations_of_Marcus_Aurelius_Antoninus_And_a_Selection_from_the_Letters_of_Marcus_and_Fronto">The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius Antoninus: And a Selection from the Letters of Marcus and Fronto (Oxford World's Classics)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/17212.Marcus_Aurelius">Marcus Aurelius</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Mon, 07 Dec 2009 18:36:12 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[I'm blogging about this book on a philosophy forum. I'm reworking Farquharson's English translation of Marcus's original Greek into more modern English Here's one of my entries:<br/><br/>Marcus on the gods, the universe and procrastination <br/>Posted 03-09-2008 at 02:05 <br/><br/><strong>Book II<br/>...</strong><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/I'm%20blogging%20about%20this%20book%20on%20a%20philosophy%20forum.%20I'm%20reworking%20Farquharson's%20English%20translation%20of%20Marcus's%20original%20Greek%20into%20more%20modern%20English%20Here's%20one%20of%20my%20entries:%0D%0A%0D%0AMarcus%20on%20the%20gods,%20the%20universe%20and%20procrastination%20%0D%0APosted%2003-09-2008%20at%2002:05%20%0D%0A%0D%0A%3Cb%3EBook%20II%0D%0A%0D%0ASection%203%3C%2Fb%3E%0D%0A%0D%0A%3Ci%3EMarcus:%3C%2Fi%3E%20The%20work%20of%20the%20gods%20is%20full%20of%20Providence:%20the%20work%20of%20Fortune%20is%20not%20divorced%20from%20Nature%20or%20the%20spinning%20and%20winding%20of%20the%20threads%20ordained%20by%20Providence.%20All%20flows%20from%20that%20other%20world;%20and%20there%20is,%20besides,%20necessity%20and%20the%20well-being%20of%20the%20whole%20universe,%20whereof%20you%20are%20a%20part.%20Now%20to%20every%20part%20of%20Nature,%20that%20is%20good%20which%20the%20nature%20of%20the%20Whole%20brings,%20and%20which%20preserves%20that%20nature;%20and%20the%20whole%20world%20is%20preserved%20as%20much%20by%20the%20changes%20of%20the%20compound%20bodies%20as%20by%20the%20changes%20of%20the%20elements%20which%20compose%20those%20bodies.%20Let%20this%20be%20sufficient%20for%20you,%20these%20be%20continually%20your%20doctrines.%20But%20put%20away%20your%20thirst%20for%20books,%20that%20so%20you%20may%20not%20die%20murmuring,%20but%20truly%20reconciled%20and%20grateful%20from%20your%20heart%20to%20the%20gods.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3Ci%3EMe:%3C%2Fi%3E%20Everything%20flows%20from%20the%20gods:%20fortune,%20necessity,%20and%20the%20unbroken%20fabric%20of%20the%20universe,%20which%20includes%20you.%20That%20universal%20wholeness%20is%20preserved%20by%20change%20both%20visible%20and%20invisible.%20These%20truths%20of%20the%20universe%20should%20be%20enough%20to%20satisfy%20you.%20Don%E2%80%99t%20be%20distracted%20by%20your%20desire%20for%20intellectual%20attainment%20and%20entertainment.%20Die%20with%20a%20grateful%20heart,%20reconciled%20to%20this%20universal%20fate.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3Cb%3ESection%204%3C%2Fb%3E%0D%0A%0D%0A%3Ci%3EMarcus:%3C%2Fi%3E%20Remember%20how%20long%20you%20have%20been%20putting%20off%20these%20things,%20and%20how%20many%20times%20the%20gods%20have%20given%20you%20days%20of%20grace,%20and%20yet%20you%20do%20not%20use%20them.%20Now%20is%20it%20high%20time%20to%20perceive%20the%20kind%20of%20Universe%20whereof%20you%20are%20a%20part%20and%20the%20nature%20of%20the%20governor%20of%20the%20Universe%20from%20whom%20you%20subsist%20as%20an%20effluence,%20and%20that%20the%20term%20of%20your%20time%20is%20circumscribed,%20and%20that%20unless%20you%20use%20it%20to%20attain%20calm%20of%20mind,%20time%20will%20be%20gone%20and%20you%20will%20be%20gone%20and%20the%20opportunity%20to%20use%20it%20will%20not%20be%20yours%20again.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3Ci%3EMe:%3C%2Fi%3E%20You%20have%20long%20delayed%20thinking%20about%20your%20place%20in%20the%20Universe.%20The%20gods%20have%20allowed%20you%20to%20remain%20here,%20but%20you%20waste%20your%20time,%20not%20remembering%20that%20you%20are%20a%20mere%20puff%20of%20universal%20breath.%20Your%20time%20here%20shortens;%20the%20circle%20of%20your%20life%20will%20soon%20close.%20If%20you%20don%E2%80%99t%20make%20the%20effort%20now%20to%20understand%20the%20nature%20of%20the%20Universe%20and%20its%20governor,%20your%20chance%20to%20gain%20peace%20will%20have%20passed%20and%20will%20never%20come%20again,%20for%20you,%20and%20your%20time,%20will%20be%20gone.%0D%0A%0D%0A***%0D%0ASection%203%20was%20difficult%20for%20me%20to%20pick%20apart%20and%20rework.%20Actually%20they%20both%20had%20their%20sticking%20points%20for%20me,%20but%20the%20first%20took%20longer.%20I%20think%20I%20did%20a%20better%20job%20with%203%20than%20with%204.%20I%20like%20the%20words%20in%20the%20original%20so%20well%20(%22time%20will%20be%20gone%20and%20you%20will%20be%20gone%20and%20the%20opportunity%20to%20use%20it%20will%20not%20come%20again%22)%20that%20I%20found%20it%20difficult%20to%20make%20changes.%20I%20don't%20think%20I%20captured%20it%20as%20well%20as%20I%20think%20I%20did%203.%20Also,%20I%20think%20it%20sounds%20a%20bit%20like%20Kahlil%20Gibran.%20;)%0D%0A">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 3 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25406.Sophie_s_World">Sophie's World (Paperback)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1388082.Jostein_Gaarder">Jostein Gaarder</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Mon, 07 Dec 2009 18:35:20 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[I got sidetracked while reading this, but I finally went back and finished. It's an overview of philosophers and philosophical trends within a story framework. The story about Sophie/Albert, et al. is aimed at getting young people interested in reading about philosophy. I'm not sure it (or anything)...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/I%20got%20sidetracked%20while%20reading%20this,%20but%20I%20finally%20went%20back%20and%20finished.%20It's%20an%20overview%20of%20philosophers%20and%20philosophical%20trends%20within%20a%20story%20framework.%20The%20story%20about%20Sophie%2FAlbert,%20et%20al.%20is%20aimed%20at%20getting%20young%20people%20interested%20in%20reading%20about%20philosophy.%20I'm%20not%20sure%20it%20(or%20anything)%20would%20get%20kids%20in%20this%20country%20to%20read%20philosophy,%20but%20maybe%20it%20worked%20in%20Gaarder's%20Norway.%20I%20enjoyed%20it%20and%20wanted%20to%20finish%20it,%20but%20only%20because%20I'm%20already%20interested%20in%20philosophy.">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[new comment from Kitty]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 09:22:33 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[I love listening to Jon Ronson on radio and podcast. Haven't read any of his books yet. I'll be interested to know if you like it.]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[is currently reading: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/80226.Doubt_A_History">Doubt: A History (Paperback)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/45673.Jennifer_Michael_Hecht">Jennifer Michael Hecht</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Fri, 01 May 2009 16:48:44 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[new comment from Kitty]]></action_text>
    <link>http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/51818967</link>
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    <updated_at>Mon, 20 Apr 2009 13:22:27 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Wow, you actually read this, eh? Impressive!]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[marked as to-read: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/218572.Towing_Jehovah">Towing Jehovah (Harvest Book)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/22631.James_Morrow">James Morrow</a>]]></action_text>
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          <body><![CDATA[Looks interesting - thanks for the recommendation! I'm full of acceptation for it!]]></body>
        
    
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