Footnotes to Plato from the foothills of the Superstition Mountains

Alain on Monasticism

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The other morning I recalled the passage in Alain where he recorded his boyhood visit to the abbey at La Trappe and his visceral revulsion at the life of the monks. So I pulled his On Happiness from the shelf and to my surprise opened right to the passage in question. Coincidence, or synchronicity? I'll leave that question for later. Here is the passage:


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2 responses to “Alain on Monasticism”

  1. Joe Odegaard Avatar

    The politicians and the media and the devil can manipulate and falsify any and all words, but they cannot change the Silence one iota.

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