Comments on: Ringing ever more true http://www.sculpin.com/journal/2006/09/22/ringing-ever-more-true/ stargazer, muddler, muffle-jaw, cockatouch, spoonhead, hookear, gudgeon, grubby, blob, bull-rout, blue garnet, miller's thumb Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:50:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Cam Sculpin http://www.sculpin.com/journal/2006/09/22/ringing-ever-more-true/comment-page-1/#comment-7616 Cam Sculpin Sat, 23 Sep 2006 03:27:41 +0000 http://www.sculpin.com/journal/2006/09/22/ringing-ever-more-true/#comment-7616 Oh, yeah. They've got that going on, and a half. Also, looking at Shelley's emphasis in "Queen Mab" on reason as source of virtue, and reading the passage where he says "...the unconquered powers Of precedent and custom interpose Between a king and virtue." makes me see them as having kinship with Buddhists, too: "Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it. Do not believe simply because it has been handed down for many generations. Do not believe in anything simply because it is spoken and rumoured by many. Do not believe in anything simply because it is written in Holy Scriptures. Do not believe in anything merely on the authority of Teachers, elders or wise men. Believe only after careful observation and analysis, when you find that it agrees with reason and is conducive to the good and benefit of one and all. Then accept it and live up to it." Oh, yeah. They’ve got that going on, and a half. Also, looking at Shelley’s emphasis in “Queen Mab” on reason as source of virtue, and reading the passage where he says

“…the unconquered powers
Of precedent and custom interpose
Between a king and virtue.”

makes me see them as having kinship with Buddhists, too:

“Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it. Do not believe simply because it has been handed down for many generations. Do not believe in anything simply because it is spoken and rumoured by many. Do not believe in anything simply because it is written in Holy Scriptures. Do not believe in anything merely on the authority of Teachers, elders or wise men. Believe only after careful observation and analysis, when you find that it agrees with reason and is conducive to the good and benefit of one and all. Then accept it and live up to it.”

]]> By: mallard http://www.sculpin.com/journal/2006/09/22/ringing-ever-more-true/comment-page-1/#comment-7609 mallard Fri, 22 Sep 2006 22:36:31 +0000 http://www.sculpin.com/journal/2006/09/22/ringing-ever-more-true/#comment-7609 <i>The man Of virtuous soul commands not, nor obeys.</i> Sometimes I forget what total punk rockers the romantic poets were. (Or am I biased toward my own youth culture?) The man
Of virtuous soul commands not, nor obeys.

Sometimes I forget what total punk rockers the romantic poets were.

(Or am I biased toward my own youth culture?)

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