![]() ![]() But it is not so nature protects him against this initial onslaught of the world by dressing him in a general insensitivity. Cold strikes his skin, and he seems to be all pain. Can you conceive it-that this queer bundle of sound and pain will come to know love, anxiety, prayer, suffering, creation, metaphysics, death? He cries he has been so long asleep in the quiet warm womb of his mother now suddenly he is compelled to breathe, and it hurts compelled to see light, and it pierces him compelled to hear noise, and it terrifies him. See him, the newborn, dirty but marvelous, ridiculous in actuality, infinite in possibility, capable of that ultimate miracle-growth. Kinder und Narren sprechen die Wahrheit-“Children and fools speak the truth” and somehow they find happiness in their sincerity. We like their unhypocritical candor they do not smile to us when they long for our annihilation. ![]() We like them because of what in us is called selfishness-the naturalness and undisguised directness of their instincts. However, we also like them because they are what we would but cannot be-coordinated animals, whose simplicity and unity of action are spontaneous, whereas in the philosopher they come only after struggle and suppression. We like children first of all because they are ours prolongations of our luscious and unprecedented selves. Like welcome rippling water o’er my heated nerves and flesh. ExcerptĪ group of little children with their ways and chatter flow in, In Durant’s singular voice, here is a message of insight for everyone who has ever sought meaning in life or the counsel of a learned friend while navigating life’s journey. Fallen Leaves is “a thought-provoking array of opinions” ( Publishers Weekly), offering elegant prose, deep insights, and Durant’s revealing conclusions about the perennial problems and greatest joys we face as a species. In twenty-two short chapters, Durant addresses everything from youth and old age to religion, morals, sex, war, politics, and art. Over the course of Durant’s career he received numerous letters from “curious readers who have challenged me to speak my mind on the timeless questions of human life and fate.” With Fallen Leaves, his final book, he at last accepted their challenge. The culmination of Will Durant’s sixty-plus years spent researching the philosophies, religions, arts, sciences, and civilizations from across the world, Fallen Leaves is the distilled wisdom of one of the world’s greatest minds, a man with a renowned talent for rendering the insights of the past accessible. Of course I was suspicious the seller seemed to have made an eBay account JUST to sell these carts, and authentic carts were obviously worth way more.īut since I just wanted to briefly play through for nostalgia, I decided getting a couple bootlegs was no skin off my nose.Īnd boy did I ever get an interesting pair of bootlegs.Praised as a “revelatory” book by The Wall Street Journal, this is the last and most personal work of Pulitzer Prize–winning author and historian Will Durant, discovered thirty-two years after his death. I didn’t want to reset my old childhood games, though, so I turned to the wonders of eBay.Ĭonveniently, someone was selling FireRed and HeartGold in a lot together for really, really cheap. Recently, I’d grown bored with my 3DS Pokémon games and wanted to relive the magical experience of Kanto and Johto all over again. That’s why I was so happy when I could finally play as someone who looked like me, it made me feel like I could really throw myself into the world of Pokémon. ![]() I remember feeling a little frustrated as a kid that Yellow didn’t let me play as a girl. Updated graphics, countless bug fixes, an entire postgame…īut most importantly, I think, was the inclusion of a girl character option. I got Yellow version as a hand-me-down first, but soon after, my heart replaced it with the shiny new GBA remake.īetween the two, I really feel like the Kanto experience peaked at LeafGreen and FireRed. I’ve played the other iterations of Kanto, though. I’m an old Pokémon fan who’s been into the games since around Gen 3, particularly LeafGreen and FireRed.
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