{"id":6016,"date":"2010-06-25T07:36:00","date_gmt":"2010-06-25T07:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eastrovedica.com\/wordpress\/?p=6016"},"modified":"2010-06-25T07:36:00","modified_gmt":"2010-06-25T07:36:00","slug":"the-readers-heaven","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eastrovedica.com\/wordpress\/?p=6016","title":{"rendered":"The Reader&#8217;s Heaven !"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><object class width=\"425\" height=\"344\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/Hb37fqE55cs&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n<p>Is there a consolation in Philosophy ? In the mirages of Metaphysics ? If not, why do people turn to Wisdom ?<\/p>\n<p>Boethius wrote the Consolations of Philosophy, De Consociation Philosohiae. It is Wisdom which alone can comfort Man !<\/p>\n<p>Why do people read Books ? Do they find pleasure in reading ? Is there a Reader&#8217;s Heaven, which scholars averr ?<\/p>\n<p>Longfellow defended this view. He wrote<\/p>\n<p>The scholar and the world, the endless strife<br \/>The discord in the harmonies of life,<br \/>The love of learning, the sequesterd nooks,<br \/>And the sweet serenity of books<br \/>The Marketplace, eager love for gain<br \/>Whose aim is Vanity, whose end is pain !<\/p>\n<p>So it is better to be a scholar curled in his books than a bizman, who knows not what is mental peace !<\/p>\n<p>There are a lot of New Age Articles here at<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.eastrovedica.com\/html\/newagearticles.htm\">New Age Articles on Eastrovedica<br \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Is there a consolation in Philosophy ? In the mirages of Metaphysics ? If not, why do people turn to Wisdom ? Boethius wrote the Consolations of Philosophy, De Consociation Philosohiae. It is Wisdom which alone can comfort Man ! Why do people read Books ? Do they find pleasure in reading ? Is there &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eastrovedica.com\/wordpress\/?p=6016\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;The Reader&#8217;s Heaven !&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6016","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eastrovedica.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6016","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eastrovedica.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eastrovedica.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eastrovedica.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eastrovedica.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6016"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.eastrovedica.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6016\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eastrovedica.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6016"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eastrovedica.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6016"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eastrovedica.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6016"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}