Serious book haul from the @springfieldgreenecountylibrary Friends of the Library sale tonight! Hank the Book Sniffer approves - he loves that old book smell. #davidmccullough #doriskearnsgoodwin #thomascahill #hemingway #johnlecarré #wallylamb #jonmeacham #witches #borgias #greeks #romans #hankthebulldog ?❤️???
The entire book summed up in a paragraph.
#history #irish #thomascahill
Well, this explains a lot.
#literacy #history #irish #poetry #reading #learning #thomascahill #whyimaliten
Now this would be a fun little thought experiment. How would Christianity be different today, if they hadn‘t signed on to Augustine‘s hang ups, and instead signed on to the openness and loving nature of the Irish?
#irish #history #thomascahill #christianity #catholicism #augustine
In the end, I think this concept still lives within the soul of every Irish person, in one way or another.
#irish #history #mythology #loyalty #bravery #generosity #ideals #tenants #thomascahill
Oh to be a fly on the wall for this conversation!!! I can just imagine Augustine‘s face getting all red and smoke coming out of his ears. For the man who came up with original sin, and then made it an STD, this man‘s hang ups should be seen as such, not as Theology. This is my favourite part of this book, though (if I‘m being honest). #thomascahill #history #philosophy #theology #augustine #julianofeclanum #tantrum
How Rome fell - and why... or Why Americans REALLY need to study history - and not just their own. (3/3) #history #historymatters #thomascahill
I have no time for people who give lip service to Christian morals, Liberty, freedom, equality, etc. with absolutely nothing of substance to back it up. Either you believe in these things, or you don‘t. If you don‘t, you shouldn‘t be trying to run this country.
How Rome fell - and why... or Why Americans REALLY need to study history - and not just their own. (2/3) #history #historymatters #thomascahill
This sounds ever so familiar...I wonder why...?
How Rome fell - and why... or Why Americans REALLY need to study history - and not just their own. (1/3) #history #historymatters #thomascahill
One day, this is what someone will write in a book about the Rise and Fall of America...along with every scholar wondering why Americans abhorred history so very much. When that day comes, historians will no longer be told to do something “real.” They will be appreciated. I hope I live to see that day.
