tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33813337.post2518542003776580968..comments2023-09-12T06:18:38.552-04:00Comments on The World in the Satin Bag: A Book Meme: Excerpting Your Closest "Friend"Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13571452656553970472noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33813337.post-46470285461105385982008-10-18T04:06:00.000-04:002008-10-18T04:06:00.000-04:00I had to go with definitions because the closest b...I had to go with definitions because the <I>closest</I> book of mine was actually a dictionary. So, the fifth word down is: <BR/><BR/>Armageddon \<B>.</B>är-mƏ-<B>'</B>ged-Ən\ <I>n</I> : A final conclusive battle between the forces of good and evil: <I>also</I> : the site or time of this<BR/>(The Merriam-Webster Dictionary)<BR/><BR/>This was an odd one for me, because I am not a believer in Biblical Armageddon (a misnomer, as there isn't an Armageddon in--or predicted by--the Bible) and that's the first thing that came to mind when I saw the word. <BR/><BR/>The next two closest books were tied:<BR/><BR/>Is that how he's going to establish himself in the world, with a child's name?<BR/><BR/>(<I>The Complete Book of Baby Names</I> by Lesley Bolton)<BR/><BR/>And:<BR/><BR/>Dhulin turned in her saddle to follow the direction of his gaze.<BR/><BR/>(<I>The Sleeping God</I> by Violette Malan)Foolish Mehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06051400184384795728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33813337.post-33694436274559530072008-10-11T13:18:00.000-04:002008-10-11T13:18:00.000-04:00From Plato's The Republic, excerpted in The Norton...From Plato's The Republic, excerpted in The Norton Anthology of Theory and Criticism:<BR/><BR/>'If people are going to revere the gods, revere their parents, and not belittle friendship with one another, then apparently those are the kinds of stories they should and shouldn't hear about the gods, from childhood onwards.'Adam Lowehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05891276379064504048noreply@blogger.com