Posts Tagged “Wyndham Lewis”

Wyndham Lewis on our lack of personal reflection

By | January 24, 2011

Everything in our life to-day conspires to thrust most people into prescribed tracks, in what can be called a sort of trance of action. Hurrying, without any significant reason, from spot to spot at the maximum speed obtainable, drugged in that mechanical activity, how is the typical individual of this epoch to do some detached [...]

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Hustle, reflection, and prayer

By | July 17, 2009

Clock hands will cold cock you quicker than any man’s fists. I see it happen every day. I know it from personal experience. And I also find myself bumping into the fact in my reading. One piece of good news: I find an answer to the problem there as well. Spanish philosopher José Ortega y [...]

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