To clarify: the title is excerpted from Act 1 of Shakespeare's Love's Labour's Lost. The full quote goes:
"Light, seeking light, doth light of light beguile;
So ere you find where light in darkness lies,
Your light grows dark by losing of your eyes."
It's a warning against spending too much of your life in scholarly pursuits.
Day By Day
Saturday, October 09, 2010
Soft Despotism
This one you have to listen to and think about.
Harvard professor Harvey Mansfield argues against tolerance and the "soft despotism" of sensitivity [here].
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