Fantasy Inspired Theology/Philosophy (I think)

So, I was reading James Branch Cabell's The Silver Stallion (a gift from my uncle Richard, who tends to see it as a bit of his responsibility/opportunity to introduce me to good SF/F since I got started on his old books that he didn't want to bother taking with him when he moved out of his parents' house permanently, hence all the stuff that didn't quite make the cut in his mind). And it talks about a character about whom the fates say nothing. I see a bit of a problem there: if the fates dictate anything at all about the lives of people around him, they have to impact his life: otherwise he's likely to mess up the stuff they did dictate, or at the very least be influenced by the lives of those who do live by fate.

It rather reminds me of either the idea that only the major events of one's life are unavoidable, and the rest is free will- as far as I can tell, the sort of usual way of compromising between the two extremes, or an idea I had that probably holds absolutely no water whatsoever, that fate applies to some people's lives, and free will to others, except in the ways that the lives of those bound by fate influences the lives of those with free will. That inherently priviledges fate over free will though. Dunno- it was an explanation of a feeling originally, I never thought it through intellectually much. But it seemed sort of semi-relevant here. Once you posit a fate-creating force, anyone unbound by it seems to be sort of problematic, at least as far as I can see things.

Fantasy Inspired Theology/Philosophy (I think)

So, I was reading James Branch Cabell's The Silver Stallion (a gift from my uncle Richard, who tends to see it as a bit of his responsibility/opportunity to introduce me to good SF/F since I got started on his old books that he didn't want to bother taking with him when he moved out of his parents' house permanently, hence all the stuff that didn't quite make the cut in his mind). And it talks about a character about whom the fates say nothing. I see a bit of a problem there: if the fates dictate anything at all about the lives of people around him, they have to impact his life: otherwise he's likely to mess up the stuff they did dictate, or at the very least be influenced by the lives of those who do live by fate.

It rather reminds me of either the idea that only the major events of one's life are unavoidable, and the rest is free will- as far as I can tell, the sort of usual way of compromising between the two extremes, or an idea I had that probably holds absolutely no water whatsoever, that fate applies to some people's lives, and free will to others, except in the ways that the lives of those bound by fate influences the lives of those with free will. That inherently priviledges fate over free will though. Dunno- it was an explanation of a feeling originally, I never thought it through intellectually much. But it seemed sort of semi-relevant here. Once you posit a fate-creating force, anyone unbound by it seems to be sort of problematic, at least as far as I can see things.

The Search Continued

So I called all the assorted placed I might have dropped my tallit bag again, and they haven't found it, or anything like it. I have No idea where else it could be. I guess I should probably start looking to get or make myself a new one, but I don't particularly like that idea. I mean, at some point I wanted a different one, but not so much because the one I had was no longer available.

The Search Continued

So I called all the assorted placed I might have dropped my tallit bag again, and they haven't found it, or anything like it. I have No idea where else it could be. I guess I should probably start looking to get or make myself a new one, but I don't particularly like that idea. I mean, at some point I wanted a different one, but not so much because the one I had was no longer available.