• Current psychology of rationalizing fears and AWTEW

    From bookburn@21:1/5 to All on Sat Jan 8 13:55:00 2022
    I was reading "All's Well that Ends Well," and noticed the witty comment by Lafeu talking to Paroles at the start of scene III, act III:

    "Laf.
    They say miracles are past; and we have our philosophical persons, to make modern and familiar, things supernatural and causeless. Hence it is that we make trifles of terrors, ensconcing ourselves into seeming knowledge, when we should submit ourselves
    to an unknown fear."

    Paroles, who argues by echoing, says, "Why, 'tis the rarest argument of wonder that hath shot out in our later times."

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  • From marc hanson@21:1/5 to bookburn on Sat Feb 5 06:18:08 2022
    On Saturday, January 8, 2022 at 4:55:01 PM UTC-5, bookburn wrote:
    I was reading "All's Well that Ends Well," and noticed the witty comment by Lafeu talking to Paroles at the start of scene III, act III:

    "Laf.
    They say miracles are past; and we have our philosophical persons, to make modern and familiar, things supernatural and causeless. Hence it is that we make trifles of terrors, ensconcing ourselves into seeming knowledge, when we should submit
    ourselves to an unknown fear."

    Paroles, who argues by echoing, says, "Why, 'tis the rarest argument of wonder that hath shot out in our later times."

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