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<p>Michael Thomas Jones: /* 16. The Proverbs of Solomon */</p> <hr /> <div>The Book of Proverbs.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> == 1. The Call of Wisdom ==<br /> == 2. Wisdom is Treasure ==<br /> <br /> <br /> 21-22: Important in an age of fears of disinheritance.<br /> <br /> == 3. Trust in the Lord with All Your Heart ==<br /> I have the love... but what if I'm not steadfast?<br /> <br /> <br /> 5-6:<br /> <br /> My mother's bible verses for me.<br /> <br /> This is a discipline you can actively pursue.<br /> <br /> It should not take you long to find thoughts in yourself, ways of being, that do not yet acknowledge God. Choose to trust. A lot of people feel rotten in their bones because they haven't set all their thoughts to him.<br /> <br /> <br /> 9: This is not just money - this verse assumes you make things. With what you make, does it honor God? The wealth of your life is its time, your words, your enjoyments, your people. Dedicate them to God.<br /> <br /> <br /> 29: Important to keep this in mind in malicious group chats you may encounter.<br /> <br /> I fear greater anarchy and injustice in this land as selfish, wicked men band together to exert control over the weaker and less organized.<br /> <br /> 30-32: Young people are becoming more vicious and some will be tempted to abandon this wisdom more than their parents were.<br /> <br /> == 4. A Father’s Wise Instruction ==<br /> Everyone wants wealth and glory, few want to be wise.<br /> <br /> <br /> 13 - do not let go - but I find myself forgetting so many of the great insights I've learned, moments of pure love and trust and glory. By the grace of God sometimes they pop back into your head. But I don't always know how to bring back to mind at the right time.<br /> <br /> 18-27: Straight on the sunshine path!<br /> <br /> How do I know what counts as crooked speech? Deception, malice... what about obscure or discreet speech?<br /> <br /> == 5. Adultery ==<br /> All these warnings apply to pornography - wasted time, guilt, no discipline, berating yourself in church. Don't scatter your streams in desert places.<br /> <br /> == 6. Warnings ==<br /> == 7. The Adulteress ==<br /> == 8. God's Foundation of the Earth ==<br /> == 9. The Way of Wisdom and Folly ==<br /> == 10. The Proverbs of Solomon ==<br /> == 11. The Proverbs of Solomon ==<br /> == 12. The Proverbs of Solomon ==<br /> == 13. The Proverbs of Solomon ==<br /> == 14. The Proverbs of Solomon ==<br /> == 15. The Proverbs of Solomon ==<br /> == 16. The Proverbs of Solomon ==<br /> 1: ? Mandmade Intentions vs. the providence of spontaneity<br /> <br /> 3: What you do is done for God. You cannot establish plans yourself.<br /> <br /> 4: There is meaning behind everything and everyone. Even seemingly worthless and hostile people are made by God to play a certian role, whether in creating chaos, or putting an end to it in war.<br /> <br /> 5: God punishes the arrogant, and that is why he has punished us.<br /> <br /> 6: Christ taught us steadfast love and faithfulness; he atoned for our sin with his perfect walk. Insofar as we walk in his ways, we make up for the world's wickedness and save them from destruction, turning their attention back to the fear of God.<br /> <br /> 7: This is something manga do a good job of representing. The true hero, who has God's favor, inevitably wins rivals and enemies to his side.<br /> <br /> 8: Seek righteousness first. If you behave and speak perfectly, you will be the most valuable man anyone knows. But many people find it easier to work hard and make money, than to control themselves, than to judge things with justice.<br /> <br /> 10: ? A king must wield the sword of authority<br /> <br /> Kingly behavior<br /> <br /> 17-18: The proud man does not guard himself.<br /> <br /> <br /> 27: Beware men who plot and who speak like scorching fire; it's a wign of worthlessness. We do not prepare ourselves enough to be ready and just to measure the worth of other men, we drift along assuming one man's as good as another.<br /> <br /> <br /> 19 &amp; 32: Humility, peacefulness is more valuable than being a cocnqueror.<br /> <br /> == 17. The Proverbs of Solomon ==<br /> == 18. The Proverbs of Solomon ==<br /> == 19. The Proverbs of Solomon ==<br /> == 20. The Proverbs of Solomon ==<br /> == 21. The Proverbs of Solomon ==<br /> <br /> <br /> 13: Are you observant of your poor neighbors? Do you know what they need?<br /> <br /> 14: Is bribery endorsed by Solomon here? Christians are to outdo one another in showing honor... that shouldn't descend to flattery or bribery, but it is sometimes a purposeful gift giving.<br /> <br /> 17 &amp; 20: If you love wine and oil, you won't ever have enough to enjoy. But if you love wisdom first and foremost, you will never lack.<br /> <br /> 21: This is the Christian way.<br /> <br /> 22: We hope to bring down strongholds of spiritual darkness and arguments; our wisdom should be applied to overturning the emptiness and falsehood of the popular culture, the university culture, the ubiquitously trumpeted worldview of the godless...<br /> <br /> <br /> 26: The sluggard is so busy craving, but the righteous has been preparing his life so well that he has an abundance to give to those who need.<br /> <br /> == 22. The Words of the Wise ==<br /> == 23. The Words of the Wise ==<br /> == 24. The Words of the Wise ==<br /> The wise man prepares his whole life to store up the perspective and wealth needed to help the needy and rescue his brother, rather than being a sluggard or speaking evil about others.<br /> <br /> <br /> 1-2: On the internet, or in business, or in politics -- factions of evil men speaking evil roam about. They can get a lot done and acquire a lot of power, and its easy to envy what success God gives them.<br /> <br /> 3-4: Wisdom is household building. Homes are not merely sites of relaxation, but of productivity. A couple, or a family with kids, should all be seeking ways to make themselves useful in the local economy - and national, for that matter. What are the things you can make and provide that others can't? Making your family business essential is the test of wisdom. People who haven't established this over decades this should probably not be leaders in the church.<br /> <br /> 5-6: We cannot expect ourselves to win the culture war in America if we have no property, no leverage, no owned space.<br /> <br /> 10-12: What's the context here? An unexpected day of battle? Having the foresight to predict what will go wrong so that you can help your neighbor?<br /> <br /> 17-18: Love your enemy. Overwhelm them with love. Don't rejoice in their humiliation. God does not help gloaters, and if this person really ought to be punished, be humble about it.<br /> <br /> 19-20: The future is ours if we are righteous.<br /> <br /> 23-26: We are becoming an obsequious culture that is ill equipped to offer correction. We do not have impartiality and we hesitate to correct wickedness. Then when we rush to overcorrect, we make fools of ourselves.<br /> <br /> 27: Get your income lined up before you start the house project. Don't get wrapped up in a mortgage and big debts and don't be dependent on other people. Get your own income streams and make things yourself. <br /> <br /> 28: Don't speak bad about the people you know based on hearsay. You should know firsthand what kind of person they are before you give a report on their conduct.<br /> <br /> 29: Vengeance belongs to God.<br /> <br /> 30-34: This still applies perfectly in a non-agricultural context. In craftsmanship, the office, entrepreneurship, academia -- every man has a field. You can usually pick up very quickly if he is a senseless sluggard whose walls are broken down, or if he is careful to tend to whatever yard God has given him.<br /> <br /> The sluggard is not preparing to exercise good judgment, he is not taking in wisdom, he is not preparing for the day of adversity, he is not ready to rescue anyone, he is incapable of waging war, and riches are floating through his leaky house.<br /> <br /> We do an inadequate job in our education of having the young observe carefully households that fall into ruin, and ones that succeed, and why.<br /> <br /> == 25. The Proverbs of Solomon ==<br /> <br /> <br /> 6-7: Don't be a striver, directly. You probably don't belong in Washington D.C. You probably don't belong in the bishop's seat. The young man should focus on developing the kind of wisdom that is unparalleled on earth in his generation, in whatever field he has, and all the executives and presidents will invite you when they have need of you.<br /> <br /> 8-10: Be slow to litigate. Don't badmouth people even if they screwed you over -- because they can find out what wrong you've done and humiliate you, too. Just put an end to it quietly.<br /> <br /> <br /> 21-22: Love your enemy.<br /> <br /> <br /> 25: Missionaries bring cold water to God's new children.<br /> <br /> == 26. The Proverbs of Solomon ==<br /> == 27. The Proverbs of Solomon ==<br /> == 28. The Proverbs of Solomon ==<br /> == 29. The Proverbs of Solomon ==<br /> == 30. The Words of Agur ==<br /> == 31. The Oracle of King Lemuel's Mother ==</div>

Michael Thomas Jones https://commonknowledge.wiki/index.php?title=Proverbs&diff=498 2026-06-12T20:52:38Z

<p>Michael Thomas Jones: </p> <hr /> <div>The Book of Proverbs.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> == 1. The Call of Wisdom ==<br /> == 2. Wisdom is Treasure ==<br /> <br /> <br /> 21-22: Important in an age of fears of disinheritance.<br /> <br /> == 3. Trust in the Lord with All Your Heart ==<br /> I have the love... but what if I'm not steadfast?<br /> <br /> <br /> 5-6:<br /> <br /> My mother's bible verses for me.<br /> <br /> This is a discipline you can actively pursue.<br /> <br /> It should not take you long to find thoughts in yourself, ways of being, that do not yet acknowledge God. Choose to trust. A lot of people feel rotten in their bones because they haven't set all their thoughts to him.<br /> <br /> <br /> 9: This is not just money - this verse assumes you make things. With what you make, does it honor God? The wealth of your life is its time, your words, your enjoyments, your people. Dedicate them to God.<br /> <br /> <br /> 29: Important to keep this in mind in malicious group chats you may encounter.<br /> <br /> I fear greater anarchy and injustice in this land as selfish, wicked men band together to exert control over the weaker and less organized.<br /> <br /> 30-32: Young people are becoming more vicious and some will be tempted to abandon this wisdom more than their parents were.<br /> <br /> == 4. A Father’s Wise Instruction ==<br /> Everyone wants wealth and glory, few want to be wise.<br /> <br /> <br /> 13 - do not let go - but I find myself forgetting so many of the great insights I've learned, moments of pure love and trust and glory. By the grace of God sometimes they pop back into your head. But I don't always know how to bring back to mind at the right time.<br /> <br /> 18-27: Straight on the sunshine path!<br /> <br /> How do I know what counts as crooked speech? Deception, malice... what about obscure or discreet speech?<br /> <br /> == 5. Adultery ==<br /> All these warnings apply to pornography - wasted time, guilt, no discipline, berating yourself in church. Don't scatter your streams in desert places.<br /> <br /> == 6. Warnings ==<br /> == 7. The Adulteress ==<br /> == 8. God's Foundation of the Earth ==<br /> == 9. The Way of Wisdom and Folly ==<br /> == 10. The Proverbs of Solomon ==<br /> == 11. The Proverbs of Solomon ==<br /> == 12. The Proverbs of Solomon ==<br /> == 13. The Proverbs of Solomon ==<br /> == 14. The Proverbs of Solomon ==<br /> == 15. The Proverbs of Solomon ==<br /> == 16. The Proverbs of Solomon ==<br /> == 17. The Proverbs of Solomon ==<br /> == 18. The Proverbs of Solomon ==<br /> == 19. The Proverbs of Solomon ==<br /> == 20. The Proverbs of Solomon ==<br /> == 21. The Proverbs of Solomon ==<br /> <br /> <br /> 13: Are you observant of your poor neighbors? Do you know what they need?<br /> <br /> 14: Is bribery endorsed by Solomon here? Christians are to outdo one another in showing honor... that shouldn't descend to flattery or bribery, but it is sometimes a purposeful gift giving.<br /> <br /> 17 &amp; 20: If you love wine and oil, you won't ever have enough to enjoy. But if you love wisdom first and foremost, you will never lack.<br /> <br /> 21: This is the Christian way.<br /> <br /> 22: We hope to bring down strongholds of spiritual darkness and arguments; our wisdom should be applied to overturning the emptiness and falsehood of the popular culture, the university culture, the ubiquitously trumpeted worldview of the godless...<br /> <br /> <br /> 26: The sluggard is so busy craving, but the righteous has been preparing his life so well that he has an abundance to give to those who need.<br /> <br /> == 22. The Words of the Wise ==<br /> == 23. The Words of the Wise ==<br /> == 24. The Words of the Wise ==<br /> The wise man prepares his whole life to store up the perspective and wealth needed to help the needy and rescue his brother, rather than being a sluggard or speaking evil about others.<br /> <br /> <br /> 1-2: On the internet, or in business, or in politics -- factions of evil men speaking evil roam about. They can get a lot done and acquire a lot of power, and its easy to envy what success God gives them.<br /> <br /> 3-4: Wisdom is household building. Homes are not merely sites of relaxation, but of productivity. A couple, or a family with kids, should all be seeking ways to make themselves useful in the local economy - and national, for that matter. What are the things you can make and provide that others can't? Making your family business essential is the test of wisdom. People who haven't established this over decades this should probably not be leaders in the church.<br /> <br /> 5-6: We cannot expect ourselves to win the culture war in America if we have no property, no leverage, no owned space.<br /> <br /> 10-12: What's the context here? An unexpected day of battle? Having the foresight to predict what will go wrong so that you can help your neighbor?<br /> <br /> 17-18: Love your enemy. Overwhelm them with love. Don't rejoice in their humiliation. God does not help gloaters, and if this person really ought to be punished, be humble about it.<br /> <br /> 19-20: The future is ours if we are righteous.<br /> <br /> 23-26: We are becoming an obsequious culture that is ill equipped to offer correction. We do not have impartiality and we hesitate to correct wickedness. Then when we rush to overcorrect, we make fools of ourselves.<br /> <br /> 27: Get your income lined up before you start the house project. Don't get wrapped up in a mortgage and big debts and don't be dependent on other people. Get your own income streams and make things yourself. <br /> <br /> 28: Don't speak bad about the people you know based on hearsay. You should know firsthand what kind of person they are before you give a report on their conduct.<br /> <br /> 29: Vengeance belongs to God.<br /> <br /> 30-34: This still applies perfectly in a non-agricultural context. In craftsmanship, the office, entrepreneurship, academia -- every man has a field. You can usually pick up very quickly if he is a senseless sluggard whose walls are broken down, or if he is careful to tend to whatever yard God has given him.<br /> <br /> The sluggard is not preparing to exercise good judgment, he is not taking in wisdom, he is not preparing for the day of adversity, he is not ready to rescue anyone, he is incapable of waging war, and riches are floating through his leaky house.<br /> <br /> We do an inadequate job in our education of having the young observe carefully households that fall into ruin, and ones that succeed, and why.<br /> <br /> == 25. The Proverbs of Solomon ==<br /> <br /> <br /> 6-7: Don't be a striver, directly. You probably don't belong in Washington D.C. You probably don't belong in the bishop's seat. The young man should focus on developing the kind of wisdom that is unparalleled on earth in his generation, in whatever field he has, and all the executives and presidents will invite you when they have need of you.<br /> <br /> 8-10: Be slow to litigate. Don't badmouth people even if they screwed you over -- because they can find out what wrong you've done and humiliate you, too. Just put an end to it quietly.<br /> <br /> <br /> 21-22: Love your enemy.<br /> <br /> <br /> 25: Missionaries bring cold water to God's new children.<br /> <br /> == 26. The Proverbs of Solomon ==<br /> == 27. The Proverbs of Solomon ==<br /> == 28. The Proverbs of Solomon ==<br /> == 29. The Proverbs of Solomon ==<br /> == 30. The Words of Agur ==<br /> == 31. The Oracle of King Lemuel's Mother ==</div>

Michael Thomas Jones https://commonknowledge.wiki/index.php?title=Proverbs&diff=497 2026-06-12T20:51:04Z

<p>Michael Thomas Jones: /* 21. The Proverbs of Solomon */</p> <hr /> <div>The Book of Proverbs.<br /> <br /> == 1. The Call of Wisdom ==<br /> == 2. Wisdom is Treasure ==<br /> <br /> <br /> 21-22: Important in an age of fears of disinheritance.<br /> <br /> == 3. Trust in the Lord with All Your Heart ==<br /> I have the love... but what if I'm not steadfast?<br /> <br /> <br /> 5-6:<br /> <br /> My mother's bible verses for me.<br /> <br /> This is a discipline you can actively pursue.<br /> <br /> It should not take you long to find thoughts in yourself, ways of being, that do not yet acknowledge God. Choose to trust. A lot of people feel rotten in their bones because they haven't set all their thoughts to him.<br /> <br /> <br /> 9: This is not just money - this verse assumes you make things. With what you make, does it honor God? The wealth of your life is its time, your words, your enjoyments, your people. Dedicate them to God.<br /> <br /> <br /> 29: Important to keep this in mind in malicious group chats you may encounter.<br /> <br /> I fear greater anarchy and injustice in this land as selfish, wicked men band together to exert control over the weaker and less organized.<br /> <br /> 30-32: Young people are becoming more vicious and some will be tempted to abandon this wisdom more than their parents were.<br /> <br /> == 4. A Father’s Wise Instruction ==<br /> Everyone wants wealth and glory, few want to be wise.<br /> <br /> <br /> 13 - do not let go - but I find myself forgetting so many of the great insights I've learned, moments of pure love and trust and glory. By the grace of God sometimes they pop back into your head. But I don't always know how to bring back to mind at the right time.<br /> <br /> 18-27: Straight on the sunshine path!<br /> <br /> How do I know what counts as crooked speech? Deception, malice... what about obscure or discreet speech?<br /> <br /> == 5. Adultery ==<br /> All these warnings apply to pornography - wasted time, guilt, no discipline, berating yourself in church. Don't scatter your streams in desert places.<br /> <br /> == 6. Warnings ==<br /> == 7. The Adulteress ==<br /> == 8. God's Foundation of the Earth ==<br /> == 9. The Way of Wisdom and Folly ==<br /> == 10. The Proverbs of Solomon ==<br /> == 11. The Proverbs of Solomon ==<br /> == 12. The Proverbs of Solomon ==<br /> == 13. The Proverbs of Solomon ==<br /> == 14. The Proverbs of Solomon ==<br /> == 15. The Proverbs of Solomon ==<br /> == 16. The Proverbs of Solomon ==<br /> == 17. The Proverbs of Solomon ==<br /> == 18. The Proverbs of Solomon ==<br /> == 19. The Proverbs of Solomon ==<br /> == 20. The Proverbs of Solomon ==<br /> == 21. The Proverbs of Solomon ==<br /> <br /> <br /> 13: Are you observant of your poor neighbors? Do you know what they need?<br /> <br /> 14: Is bribery endorsed by Solomon here? Christians are to outdo one another in showing honor... that shouldn't descend to flattery or bribery, but it is sometimes a purposeful gift giving.<br /> <br /> 17 &amp; 20: If you love wine and oil, you won't ever have enough to enjoy. But if you love wisdom first and foremost, you will never lack.<br /> <br /> 21: This is the Christian way.<br /> <br /> 22: We hope to bring down strongholds of spiritual darkness and arguments; our wisdom should be applied to overturning the emptiness and falsehood of the popular culture, the university culture, the ubiquitously trumpeted worldview of the godless...<br /> <br /> <br /> 26: The sluggard is so busy craving, but the righteous has been preparing his life so well that he has an abundance to give to those who need.<br /> <br /> == 22. The Words of the Wise ==<br /> == 23. The Words of the Wise ==<br /> == 24. The Words of the Wise ==<br /> 1-2: On the internet, or in business, or in politics -- factions of evil men speaking evil roam about. They can get a lot done and acquire a lot of power, and its easy to envy what success God gives them.<br /> <br /> 3-4: Wisdom is household building. Homes are not merely sites of relaxation, but of productivity. A couple, or a family with kids, should all be seeking ways to make themselves useful in the local economy - and national, for that matter. What are the things you can make and provide that others can't? Making your family business essential is the test of wisdom. People who haven't established this over decades this should probably not be leaders in the church.<br /> <br /> 5-6: We cannot expect ourselves to win the culture war in America if we have no property, no leverage, no owned space.<br /> <br /> 10-12: What's the context here? An unexpected day of battle? Having the foresight to predict what will go wrong so that you can help your neighbor?<br /> <br /> 17-18: Love your enemy. Overwhelm them with love. Don't rejoice in their humiliation. God does not help gloaters, and if this person really ought to be punished, be humble about it.<br /> <br /> 19-20: The future is ours if we are righteous.<br /> <br /> 23-26: We are becoming an obsequious culture that is ill equipped to offer correction. We do not have impartiality and we hesitate to correct wickedness. Then when we rush to overcorrect, we make fools of ourselves.<br /> <br /> 27: Get your income lined up before you start the house project. Don't get wrapped up in a mortgage and big debts and don't be dependent on other people. Get your own income streams and make things yourself. <br /> <br /> 28: Don't speak bad about the people you know based on hearsay. You should know firsthand what kind of person they are before you give a report on their conduct.<br /> <br /> 29: Vengeance belongs to God.<br /> <br /> 30-34: This still applies perfectly in a non-agricultural context. In craftsmanship, the office, entrepreneurship, academia -- every man has a field. You can usually pick up very quickly if he is a senseless sluggard whose walls are broken down, or if he is careful to tend to whatever yard God has given him.<br /> <br /> The sluggard is not preparing to exercise good judgment, he is not taking in wisdom, he is not preparing for the day of adversity, he is not ready to rescue anyone, he is incapable of waging war, and riches are floating through his leaky house.<br /> <br /> We do an inadequate job in our education of having the young observe carefully households that fall into ruin, and ones that succeed, and why.<br /> <br /> == 25. The Proverbs of Solomon ==<br /> <br /> <br /> 6-7: Don't be a striver, directly. You probably don't belong in Washington D.C. You probably don't belong in the bishop's seat. The young man should focus on developing the kind of wisdom that is unparalleled on earth in his generation, in whatever field he has, and all the executives and presidents will invite you when they have need of you.<br /> <br /> 8-10: Be slow to litigate. Don't badmouth people even if they screwed you over -- because they can find out what wrong you've done and humiliate you, too. Just put an end to it quietly.<br /> <br /> <br /> 21-22: Love your enemy.<br /> <br /> <br /> 25: Missionaries bring cold water to God's new children.<br /> <br /> == 26. The Proverbs of Solomon ==<br /> == 27. The Proverbs of Solomon ==<br /> == 28. The Proverbs of Solomon ==<br /> == 29. The Proverbs of Solomon ==<br /> == 30. The Words of Agur ==<br /> == 31. The Oracle of King Lemuel's Mother ==</div>

Michael Thomas Jones https://commonknowledge.wiki/index.php?title=Proverbs&diff=496 2026-06-12T18:29:51Z

<p>Michael Thomas Jones: </p> <hr /> <div>The Book of Proverbs.<br /> <br /> == 1. The Call of Wisdom ==<br /> == 2. Wisdom is Treasure ==<br /> <br /> <br /> 21-22: Important in an age of fears of disinheritance.<br /> <br /> == 3. Trust in the Lord with All Your Heart ==<br /> I have the love... but what if I'm not steadfast?<br /> <br /> <br /> 5-6:<br /> <br /> My mother's bible verses for me.<br /> <br /> This is a discipline you can actively pursue.<br /> <br /> It should not take you long to find thoughts in yourself, ways of being, that do not yet acknowledge God. Choose to trust. A lot of people feel rotten in their bones because they haven't set all their thoughts to him.<br /> <br /> <br /> 9: This is not just money - this verse assumes you make things. With what you make, does it honor God? The wealth of your life is its time, your words, your enjoyments, your people. Dedicate them to God.<br /> <br /> <br /> 29: Important to keep this in mind in malicious group chats you may encounter.<br /> <br /> I fear greater anarchy and injustice in this land as selfish, wicked men band together to exert control over the weaker and less organized.<br /> <br /> 30-32: Young people are becoming more vicious and some will be tempted to abandon this wisdom more than their parents were.<br /> <br /> == 4. A Father’s Wise Instruction ==<br /> Everyone wants wealth and glory, few want to be wise.<br /> <br /> <br /> 13 - do not let go - but I find myself forgetting so many of the great insights I've learned, moments of pure love and trust and glory. By the grace of God sometimes they pop back into your head. But I don't always know how to bring back to mind at the right time.<br /> <br /> 18-27: Straight on the sunshine path!<br /> <br /> How do I know what counts as crooked speech? Deception, malice... what about obscure or discreet speech?<br /> <br /> == 5. Adultery ==<br /> All these warnings apply to pornography - wasted time, guilt, no discipline, berating yourself in church. Don't scatter your streams in desert places.<br /> <br /> == 6. Warnings ==<br /> == 7. The Adulteress ==<br /> == 8. God's Foundation of the Earth ==<br /> == 9. The Way of Wisdom and Folly ==<br /> == 10. The Proverbs of Solomon ==<br /> == 11. The Proverbs of Solomon ==<br /> == 12. The Proverbs of Solomon ==<br /> == 13. The Proverbs of Solomon ==<br /> == 14. The Proverbs of Solomon ==<br /> == 15. The Proverbs of Solomon ==<br /> == 16. The Proverbs of Solomon ==<br /> == 17. The Proverbs of Solomon ==<br /> == 18. The Proverbs of Solomon ==<br /> == 19. The Proverbs of Solomon ==<br /> == 20. The Proverbs of Solomon ==<br /> == 21. The Proverbs of Solomon ==<br /> == 22. The Words of the Wise ==<br /> == 23. The Words of the Wise ==<br /> == 24. The Words of the Wise ==<br /> 1-2: On the internet, or in business, or in politics -- factions of evil men speaking evil roam about. They can get a lot done and acquire a lot of power, and its easy to envy what success God gives them.<br /> <br /> 3-4: Wisdom is household building. Homes are not merely sites of relaxation, but of productivity. A couple, or a family with kids, should all be seeking ways to make themselves useful in the local economy - and national, for that matter. What are the things you can make and provide that others can't? Making your family business essential is the test of wisdom. People who haven't established this over decades this should probably not be leaders in the church.<br /> <br /> 5-6: We cannot expect ourselves to win the culture war in America if we have no property, no leverage, no owned space.<br /> <br /> 10-12: What's the context here? An unexpected day of battle? Having the foresight to predict what will go wrong so that you can help your neighbor?<br /> <br /> 17-18: Love your enemy. Overwhelm them with love. Don't rejoice in their humiliation. God does not help gloaters, and if this person really ought to be punished, be humble about it.<br /> <br /> 19-20: The future is ours if we are righteous.<br /> <br /> 23-26: We are becoming an obsequious culture that is ill equipped to offer correction. We do not have impartiality and we hesitate to correct wickedness. Then when we rush to overcorrect, we make fools of ourselves.<br /> <br /> 27: Get your income lined up before you start the house project. Don't get wrapped up in a mortgage and big debts and don't be dependent on other people. Get your own income streams and make things yourself. <br /> <br /> 28: Don't speak bad about the people you know based on hearsay. You should know firsthand what kind of person they are before you give a report on their conduct.<br /> <br /> 29: Vengeance belongs to God.<br /> <br /> 30-34: This still applies perfectly in a non-agricultural context. In craftsmanship, the office, entrepreneurship, academia -- every man has a field. You can usually pick up very quickly if he is a senseless sluggard whose walls are broken down, or if he is careful to tend to whatever yard God has given him.<br /> <br /> The sluggard is not preparing to exercise good judgment, he is not taking in wisdom, he is not preparing for the day of adversity, he is not ready to rescue anyone, he is incapable of waging war, and riches are floating through his leaky house.<br /> <br /> == 25. The Proverbs of Solomon ==<br /> <br /> <br /> 6-7: Don't be a striver, directly. You probably don't belong in Washington D.C. You probably don't belong in the bishop's seat. The young man should focus on developing the kind of wisdom that is unparalleled on earth in his generation, in whatever field he has, and all the executives and presidents will invite you when they have need of you.<br /> <br /> 8-10: Be slow to litigate. Don't badmouth people even if they screwed you over -- because they can find out what wrong you've done and humiliate you, too. Just put an end to it quietly.<br /> <br /> <br /> 21-22: Love your enemy.<br /> <br /> <br /> 25: Missionaries bring cold water to God's new children.<br /> <br /> == 26. The Proverbs of Solomon ==<br /> == 27. The Proverbs of Solomon ==<br /> == 28. The Proverbs of Solomon ==<br /> == 29. The Proverbs of Solomon ==<br /> == 30. The Words of Agur ==<br /> == 31. The Oracle of King Lemuel's Mother ==</div>

Michael Thomas Jones https://commonknowledge.wiki/index.php?title=Poetry_Curriculum&diff=495 2026-06-03T01:28:02Z

<p>Michael Thomas Jones: /* The Postmodern Academics */</p> <hr /> <div>[UNDER CONSTRUCTION]<br /> <br /> <br /> Poetry is currently separate from the rest of the literature curriculum because it is undeniably insular. Most poems are not about worldview or history or narrative or society. Poetry is about itself and perpetual things: God, life and death, sex, aging, the seasons. (Poems that do directly speak to history and society are included in the history curriculum.)<br /> <br /> This curriculum is intended to initiate students into that rarest of traits: genuine appreciation of poetry.<br /> <br /> I hated poetry in middle school and the lights did not flash on until I was in college. Thank you, Dr. Grieser. I began to read poetry voraciously, and compose on occasion.<br /> <br /> Because of this, I don't expect young students to have aesthetic appreciation for fine letters. This curriculum might be better suited for someone in upper secondary or college who somehow has been struck by words and wants to understand what has just happened to them.<br /> <br /> Before we can get to poetry's fundamental role in reshaping not just human society but man's relationship to God and the cosmos, it's good to appreciate play with sound and symbol for their own sake. <br /> <br /> == Lessons in Elemental Poetry ==<br /> Dr. Seuss<br /> <br /> Riddles<br /> <br /> Reading Meters<br /> <br /> Metaphors, Conceits &amp; Allegories<br /> <br /> Alliteration<br /> <br /> Consonance &amp; Assonance<br /> <br /> Synecdoche &amp; Metonymy<br /> <br /> Hyperbole &amp; Subtlety<br /> <br /> Personification<br /> <br /> Voice<br /> <br /> Imagery<br /> <br /> Utterance<br /> <br /> Haiku<br /> <br /> Ballad<br /> <br /> Lyric<br /> <br /> Elegies &amp; Odes<br /> <br /> Pastorals<br /> <br /> Sonnets<br /> <br /> Couplets &amp; Epigrams<br /> <br /> Translation<br /> <br /> Epic<br /> <br /> Prophecy<br /> <br /> For young men: how to talk to women in riddles and poems and tell them that they're beautiful in the proper way<br /> <br /> == Lessons in Reading ==<br /> Anglo Saxons<br /> <br /> Chaucer<br /> <br /> Shakespeare<br /> <br /> John Donne<br /> <br /> Edmund Spenser<br /> <br /> John Milton<br /> <br /> George Herbert<br /> <br /> William Blake<br /> <br /> Samuel Taylor Coleridge<br /> <br /> John Keats<br /> <br /> William Butler Yeats<br /> <br /> T.S. Eliot<br /> <br /> == Smash Glass for Poems ==<br /> In case of emergency, break open this list:<br /> <br /> [[Emergency Poems]]<br /> <br /> [[Silly Poems]]<br /> <br /> [[Aesthetic Poems]]<br /> == Canons of English Poetry ==<br /> <br /> ==== Anglo Saxons ====<br /> <br /> ==== Middle English ====<br /> <br /> ==== Tudor &amp; Elizabethan ====<br /> <br /> ==== Baroque ====<br /> <br /> ==== Augustan ====<br /> <br /> ==== Graveyard Poets ====<br /> <br /> ==== Sensibility ====<br /> <br /> ==== Romantics ====<br /> <br /> ==== Victorians ====<br /> <br /> ==== Transcendentalists, New England &amp; Gothic Americans ====<br /> <br /> ==== Pre-Raphaelites &amp; Arts and Crafts Poets ====<br /> <br /> ==== Child Ballads ====<br /> <br /> ==== Decadents &amp; Fin-de-Siècle ====<br /> <br /> ==== War Poets &amp; Georgians, Imagists &amp; Modernists ====<br /> <br /> ==== British Surrealism ====<br /> <br /> ==== Postwar Poets ====<br /> '''American Folk Songs'''<br /> <br /> ==== The Postmodern Academics ====<br /> After World War II, poetry became regulated through the university credential apparatus. As such, it rapidly lost almost all social relevance and vanished from public life except for those who participate in the carefully sterilized environment of the academy.<br /> <br /> [[William Logan]]<br /> <br /> [[Bill Knott]]<br /> <br /> William Stafford<br /> <br /> Robert Bly<br /> <br /> James Tate - Worshipful Company of Fletchers (book), Thomas Lux, David Shapiro, Robert Pinksy<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Soft suburban: Billy Collins, Charles Harper Webb, Stephen Dunn, C.K. Williams, John Koethe, David St. John, Ron Padgett, Robert Wrigley, Jim Daniels, Dean Young<br /> ==== Anglo-American Pop Lyricism ====<br /> Rock n roll, 70s singer-songwriter lyricism and the underground canon, art pop, the bohemian bourgeois<br /> <br /> Rap<br /> <br /> Independent Rock <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> == Basic List of English Poets ==<br /> <br /> <br /> Geoffrey Chaucer (1343–1400)<br /> <br /> <br /> John Gower (1330–1408)<br /> <br /> <br /> Thomas Hoccleve (1368–1426)<br /> <br /> <br /> John Lydgate (1370–1451)<br /> <br /> <br /> Sir Thomas Wyatt (1503–1542)<br /> <br /> <br /> Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey (1517–1547)<br /> <br /> <br /> George Gascoigne (1534–1577)<br /> <br /> <br /> Edmund Spenser (1552–1599)<br /> <br /> <br /> Sir Philip Sidney (1554–1586)<br /> <br /> <br /> William Shakespeare (1564–1616)<br /> <br /> <br /> Christopher Marlowe (1564–1593)<br /> <br /> <br /> Samuel Daniel (1562–1619)<br /> <br /> <br /> Michael Drayton (1563–1631)<br /> <br /> <br /> Ben Jonson (1572–1637)<br /> <br /> <br /> John Donne (1572–1631)<br /> <br /> <br /> George Chapman (1559–1634)<br /> <br /> <br /> Thomas Campion (1567–1620)<br /> <br /> <br /> Aemilia Lanyer (1569–1645)<br /> <br /> <br /> Robert Herrick (1591–1674)<br /> <br /> <br /> George Herbert (1593–1633)<br /> <br /> <br /> Richard Lovelace (1617–1657)<br /> <br /> <br /> Andrew Marvell (1621–1678)<br /> <br /> <br /> Henry Vaughan (1621–1695)<br /> <br /> <br /> Abraham Cowley (1618–1667)<br /> <br /> <br /> Katherine Philips (1632–1664)<br /> <br /> <br /> John Milton (1608–1674)<br /> <br /> <br /> John Dryden (1631–1700)<br /> <br /> Thomas Traherne (1636–1674)<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Matthew Prior (1664–1721)<br /> <br /> <br /> Jonathan Swift (1667–1745)<br /> <br /> <br /> Alexander Pope (1688–1744)<br /> <br /> <br /> Lady Mary Wortley Montagu (1689–1762)<br /> <br /> <br /> James Thomson (1700–1748)<br /> <br /> <br /> Edward Young (1683–1765)<br /> <br /> <br /> Samuel Johnson (1709–1784)<br /> <br /> <br /> Thomas Gray (1716–1771)<br /> <br /> <br /> William Collins (1721–1759)<br /> <br /> <br /> Christopher Smart (1722–1771)<br /> <br /> <br /> Oliver Goldsmith (1728–1774)<br /> <br /> <br /> William Cowper (1731–1800)<br /> <br /> <br /> George Crabbe (1754–1832)<br /> <br /> <br /> Robert Burns (1759–1796)<br /> <br /> <br /> William Blake (1757–1827)<br /> <br /> <br /> Mary Robinson (1757–1800)<br /> <br /> <br /> Charlotte Smith (1749–1806)<br /> <br /> <br /> Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772–1834)<br /> <br /> <br /> William Wordsworth (1770–1850)<br /> <br /> <br /> Walter Savage Landor (1775–1864)<br /> <br /> <br /> Lord Byron (1788–1824)<br /> <br /> <br /> Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792–1822)<br /> <br /> <br /> John Keats (1795–1821)<br /> <br /> <br /> Felicia Hemans (1793–1835)<br /> <br /> <br /> Letitia Elizabeth Landon (1802–1838)<br /> <br /> <br /> Thomas Hood (1799–1845)<br /> <br /> <br /> Thomas Moore (1779–1852)<br /> <br /> <br /> Thomas Lovell Beddoes (1803–1849)<br /> <br /> <br /> Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806–1861)<br /> <br /> <br /> Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809–1892)<br /> <br /> <br /> Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849)<br /> <br /> <br /> Robert Browning (1812–1889)<br /> <br /> <br /> Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807–1882)<br /> <br /> <br /> Emily Brontë (1818–1848)<br /> <br /> <br /> Walt Whitman (1819–1892)<br /> <br /> <br /> Matthew Arnold (1822–1888)<br /> <br /> <br /> Herman Melville (1819–1891)<br /> <br /> <br /> Coventry Patmore (1823–1896)<br /> <br /> <br /> Christina Rossetti (1830–1894)<br /> <br /> <br /> Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828–1882)<br /> <br /> <br /> William Morris (1834–1896)<br /> <br /> <br /> Algernon Charles Swinburne (1837–1909)<br /> <br /> <br /> Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844–1889)<br /> <br /> <br /> Thomas Hardy (1840–1928)<br /> <br /> <br /> A. E. Housman (1859–1936)<br /> <br /> <br /> Oscar Wilde (1854–1900)<br /> <br /> <br /> Francis Thompson (1859–1907)<br /> <br /> <br /> Rudyard Kipling (1865–1936)<br /> <br /> <br /> William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)<br /> <br /> <br /> Ernest Dowson (1867–1900)<br /> <br /> <br /> Lionel Johnson (1867–1902)<br /> <br /> <br /> John Davidson (1857–1909)<br /> <br /> <br /> Laurence Binyon (1869–1943)<br /> <br /> <br /> Ezra Pound (1885–1972)<br /> <br /> <br /> T. E. Hulme (1883–1917)<br /> <br /> <br /> Ford Madox Ford (1873–1939)<br /> <br /> <br /> T. S. Eliot (1888–1965)<br /> <br /> <br /> Marianne Moore (1887–1972)<br /> <br /> <br /> H.D. (Hilda Doolittle) (1886–1961)<br /> <br /> <br /> William Carlos Williams (1883–1963)<br /> <br /> <br /> Vachel Lindsay (1879–1931)<br /> <br /> <br /> Carl Sandburg (1878–1967)<br /> <br /> <br /> Robert Frost (1874–1963)<br /> <br /> <br /> Wallace Stevens (1879–1955)<br /> <br /> <br /> John Masefield (1878–1967)<br /> <br /> <br /> Siegfried Sassoon (1886–1967)<br /> <br /> <br /> Rupert Brooke (1887–1915)<br /> <br /> <br /> Wilfred Owen (1893–1918)<br /> <br /> <br /> Isaac Rosenberg (1890–1918)<br /> <br /> <br /> Edna St. Vincent Millay (1892–1950)<br /> <br /> <br /> Hart Crane (1899–1932)<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> - - -</div>

Michael Thomas Jones https://commonknowledge.wiki/index.php?title=Poetry_Curriculum&diff=494 2026-06-03T01:13:31Z

<p>Michael Thomas Jones: /* The Postmodern Academics */</p> <hr /> <div>[UNDER CONSTRUCTION]<br /> <br /> <br /> Poetry is currently separate from the rest of the literature curriculum because it is undeniably insular. Most poems are not about worldview or history or narrative or society. Poetry is about itself and perpetual things: God, life and death, sex, aging, the seasons. (Poems that do directly speak to history and society are included in the history curriculum.)<br /> <br /> This curriculum is intended to initiate students into that rarest of traits: genuine appreciation of poetry.<br /> <br /> I hated poetry in middle school and the lights did not flash on until I was in college. Thank you, Dr. Grieser. I began to read poetry voraciously, and compose on occasion.<br /> <br /> Because of this, I don't expect young students to have aesthetic appreciation for fine letters. This curriculum might be better suited for someone in upper secondary or college who somehow has been struck by words and wants to understand what has just happened to them.<br /> <br /> Before we can get to poetry's fundamental role in reshaping not just human society but man's relationship to God and the cosmos, it's good to appreciate play with sound and symbol for their own sake. <br /> <br /> == Lessons in Elemental Poetry ==<br /> Dr. Seuss<br /> <br /> Riddles<br /> <br /> Reading Meters<br /> <br /> Metaphors, Conceits &amp; Allegories<br /> <br /> Alliteration<br /> <br /> Consonance &amp; Assonance<br /> <br /> Synecdoche &amp; Metonymy<br /> <br /> Hyperbole &amp; Subtlety<br /> <br /> Personification<br /> <br /> Voice<br /> <br /> Imagery<br /> <br /> Utterance<br /> <br /> Haiku<br /> <br /> Ballad<br /> <br /> Lyric<br /> <br /> Elegies &amp; Odes<br /> <br /> Pastorals<br /> <br /> Sonnets<br /> <br /> Couplets &amp; Epigrams<br /> <br /> Translation<br /> <br /> Epic<br /> <br /> Prophecy<br /> <br /> For young men: how to talk to women in riddles and poems and tell them that they're beautiful in the proper way<br /> <br /> == Lessons in Reading ==<br /> Anglo Saxons<br /> <br /> Chaucer<br /> <br /> Shakespeare<br /> <br /> John Donne<br /> <br /> Edmund Spenser<br /> <br /> John Milton<br /> <br /> George Herbert<br /> <br /> William Blake<br /> <br /> Samuel Taylor Coleridge<br /> <br /> John Keats<br /> <br /> William Butler Yeats<br /> <br /> T.S. Eliot<br /> <br /> == Smash Glass for Poems ==<br /> In case of emergency, break open this list:<br /> <br /> [[Emergency Poems]]<br /> <br /> [[Silly Poems]]<br /> <br /> [[Aesthetic Poems]]<br /> == Canons of English Poetry ==<br /> <br /> ==== Anglo Saxons ====<br /> <br /> ==== Middle English ====<br /> <br /> ==== Tudor &amp; Elizabethan ====<br /> <br /> ==== Baroque ====<br /> <br /> ==== Augustan ====<br /> <br /> ==== Graveyard Poets ====<br /> <br /> ==== Sensibility ====<br /> <br /> ==== Romantics ====<br /> <br /> ==== Victorians ====<br /> <br /> ==== Transcendentalists, New England &amp; Gothic Americans ====<br /> <br /> ==== Pre-Raphaelites &amp; Arts and Crafts Poets ====<br /> <br /> ==== Child Ballads ====<br /> <br /> ==== Decadents &amp; Fin-de-Siècle ====<br /> <br /> ==== War Poets &amp; Georgians, Imagists &amp; Modernists ====<br /> <br /> ==== British Surrealism ====<br /> <br /> ==== Postwar Poets ====<br /> '''American Folk Songs'''<br /> <br /> ==== The Postmodern Academics ====<br /> After World War II, poetry became regulated through the university credential apparatus. As such, it rapidly lost almost all social relevance and vanished from public life except for those who participate in the carefully sterilized environment of the academy.<br /> <br /> [[William Logan]]<br /> <br /> [[Bill Knott]]<br /> <br /> William Stafford<br /> <br /> Robert Bly<br /> <br /> James Tate - Worshipful Company of Fletchers (book), Thomas Lux, David Shapiro<br /> <br /> <br /> Soft suburban: Billy Collins, Stephen Dunn, C.K. Williams, John Koethe, David St. John, Ron Padgett, Robert Wrigley<br /> <br /> ==== Anglo-American Pop Lyricism ====<br /> Rock n roll, 70s singer-songwriter lyricism and the underground canon, art pop, the bohemian bourgeois<br /> <br /> Rap<br /> <br /> Independent Rock <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> == Basic List of English Poets ==<br /> <br /> <br /> Geoffrey Chaucer (1343–1400)<br /> <br /> <br /> John Gower (1330–1408)<br /> <br /> <br /> Thomas Hoccleve (1368–1426)<br /> <br /> <br /> John Lydgate (1370–1451)<br /> <br /> <br /> Sir Thomas Wyatt (1503–1542)<br /> <br /> <br /> Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey (1517–1547)<br /> <br /> <br /> George Gascoigne (1534–1577)<br /> <br /> <br /> Edmund Spenser (1552–1599)<br /> <br /> <br /> Sir Philip Sidney (1554–1586)<br /> <br /> <br /> William Shakespeare (1564–1616)<br /> <br /> <br /> Christopher Marlowe (1564–1593)<br /> <br /> <br /> Samuel Daniel (1562–1619)<br /> <br /> <br /> Michael Drayton (1563–1631)<br /> <br /> <br /> Ben Jonson (1572–1637)<br /> <br /> <br /> John Donne (1572–1631)<br /> <br /> <br /> George Chapman (1559–1634)<br /> <br /> <br /> Thomas Campion (1567–1620)<br /> <br /> <br /> Aemilia Lanyer (1569–1645)<br /> <br /> <br /> Robert Herrick (1591–1674)<br /> <br /> <br /> George Herbert (1593–1633)<br /> <br /> <br /> Richard Lovelace (1617–1657)<br /> <br /> <br /> Andrew Marvell (1621–1678)<br /> <br /> <br /> Henry Vaughan (1621–1695)<br /> <br /> <br /> Abraham Cowley (1618–1667)<br /> <br /> <br /> Katherine Philips (1632–1664)<br /> <br /> <br /> John Milton (1608–1674)<br /> <br /> <br /> John Dryden (1631–1700)<br /> <br /> Thomas Traherne (1636–1674)<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Matthew Prior (1664–1721)<br /> <br /> <br /> Jonathan Swift (1667–1745)<br /> <br /> <br /> Alexander Pope (1688–1744)<br /> <br /> <br /> Lady Mary Wortley Montagu (1689–1762)<br /> <br /> <br /> James Thomson (1700–1748)<br /> <br /> <br /> Edward Young (1683–1765)<br /> <br /> <br /> Samuel Johnson (1709–1784)<br /> <br /> <br /> Thomas Gray (1716–1771)<br /> <br /> <br /> William Collins (1721–1759)<br /> <br /> <br /> Christopher Smart (1722–1771)<br /> <br /> <br /> Oliver Goldsmith (1728–1774)<br /> <br /> <br /> William Cowper (1731–1800)<br /> <br /> <br /> George Crabbe (1754–1832)<br /> <br /> <br /> Robert Burns (1759–1796)<br /> <br /> <br /> William Blake (1757–1827)<br /> <br /> <br /> Mary Robinson (1757–1800)<br /> <br /> <br /> Charlotte Smith (1749–1806)<br /> <br /> <br /> Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772–1834)<br /> <br /> <br /> William Wordsworth (1770–1850)<br /> <br /> <br /> Walter Savage Landor (1775–1864)<br /> <br /> <br /> Lord Byron (1788–1824)<br /> <br /> <br /> Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792–1822)<br /> <br /> <br /> John Keats (1795–1821)<br /> <br /> <br /> Felicia Hemans (1793–1835)<br /> <br /> <br /> Letitia Elizabeth Landon (1802–1838)<br /> <br /> <br /> Thomas Hood (1799–1845)<br /> <br /> <br /> Thomas Moore (1779–1852)<br /> <br /> <br /> Thomas Lovell Beddoes (1803–1849)<br /> <br /> <br /> Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806–1861)<br /> <br /> <br /> Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809–1892)<br /> <br /> <br /> Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849)<br /> <br /> <br /> Robert Browning (1812–1889)<br /> <br /> <br /> Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807–1882)<br /> <br /> <br /> Emily Brontë (1818–1848)<br /> <br /> <br /> Walt Whitman (1819–1892)<br /> <br /> <br /> Matthew Arnold (1822–1888)<br /> <br /> <br /> Herman Melville (1819–1891)<br /> <br /> <br /> Coventry Patmore (1823–1896)<br /> <br /> <br /> Christina Rossetti (1830–1894)<br /> <br /> <br /> Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828–1882)<br /> <br /> <br /> William Morris (1834–1896)<br /> <br /> <br /> Algernon Charles Swinburne (1837–1909)<br /> <br /> <br /> Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844–1889)<br /> <br /> <br /> Thomas Hardy (1840–1928)<br /> <br /> <br /> A. E. Housman (1859–1936)<br /> <br /> <br /> Oscar Wilde (1854–1900)<br /> <br /> <br /> Francis Thompson (1859–1907)<br /> <br /> <br /> Rudyard Kipling (1865–1936)<br /> <br /> <br /> William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)<br /> <br /> <br /> Ernest Dowson (1867–1900)<br /> <br /> <br /> Lionel Johnson (1867–1902)<br /> <br /> <br /> John Davidson (1857–1909)<br /> <br /> <br /> Laurence Binyon (1869–1943)<br /> <br /> <br /> Ezra Pound (1885–1972)<br /> <br /> <br /> T. E. Hulme (1883–1917)<br /> <br /> <br /> Ford Madox Ford (1873–1939)<br /> <br /> <br /> T. S. Eliot (1888–1965)<br /> <br /> <br /> Marianne Moore (1887–1972)<br /> <br /> <br /> H.D. (Hilda Doolittle) (1886–1961)<br /> <br /> <br /> William Carlos Williams (1883–1963)<br /> <br /> <br /> Vachel Lindsay (1879–1931)<br /> <br /> <br /> Carl Sandburg (1878–1967)<br /> <br /> <br /> Robert Frost (1874–1963)<br /> <br /> <br /> Wallace Stevens (1879–1955)<br /> <br /> <br /> John Masefield (1878–1967)<br /> <br /> <br /> Siegfried Sassoon (1886–1967)<br /> <br /> <br /> Rupert Brooke (1887–1915)<br /> <br /> <br /> Wilfred Owen (1893–1918)<br /> <br /> <br /> Isaac Rosenberg (1890–1918)<br /> <br /> <br /> Edna St. Vincent Millay (1892–1950)<br /> <br /> <br /> Hart Crane (1899–1932)<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> - - -</div>

Michael Thomas Jones https://commonknowledge.wiki/index.php?title=Poetry_Curriculum&diff=493 2026-06-03T00:18:45Z

<p>Michael Thomas Jones: /* The Postmodern Academics */</p> <hr /> <div>[UNDER CONSTRUCTION]<br /> <br /> <br /> Poetry is currently separate from the rest of the literature curriculum because it is undeniably insular. Most poems are not about worldview or history or narrative or society. Poetry is about itself and perpetual things: God, life and death, sex, aging, the seasons. (Poems that do directly speak to history and society are included in the history curriculum.)<br /> <br /> This curriculum is intended to initiate students into that rarest of traits: genuine appreciation of poetry.<br /> <br /> I hated poetry in middle school and the lights did not flash on until I was in college. Thank you, Dr. Grieser. I began to read poetry voraciously, and compose on occasion.<br /> <br /> Because of this, I don't expect young students to have aesthetic appreciation for fine letters. This curriculum might be better suited for someone in upper secondary or college who somehow has been struck by words and wants to understand what has just happened to them.<br /> <br /> Before we can get to poetry's fundamental role in reshaping not just human society but man's relationship to God and the cosmos, it's good to appreciate play with sound and symbol for their own sake. <br /> <br /> == Lessons in Elemental Poetry ==<br /> Dr. Seuss<br /> <br /> Riddles<br /> <br /> Reading Meters<br /> <br /> Metaphors, Conceits &amp; Allegories<br /> <br /> Alliteration<br /> <br /> Consonance &amp; Assonance<br /> <br /> Synecdoche &amp; Metonymy<br /> <br /> Hyperbole &amp; Subtlety<br /> <br /> Personification<br /> <br /> Voice<br /> <br /> Imagery<br /> <br /> Utterance<br /> <br /> Haiku<br /> <br /> Ballad<br /> <br /> Lyric<br /> <br /> Elegies &amp; Odes<br /> <br /> Pastorals<br /> <br /> Sonnets<br /> <br /> Couplets &amp; Epigrams<br /> <br /> Translation<br /> <br /> Epic<br /> <br /> Prophecy<br /> <br /> For young men: how to talk to women in riddles and poems and tell them that they're beautiful in the proper way<br /> <br /> == Lessons in Reading ==<br /> Anglo Saxons<br /> <br /> Chaucer<br /> <br /> Shakespeare<br /> <br /> John Donne<br /> <br /> Edmund Spenser<br /> <br /> John Milton<br /> <br /> George Herbert<br /> <br /> William Blake<br /> <br /> Samuel Taylor Coleridge<br /> <br /> John Keats<br /> <br /> William Butler Yeats<br /> <br /> T.S. Eliot<br /> <br /> == Smash Glass for Poems ==<br /> In case of emergency, break open this list:<br /> <br /> [[Emergency Poems]]<br /> <br /> [[Silly Poems]]<br /> <br /> [[Aesthetic Poems]]<br /> == Canons of English Poetry ==<br /> <br /> ==== Anglo Saxons ====<br /> <br /> ==== Middle English ====<br /> <br /> ==== Tudor &amp; Elizabethan ====<br /> <br /> ==== Baroque ====<br /> <br /> ==== Augustan ====<br /> <br /> ==== Graveyard Poets ====<br /> <br /> ==== Sensibility ====<br /> <br /> ==== Romantics ====<br /> <br /> ==== Victorians ====<br /> <br /> ==== Transcendentalists, New England &amp; Gothic Americans ====<br /> <br /> ==== Pre-Raphaelites &amp; Arts and Crafts Poets ====<br /> <br /> ==== Child Ballads ====<br /> <br /> ==== Decadents &amp; Fin-de-Siècle ====<br /> <br /> ==== War Poets &amp; Georgians, Imagists &amp; Modernists ====<br /> <br /> ==== British Surrealism ====<br /> <br /> ==== Postwar Poets ====<br /> '''American Folk Songs'''<br /> <br /> ==== The Postmodern Academics ====<br /> After World War II, poetry became regulated through the university credential apparatus. As such, it rapidly lost almost all social relevance and vanished from public life except for those who participate in the carefully sterilized environment of the academy.<br /> <br /> [[William Logan]]<br /> <br /> [[Bill Knott]]<br /> <br /> James Tate - Worshipful Company of Fletchers (book)<br /> <br /> Soft suburbane: Billy Collins, Stephen Dunn, C.K. Williams<br /> <br /> ==== Anglo-American Pop Lyricism ====<br /> Rock n roll, 70s singer-songwriter lyricism and the underground canon, art pop, the bohemian bourgeois<br /> <br /> Rap<br /> <br /> Independent Rock <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> == Basic List of English Poets ==<br /> <br /> <br /> Geoffrey Chaucer (1343–1400)<br /> <br /> <br /> John Gower (1330–1408)<br /> <br /> <br /> Thomas Hoccleve (1368–1426)<br /> <br /> <br /> John Lydgate (1370–1451)<br /> <br /> <br /> Sir Thomas Wyatt (1503–1542)<br /> <br /> <br /> Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey (1517–1547)<br /> <br /> <br /> George Gascoigne (1534–1577)<br /> <br /> <br /> Edmund Spenser (1552–1599)<br /> <br /> <br /> Sir Philip Sidney (1554–1586)<br /> <br /> <br /> William Shakespeare (1564–1616)<br /> <br /> <br /> Christopher Marlowe (1564–1593)<br /> <br /> <br /> Samuel Daniel (1562–1619)<br /> <br /> <br /> Michael Drayton (1563–1631)<br /> <br /> <br /> Ben Jonson (1572–1637)<br /> <br /> <br /> John Donne (1572–1631)<br /> <br /> <br /> George Chapman (1559–1634)<br /> <br /> <br /> Thomas Campion (1567–1620)<br /> <br /> <br /> Aemilia Lanyer (1569–1645)<br /> <br /> <br /> Robert Herrick (1591–1674)<br /> <br /> <br /> George Herbert (1593–1633)<br /> <br /> <br /> Richard Lovelace (1617–1657)<br /> <br /> <br /> Andrew Marvell (1621–1678)<br /> <br /> <br /> Henry Vaughan (1621–1695)<br /> <br /> <br /> Abraham Cowley (1618–1667)<br /> <br /> <br /> Katherine Philips (1632–1664)<br /> <br /> <br /> John Milton (1608–1674)<br /> <br /> <br /> John Dryden (1631–1700)<br /> <br /> Thomas Traherne (1636–1674)<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Matthew Prior (1664–1721)<br /> <br /> <br /> Jonathan Swift (1667–1745)<br /> <br /> <br /> Alexander Pope (1688–1744)<br /> <br /> <br /> Lady Mary Wortley Montagu (1689–1762)<br /> <br /> <br /> James Thomson (1700–1748)<br /> <br /> <br /> Edward Young (1683–1765)<br /> <br /> <br /> Samuel Johnson (1709–1784)<br /> <br /> <br /> Thomas Gray (1716–1771)<br /> <br /> <br /> William Collins (1721–1759)<br /> <br /> <br /> Christopher Smart (1722–1771)<br /> <br /> <br /> Oliver Goldsmith (1728–1774)<br /> <br /> <br /> William Cowper (1731–1800)<br /> <br /> <br /> George Crabbe (1754–1832)<br /> <br /> <br /> Robert Burns (1759–1796)<br /> <br /> <br /> William Blake (1757–1827)<br /> <br /> <br /> Mary Robinson (1757–1800)<br /> <br /> <br /> Charlotte Smith (1749–1806)<br /> <br /> <br /> Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772–1834)<br /> <br /> <br /> William Wordsworth (1770–1850)<br /> <br /> <br /> Walter Savage Landor (1775–1864)<br /> <br /> <br /> Lord Byron (1788–1824)<br /> <br /> <br /> Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792–1822)<br /> <br /> <br /> John Keats (1795–1821)<br /> <br /> <br /> Felicia Hemans (1793–1835)<br /> <br /> <br /> Letitia Elizabeth Landon (1802–1838)<br /> <br /> <br /> Thomas Hood (1799–1845)<br /> <br /> <br /> Thomas Moore (1779–1852)<br /> <br /> <br /> Thomas Lovell Beddoes (1803–1849)<br /> <br /> <br /> Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806–1861)<br /> <br /> <br /> Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809–1892)<br /> <br /> <br /> Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849)<br /> <br /> <br /> Robert Browning (1812–1889)<br /> <br /> <br /> Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807–1882)<br /> <br /> <br /> Emily Brontë (1818–1848)<br /> <br /> <br /> Walt Whitman (1819–1892)<br /> <br /> <br /> Matthew Arnold (1822–1888)<br /> <br /> <br /> Herman Melville (1819–1891)<br /> <br /> <br /> Coventry Patmore (1823–1896)<br /> <br /> <br /> Christina Rossetti (1830–1894)<br /> <br /> <br /> Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828–1882)<br /> <br /> <br /> William Morris (1834–1896)<br /> <br /> <br /> Algernon Charles Swinburne (1837–1909)<br /> <br /> <br /> Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844–1889)<br /> <br /> <br /> Thomas Hardy (1840–1928)<br /> <br /> <br /> A. E. Housman (1859–1936)<br /> <br /> <br /> Oscar Wilde (1854–1900)<br /> <br /> <br /> Francis Thompson (1859–1907)<br /> <br /> <br /> Rudyard Kipling (1865–1936)<br /> <br /> <br /> William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)<br /> <br /> <br /> Ernest Dowson (1867–1900)<br /> <br /> <br /> Lionel Johnson (1867–1902)<br /> <br /> <br /> John Davidson (1857–1909)<br /> <br /> <br /> Laurence Binyon (1869–1943)<br /> <br /> <br /> Ezra Pound (1885–1972)<br /> <br /> <br /> T. E. Hulme (1883–1917)<br /> <br /> <br /> Ford Madox Ford (1873–1939)<br /> <br /> <br /> T. S. Eliot (1888–1965)<br /> <br /> <br /> Marianne Moore (1887–1972)<br /> <br /> <br /> H.D. (Hilda Doolittle) (1886–1961)<br /> <br /> <br /> William Carlos Williams (1883–1963)<br /> <br /> <br /> Vachel Lindsay (1879–1931)<br /> <br /> <br /> Carl Sandburg (1878–1967)<br /> <br /> <br /> Robert Frost (1874–1963)<br /> <br /> <br /> Wallace Stevens (1879–1955)<br /> <br /> <br /> John Masefield (1878–1967)<br /> <br /> <br /> Siegfried Sassoon (1886–1967)<br /> <br /> <br /> Rupert Brooke (1887–1915)<br /> <br /> <br /> Wilfred Owen (1893–1918)<br /> <br /> <br /> Isaac Rosenberg (1890–1918)<br /> <br /> <br /> Edna St. Vincent Millay (1892–1950)<br /> <br /> <br /> Hart Crane (1899–1932)<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> - - -</div>

Michael Thomas Jones https://commonknowledge.wiki/index.php?title=Poetry_Curriculum&diff=492 2026-06-02T22:41:37Z

<p>Michael Thomas Jones: /* The Postmodern Academics */</p> <hr /> <div>[UNDER CONSTRUCTION]<br /> <br /> <br /> Poetry is currently separate from the rest of the literature curriculum because it is undeniably insular. Most poems are not about worldview or history or narrative or society. Poetry is about itself and perpetual things: God, life and death, sex, aging, the seasons. (Poems that do directly speak to history and society are included in the history curriculum.)<br /> <br /> This curriculum is intended to initiate students into that rarest of traits: genuine appreciation of poetry.<br /> <br /> I hated poetry in middle school and the lights did not flash on until I was in college. Thank you, Dr. Grieser. I began to read poetry voraciously, and compose on occasion.<br /> <br /> Because of this, I don't expect young students to have aesthetic appreciation for fine letters. This curriculum might be better suited for someone in upper secondary or college who somehow has been struck by words and wants to understand what has just happened to them.<br /> <br /> Before we can get to poetry's fundamental role in reshaping not just human society but man's relationship to God and the cosmos, it's good to appreciate play with sound and symbol for their own sake. <br /> <br /> == Lessons in Elemental Poetry ==<br /> Dr. Seuss<br /> <br /> Riddles<br /> <br /> Reading Meters<br /> <br /> Metaphors, Conceits &amp; Allegories<br /> <br /> Alliteration<br /> <br /> Consonance &amp; Assonance<br /> <br /> Synecdoche &amp; Metonymy<br /> <br /> Hyperbole &amp; Subtlety<br /> <br /> Personification<br /> <br /> Voice<br /> <br /> Imagery<br /> <br /> Utterance<br /> <br /> Haiku<br /> <br /> Ballad<br /> <br /> Lyric<br /> <br /> Elegies &amp; Odes<br /> <br /> Pastorals<br /> <br /> Sonnets<br /> <br /> Couplets &amp; Epigrams<br /> <br /> Translation<br /> <br /> Epic<br /> <br /> Prophecy<br /> <br /> For young men: how to talk to women in riddles and poems and tell them that they're beautiful in the proper way<br /> <br /> == Lessons in Reading ==<br /> Anglo Saxons<br /> <br /> Chaucer<br /> <br /> Shakespeare<br /> <br /> John Donne<br /> <br /> Edmund Spenser<br /> <br /> John Milton<br /> <br /> George Herbert<br /> <br /> William Blake<br /> <br /> Samuel Taylor Coleridge<br /> <br /> John Keats<br /> <br /> William Butler Yeats<br /> <br /> T.S. Eliot<br /> <br /> == Smash Glass for Poems ==<br /> In case of emergency, break open this list:<br /> <br /> [[Emergency Poems]]<br /> <br /> [[Silly Poems]]<br /> <br /> [[Aesthetic Poems]]<br /> == Canons of English Poetry ==<br /> <br /> ==== Anglo Saxons ====<br /> <br /> ==== Middle English ====<br /> <br /> ==== Tudor &amp; Elizabethan ====<br /> <br /> ==== Baroque ====<br /> <br /> ==== Augustan ====<br /> <br /> ==== Graveyard Poets ====<br /> <br /> ==== Sensibility ====<br /> <br /> ==== Romantics ====<br /> <br /> ==== Victorians ====<br /> <br /> ==== Transcendentalists, New England &amp; Gothic Americans ====<br /> <br /> ==== Pre-Raphaelites &amp; Arts and Crafts Poets ====<br /> <br /> ==== Child Ballads ====<br /> <br /> ==== Decadents &amp; Fin-de-Siècle ====<br /> <br /> ==== War Poets &amp; Georgians, Imagists &amp; Modernists ====<br /> <br /> ==== British Surrealism ====<br /> <br /> ==== Postwar Poets ====<br /> '''American Folk Songs'''<br /> <br /> ==== The Postmodern Academics ====<br /> After World War II, poetry became regulated through the university credential apparatus. As such, it rapidly lost almost all social relevance and vanished from public life except for those who participate in the carefully sterilized environment of the academy.<br /> <br /> [[William Logan]]<br /> <br /> [[Bill Knott]]<br /> <br /> Soft suburbane: Billy Collins, Stephen Dunn, C.K. Williams<br /> <br /> ==== Anglo-American Pop Lyricism ====<br /> Rock n roll, 70s singer-songwriter lyricism and the underground canon, art pop, the bohemian bourgeois<br /> <br /> Rap<br /> <br /> Independent Rock <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> == Basic List of English Poets ==<br /> <br /> <br /> Geoffrey Chaucer (1343–1400)<br /> <br /> <br /> John Gower (1330–1408)<br /> <br /> <br /> Thomas Hoccleve (1368–1426)<br /> <br /> <br /> John Lydgate (1370–1451)<br /> <br /> <br /> Sir Thomas Wyatt (1503–1542)<br /> <br /> <br /> Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey (1517–1547)<br /> <br /> <br /> George Gascoigne (1534–1577)<br /> <br /> <br /> Edmund Spenser (1552–1599)<br /> <br /> <br /> Sir Philip Sidney (1554–1586)<br /> <br /> <br /> William Shakespeare (1564–1616)<br /> <br /> <br /> Christopher Marlowe (1564–1593)<br /> <br /> <br /> Samuel Daniel (1562–1619)<br /> <br /> <br /> Michael Drayton (1563–1631)<br /> <br /> <br /> Ben Jonson (1572–1637)<br /> <br /> <br /> John Donne (1572–1631)<br /> <br /> <br /> George Chapman (1559–1634)<br /> <br /> <br /> Thomas Campion (1567–1620)<br /> <br /> <br /> Aemilia Lanyer (1569–1645)<br /> <br /> <br /> Robert Herrick (1591–1674)<br /> <br /> <br /> George Herbert (1593–1633)<br /> <br /> <br /> Richard Lovelace (1617–1657)<br /> <br /> <br /> Andrew Marvell (1621–1678)<br /> <br /> <br /> Henry Vaughan (1621–1695)<br /> <br /> <br /> Abraham Cowley (1618–1667)<br /> <br /> <br /> Katherine Philips (1632–1664)<br /> <br /> <br /> John Milton (1608–1674)<br /> <br /> <br /> John Dryden (1631–1700)<br /> <br /> Thomas Traherne (1636–1674)<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Matthew Prior (1664–1721)<br /> <br /> <br /> Jonathan Swift (1667–1745)<br /> <br /> <br /> Alexander Pope (1688–1744)<br /> <br /> <br /> Lady Mary Wortley Montagu (1689–1762)<br /> <br /> <br /> James Thomson (1700–1748)<br /> <br /> <br /> Edward Young (1683–1765)<br /> <br /> <br /> Samuel Johnson (1709–1784)<br /> <br /> <br /> Thomas Gray (1716–1771)<br /> <br /> <br /> William Collins (1721–1759)<br /> <br /> <br /> Christopher Smart (1722–1771)<br /> <br /> <br /> Oliver Goldsmith (1728–1774)<br /> <br /> <br /> William Cowper (1731–1800)<br /> <br /> <br /> George Crabbe (1754–1832)<br /> <br /> <br /> Robert Burns (1759–1796)<br /> <br /> <br /> William Blake (1757–1827)<br /> <br /> <br /> Mary Robinson (1757–1800)<br /> <br /> <br /> Charlotte Smith (1749–1806)<br /> <br /> <br /> Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772–1834)<br /> <br /> <br /> William Wordsworth (1770–1850)<br /> <br /> <br /> Walter Savage Landor (1775–1864)<br /> <br /> <br /> Lord Byron (1788–1824)<br /> <br /> <br /> Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792–1822)<br /> <br /> <br /> John Keats (1795–1821)<br /> <br /> <br /> Felicia Hemans (1793–1835)<br /> <br /> <br /> Letitia Elizabeth Landon (1802–1838)<br /> <br /> <br /> Thomas Hood (1799–1845)<br /> <br /> <br /> Thomas Moore (1779–1852)<br /> <br /> <br /> Thomas Lovell Beddoes (1803–1849)<br /> <br /> <br /> Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806–1861)<br /> <br /> <br /> Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809–1892)<br /> <br /> <br /> Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849)<br /> <br /> <br /> Robert Browning (1812–1889)<br /> <br /> <br /> Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807–1882)<br /> <br /> <br /> Emily Brontë (1818–1848)<br /> <br /> <br /> Walt Whitman (1819–1892)<br /> <br /> <br /> Matthew Arnold (1822–1888)<br /> <br /> <br /> Herman Melville (1819–1891)<br /> <br /> <br /> Coventry Patmore (1823–1896)<br /> <br /> <br /> Christina Rossetti (1830–1894)<br /> <br /> <br /> Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828–1882)<br /> <br /> <br /> William Morris (1834–1896)<br /> <br /> <br /> Algernon Charles Swinburne (1837–1909)<br /> <br /> <br /> Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844–1889)<br /> <br /> <br /> Thomas Hardy (1840–1928)<br /> <br /> <br /> A. E. Housman (1859–1936)<br /> <br /> <br /> Oscar Wilde (1854–1900)<br /> <br /> <br /> Francis Thompson (1859–1907)<br /> <br /> <br /> Rudyard Kipling (1865–1936)<br /> <br /> <br /> William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)<br /> <br /> <br /> Ernest Dowson (1867–1900)<br /> <br /> <br /> Lionel Johnson (1867–1902)<br /> <br /> <br /> John Davidson (1857–1909)<br /> <br /> <br /> Laurence Binyon (1869–1943)<br /> <br /> <br /> Ezra Pound (1885–1972)<br /> <br /> <br /> T. E. Hulme (1883–1917)<br /> <br /> <br /> Ford Madox Ford (1873–1939)<br /> <br /> <br /> T. S. Eliot (1888–1965)<br /> <br /> <br /> Marianne Moore (1887–1972)<br /> <br /> <br /> H.D. (Hilda Doolittle) (1886–1961)<br /> <br /> <br /> William Carlos Williams (1883–1963)<br /> <br /> <br /> Vachel Lindsay (1879–1931)<br /> <br /> <br /> Carl Sandburg (1878–1967)<br /> <br /> <br /> Robert Frost (1874–1963)<br /> <br /> <br /> Wallace Stevens (1879–1955)<br /> <br /> <br /> John Masefield (1878–1967)<br /> <br /> <br /> Siegfried Sassoon (1886–1967)<br /> <br /> <br /> Rupert Brooke (1887–1915)<br /> <br /> <br /> Wilfred Owen (1893–1918)<br /> <br /> <br /> Isaac Rosenberg (1890–1918)<br /> <br /> <br /> Edna St. Vincent Millay (1892–1950)<br /> <br /> <br /> Hart Crane (1899–1932)<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> - - -</div>

Michael Thomas Jones https://commonknowledge.wiki/index.php?title=Ezekiel&diff=491 2026-06-01T20:32:06Z

<p>Michael Thomas Jones: /* 28. King of Tyre and Satan */</p> <hr /> <div>The book of Ezekiel.<br /> <br /> == 1. Vision of God’s Glory ==<br /> == 2. Ezekiel Called as Prophet ==<br /> == 3. Eating the Scroll ==<br /> == 4. Siege of Jerusalem Symbolized ==<br /> == 5. Judgment on Jerusalem Proclaimed ==<br /> == 6. Judgment on Idolatrous Mountains ==<br /> == 7. End of Israel’s Sins ==<br /> == 8. Abominations in the Temple ==<br /> == 9. Slaughter of the Idolaters ==<br /> == 10. Glory of the Lord Departs ==<br /> == 11. God’s Glory Departs ==<br /> == 12. Ezekiel’s Symbolic Exile ==<br /> == 13. False Prophets Rebuked ==<br /> == 14. Idolaters Will Perish ==<br /> == 15. The Worthless Vine ==<br /> == 16. Jerusalem’s Sin and Punishment ==<br /> == 17. Parable of the Cedar ==<br /> == 18. The Righteous Shall Live ==<br /> In Jeremiah, God also says this saying will be done away with. God puts an end to certain memes.<br /> <br /> All souls belong to him.<br /> <br /> It's common in our day to heap up blame on the boomer generation for sins that a particular cohort made. Young Amercian men are demonized and fear dispossession and disinheritance. The sins of the 20th century were very bad and there was a lot of damage from their apostasy, injustice, impurity. But all of that's no excuse for your own lack of justice and righteousness.<br /> <br /> Eating upon the mountains? Presumably, eating at the sites of false of religion?<br /> <br /> The man who acts with cleanliness and justice will be preserved by God.<br /> <br /> 14: The anguish of generational breaks. Sons must be more righteous than their fathers.<br /> <br /> <br /> 21: Hope for the repentant.<br /> <br /> <br /> Is God talking about what he will bring about providentially or is Ezekiel saying that this is a divine command for us to reorganize society such that it follows this principles?<br /> <br /> Because we cannot live by our own righteousness, we must gather together under the righteousness of Christ. Good luck trying to win the approval of God by your own wisdom.<br /> <br /> &quot;Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, every one according to his ways, declares the Lord God. Repent and turn from all your transgressions, lest iniquity be your ruin. Cast away from you all the transgressions that you have committed, and make yourselves a new heart and a new spirit! Why will you die, O house of Israel? For I have no pleasure in the death of anyone, declares the Lord God; so turn, and live.”<br /> <br /> These words are still universally applicable today.<br /> <br /> == 19. Lamentation for the Princes ==<br /> == 20. Rebellion and God’s Patience ==<br /> <br /> <br /> 25-26: Absolutely bonkers line. There's a lot of different things this could mean. Was the Old Testament law always meant to be a stumbling block? Or is this about unjust statutes that have providentially arisen in the political situation since, that force them to wrestle with the stupidity of their own sin?<br /> <br /> In what way are they defiled? By their inability to fully meet the rituals?<br /> <br /> <br /> 31: Angry atheists and satanists and pagans will abort their own children and then turn around and say &quot;God's a big meanie, why does he do this, why does he do that.&quot; It's the same problem for thousands of years.<br /> <br /> == 21. Sword of the Lord ==<br /> == 22. Jerusalem’s Wickedness Described ==<br /> == 23. Two Sisters’ Sin ==<br /> == 24. The Boiling Pot ==<br /> == 25. Judgment on Ammon, Moab, Edom, Philistia ==<br /> == 26. Judgment on Tyre ==<br /> == 27. Lament for Tyre ==<br /> == 28. Prince of Tyre ==<br /> Is this about angelic authority or political authority? Hard to discern.<br /> <br /> == 29. Prophecy Against Egypt ==<br /> == 30. Egypt Punished ==<br /> == 31. Egypt Compared to Assyria ==<br /> == 32. Lament for Pharaoh ==<br /> == 33. Watchman Proclaims Warning ==<br /> == 34. Shepherds of Israel Condemned ==<br /> == 35. Edom Punished ==<br /> == 36. Restoration of Israel Promised ==<br /> == 37. Dry Bones Revived ==<br /> == 38. Gog and Magog Prophesied ==<br /> == 39. Gog Defeated ==<br /> == 40. Vision of Temple and City ==<br /> == 41. Temple’s Interior Described ==<br /> == 42. Chambers for Priests ==<br /> == 43. Glory Returns to Temple ==<br /> == 44. Temple Gates and Priests ==<br /> == 45. Temple and Land Division ==<br /> == 46. Worship in Temple ==<br /> == 47. River Flows from Temple ==<br /> == 48. Land Allotted to Tribes ==</div>

Michael Thomas Jones https://commonknowledge.wiki/index.php?title=Ezekiel&diff=490 2026-06-01T20:30:14Z

<p>Michael Thomas Jones: /* 18. The Righteous Shall Live */</p> <hr /> <div>The book of Ezekiel.<br /> <br /> == 1. Vision of God’s Glory ==<br /> == 2. Ezekiel Called as Prophet ==<br /> == 3. Eating the Scroll ==<br /> == 4. Siege of Jerusalem Symbolized ==<br /> == 5. Judgment on Jerusalem Proclaimed ==<br /> == 6. Judgment on Idolatrous Mountains ==<br /> == 7. End of Israel’s Sins ==<br /> == 8. Abominations in the Temple ==<br /> == 9. Slaughter of the Idolaters ==<br /> == 10. Glory of the Lord Departs ==<br /> == 11. God’s Glory Departs ==<br /> == 12. Ezekiel’s Symbolic Exile ==<br /> == 13. False Prophets Rebuked ==<br /> == 14. Idolaters Will Perish ==<br /> == 15. The Worthless Vine ==<br /> == 16. Jerusalem’s Sin and Punishment ==<br /> == 17. Parable of the Cedar ==<br /> == 18. The Righteous Shall Live ==<br /> In Jeremiah, God also says this saying will be done away with. God puts an end to certain memes.<br /> <br /> All souls belong to him.<br /> <br /> It's common in our day to heap up blame on the boomer generation for sins that a particular cohort made. Young Amercian men are demonized and fear dispossession and disinheritance. The sins of the 20th century were very bad and there was a lot of damage from their apostasy, injustice, impurity. But all of that's no excuse for your own lack of justice and righteousness.<br /> <br /> Eating upon the mountains? Presumably, eating at the sites of false of religion?<br /> <br /> The man who acts with cleanliness and justice will be preserved by God.<br /> <br /> 14: The anguish of generational breaks. Sons must be more righteous than their fathers.<br /> <br /> <br /> 21: Hope for the repentant.<br /> <br /> <br /> Is God talking about what he will bring about providentially or is Ezekiel saying that this is a divine command for us to reorganize society such that it follows this principles?<br /> <br /> Because we cannot live by our own righteousness, we must gather together under the righteousness of Christ. Good luck trying to win the approval of God by your own wisdom.<br /> <br /> &quot;Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, every one according to his ways, declares the Lord God. Repent and turn from all your transgressions, lest iniquity be your ruin. Cast away from you all the transgressions that you have committed, and make yourselves a new heart and a new spirit! Why will you die, O house of Israel? For I have no pleasure in the death of anyone, declares the Lord God; so turn, and live.”<br /> <br /> These words are still universally applicable today.<br /> <br /> == 19. Lamentation for the Princes ==<br /> == 20. Rebellion and God’s Patience ==<br /> <br /> <br /> 25-26: Absolutely bonkers line. There's a lot of different things this could mean. Was the Old Testament law always meant to be a stumbling block? Or is this about unjust statutes that have providentially arisen in the political situation since, that force them to wrestle with the stupidity of their own sin?<br /> <br /> In what way are they defiled? By their inability to fully meet the rituals?<br /> <br /> <br /> 31: Angry atheists and satanists and pagans will abort their own children and then turn around and say &quot;God's a big meanie, why does he do this, why does he do that.&quot; It's the same problem for thousands of years.<br /> <br /> == 21. Sword of the Lord ==<br /> == 22. Jerusalem’s Wickedness Described ==<br /> == 23. Two Sisters’ Sin ==<br /> == 24. The Boiling Pot ==<br /> == 25. Judgment on Ammon, Moab, Edom, Philistia ==<br /> == 26. Judgment on Tyre ==<br /> == 27. Lament for Tyre ==<br /> == 28. King of Tyre and Satan ==<br /> == 29. Prophecy Against Egypt ==<br /> == 30. Egypt Punished ==<br /> == 31. Egypt Compared to Assyria ==<br /> == 32. Lament for Pharaoh ==<br /> == 33. Watchman Proclaims Warning ==<br /> == 34. Shepherds of Israel Condemned ==<br /> == 35. Edom Punished ==<br /> == 36. Restoration of Israel Promised ==<br /> == 37. Dry Bones Revived ==<br /> == 38. Gog and Magog Prophesied ==<br /> == 39. Gog Defeated ==<br /> == 40. Vision of Temple and City ==<br /> == 41. Temple’s Interior Described ==<br /> == 42. Chambers for Priests ==<br /> == 43. Glory Returns to Temple ==<br /> == 44. Temple Gates and Priests ==<br /> == 45. Temple and Land Division ==<br /> == 46. Worship in Temple ==<br /> == 47. River Flows from Temple ==<br /> == 48. Land Allotted to Tribes ==</div>

Michael Thomas Jones https://commonknowledge.wiki/index.php?title=Daniel&diff=489 2026-06-01T19:42:47Z

<p>Michael Thomas Jones: /* 12. The Time of the End */</p> <hr /> <div>The book of Daniel.<br /> <br /> == 1. Daniel in Babylon ==<br /> However, even in the time of captivity, God raised up skillful young men of learning who could act shrewdly within the empire.<br /> <br /> Chronology questions &amp; King lists<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Daniel 1:17:<br /> <br /> As for these four youths, God gave them learning and skill in all literature and wisdom, and Daniel had understanding in all visions and dreams. 18 At the end of the time, when the king had commanded that they should be brought in, the chief of the eunuchs brought them in before Nebuchadnezzar. 19 And the king spoke with them, and among all of them none was found like Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah. Therefore they stood before the king. 20 And in every matter of wisdom and understanding about which the king inquired of them, he found them ten times better than all the magicians and enchanters that were in all his kingdom. <br /> <br /> We should ask ourselves how faithful Christians pursue wisdom that is greater than the “magicians” and “enchanters” of our day. There are many people who will line up to tell the authorities what they want to hear. But if Christians are willing to speak the truth, it is possible to outdo the unbelievers in wisdom and understanding.<br /> <br /> There are times when God places his people within an empire of unbelievers, like Joseph under Pharaoh or Daniel under Nebuchadnezzar. By acting with wisdom and faithfulness, they can not only be a blessing to the empire that they serve within, but also a witness to God’s glory at the heights of world power. Once again, God’s people were in slavery, yet even in bondage he gives them opportunities for honor and authority. God intends for his people to govern.<br /> <br /> Of course, it wasn’t a straight shot to positions of influence for Daniel and the scribes of Judah, even though they got the best grades and gave the best dream interpretation. You’re no doubt familiar with the stories of them refusing to worship the golden image and refusing to stop worshiping the God of Israel. They made many enemies and had many people trying to use their religious convictions as a way to destroy them. Through their faithful witness the kings of Babylon were humbled and brought to give glory to God. <br /> <br /> == 2. Nebuchadnezzar’s Dream Interpreted ==<br /> One of the dreams of Nebuchadnezzar that Daniel interpreted foretold of the coming glory and authority of Christ:<br /> <br /> Daniel 2:31 “You saw, O king, and behold, a great image. This image, mighty and of exceeding brightness, stood before you, and its appearance was frightening. 32 The head of this image was of fine gold, its chest and arms of silver, its middle and thighs of bronze, 33 its legs of iron, its feet partly of iron and partly of clay. 34 As you looked, a stone was cut out by no human hand, and it struck the image on its feet of iron and clay, and broke them in pieces. 35 Then the iron, the clay, the bronze, the silver, and the gold, all together were broken in pieces, and became like the chaff of the summer threshing floors; and the wind carried them away, so that not a trace of them could be found. But the stone that struck the image became a great mountain and filled the whole earth.<br /> <br /> 36 “This was the dream. Now we will tell the king its interpretation. 37 You, O king, the king of kings, to whom the God of heaven has given the kingdom, the power, and the might, and the glory, 38 and into whose hand he has given, wherever they dwell, the children of man, the beasts of the field, and the birds of the heavens, making you rule over them all—you are the head of gold. 39 Another kingdom inferior to you shall arise after you, and yet a third kingdom of bronze, which shall rule over all the earth. 40 And there shall be a fourth kingdom, strong as iron, because iron breaks to pieces and shatters all things. And like iron that crushes, it shall break and crush all these. 41 And as you saw the feet and toes, partly of potter's clay and partly of iron, it shall be a divided kingdom, but some of the firmness of iron shall be in it, just as you saw iron mixed with the soft clay. 42 And as the toes of the feet were partly iron and partly clay, so the kingdom shall be partly strong and partly brittle. 43 As you saw the iron mixed with soft clay, so they will mix with one another in marriage, but they will not hold together, just as iron does not mix with clay. 44 And in the days of those kings the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that shall never be destroyed, nor shall the kingdom be left to another people. It shall break in pieces all these kingdoms and bring them to an end, and it shall stand forever, 45 just as you saw that a stone was cut from a mountain by no human hand, and that it broke in pieces the iron, the bronze, the clay, the silver, and the gold. A great God has made known to the king what shall be after this. The dream is certain, and its interpretation sure.”<br /> <br /> There are differing interpretations about what specific kingdoms this dream foretold, but generally the different parts of the statue are thought to mean the succession of empires after Nebuchadnezzar: Babylon, Persia, Greece, and Rome. The final stone is, of course, Jesus Christ — the cornerstone — the stone cut by no human hand. His kingdom is the kingdom that shall never be destroyed, and that is us! There may be empires built by men all around us but we trust in the stone that will overcome all of them.<br /> <br /> True believers building their lives on the foundation of Christ are a fulfillment of this ancient Chaldean prophecy from thousands of years ago. And we live in hope that it will reach its fullness in our resurrection. This is one more instance where Christianity is so commonplace in culture that people don’t realize how glorious and shocking its beliefs are — the most powerful ancient empires of the mediterranean were torn apart again and again, but the people of God remain through it all, true to these prophecies.<br /> <br /> == 3. The Fiery Furnace ==<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> In appearance like a son of the gods...<br /> <br /> Is this a Christophany, or angelic deliverance?<br /> <br /> == 4. Nebuchadnezzar’s Dream of Tree ==<br /> == 5. Belshazzar’s Feast and Fall ==<br /> Synchronization problem with chronology and king lists?<br /> <br /> == 6. Daniel in the Lion’s Den ==<br /> Who is meant by Darius?<br /> <br /> == 7. Daniel’s Vision of Beasts ==<br /> Daniel 7 - The Son of Man Is Given Dominion<br /> <br /> 13 “I saw in the night visions, and behold, with the clouds of heaven, there came one like a son of man, and he came to the Ancient of Days and was presented before him. 14 And to him was given dominion and glory and a kingdom, that all peoples, nations, and languages should serve him; his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom one  that shall not be destroyed.<br /> <br /> Daniel's Vision Interpreted<br /> <br /> 15 “As for me, Daniel, my spirit within me was anxious, and the visions of my head alarmed me. 16 I approached one of those who stood there and asked him the truth concerning all this. So he told me and made known to me the interpretation of the things. 17 ‘These four great beasts are four kings who shall arise out of the earth. 18 But the saints of the Most High shall receive the kingdom and possess the kingdom forever, forever and ever.’<br /> <br /> 19 “Then I desired to know the truth about the fourth beast, which was different from all the rest, exceedingly terrifying, with its teeth of iron and claws of bronze, and which devoured and broke in pieces and stamped what was left with its feet, 20 and about the ten horns that were on its head, and the other horn that came up and before which three of them fell, the horn that had eyes and a mouth that spoke great things, and that seemed greater than its companions. 21 As I looked, this horn made war with the saints and prevailed over them, 22 until the Ancient of Days came, and judgment was given for the saints of the Most High, and the time came when the saints possessed the kingdom.<br /> <br /> Christians disagree when the time will come that the saints will possess the kingdoms of the earth. Some believe it is in this life, pointing to the many Christian kingdoms that have existed since the early church; many believe it is after, believing those Christian kingdoms to be compromised by sin and impermanent. These are important debates to have — after all, we wouldn’t want to be confusing God’s kingdom for the horns of a Beast. However, what is crucial is that we not forget what we are ultimately called to — Jesus. He reigns, and he is bringing a kingdom to us. We need to spend our lives preparing to receive it, whether you believe it will be in this life or the next.<br /> <br /> The Ancient of Days - what a title. One of the rare times in scripture God is recorded as being seen like an old man in the sky on a flaming throne.<br /> <br /> One of the few times in the Old Testament, along with the Psalms, that the people of God are referred to as saints / the holy ones / consecrated ones.<br /> <br /> '''Key Take Aways'''<br /> <br /> Daniel is a model of how to be a faithful witness when held captive in a hostile empire.<br /> <br /> Daniel foretold of the kingdom that Jesus would be given, and this kingdom belongs to us.<br /> <br /> '''Discussion Questions'''<br /> <br /> What’s the golden image of our day? What do people expect us to bow down and reverence in place of God?<br /> <br /> In what ways do we possess the kingdoms of the earth in this life? Or is that something that will only take place after the resurrection?<br /> <br /> == 8. Vision of Ram and Goat ==<br /> <br /> <br /> What do the dates mean?<br /> <br /> == 9. Daniel’s Prayer and Seventy Weeks ==<br /> <br /> <br /> Why seventy weeks?<br /> <br /> == 10. Vision of a Man ==<br /> == 11. Kings of the North and South ==<br /> == 12. The Time of the End ==<br /> Some take the name 'Michael' to not refer to a distinct angelic being but to be another title of Christ, as 'Michael' is prince over the Lord's armies and defender of Israel -- just as Christ is our defender.<br /> <br /> A resurrection of glory and of judgment.<br /> <br /> <br /> What is meant by the number of days?</div>

Michael Thomas Jones https://commonknowledge.wiki/index.php?title=Daniel&diff=488 2026-06-01T19:37:34Z

<p>Michael Thomas Jones: /* 6. Daniel in the Lion’s Den */</p> <hr /> <div>The book of Daniel.<br /> <br /> == 1. Daniel in Babylon ==<br /> However, even in the time of captivity, God raised up skillful young men of learning who could act shrewdly within the empire.<br /> <br /> Chronology questions &amp; King lists<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Daniel 1:17:<br /> <br /> As for these four youths, God gave them learning and skill in all literature and wisdom, and Daniel had understanding in all visions and dreams. 18 At the end of the time, when the king had commanded that they should be brought in, the chief of the eunuchs brought them in before Nebuchadnezzar. 19 And the king spoke with them, and among all of them none was found like Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah. Therefore they stood before the king. 20 And in every matter of wisdom and understanding about which the king inquired of them, he found them ten times better than all the magicians and enchanters that were in all his kingdom. <br /> <br /> We should ask ourselves how faithful Christians pursue wisdom that is greater than the “magicians” and “enchanters” of our day. There are many people who will line up to tell the authorities what they want to hear. But if Christians are willing to speak the truth, it is possible to outdo the unbelievers in wisdom and understanding.<br /> <br /> There are times when God places his people within an empire of unbelievers, like Joseph under Pharaoh or Daniel under Nebuchadnezzar. By acting with wisdom and faithfulness, they can not only be a blessing to the empire that they serve within, but also a witness to God’s glory at the heights of world power. Once again, God’s people were in slavery, yet even in bondage he gives them opportunities for honor and authority. God intends for his people to govern.<br /> <br /> Of course, it wasn’t a straight shot to positions of influence for Daniel and the scribes of Judah, even though they got the best grades and gave the best dream interpretation. You’re no doubt familiar with the stories of them refusing to worship the golden image and refusing to stop worshiping the God of Israel. They made many enemies and had many people trying to use their religious convictions as a way to destroy them. Through their faithful witness the kings of Babylon were humbled and brought to give glory to God. <br /> <br /> == 2. Nebuchadnezzar’s Dream Interpreted ==<br /> One of the dreams of Nebuchadnezzar that Daniel interpreted foretold of the coming glory and authority of Christ:<br /> <br /> Daniel 2:31 “You saw, O king, and behold, a great image. This image, mighty and of exceeding brightness, stood before you, and its appearance was frightening. 32 The head of this image was of fine gold, its chest and arms of silver, its middle and thighs of bronze, 33 its legs of iron, its feet partly of iron and partly of clay. 34 As you looked, a stone was cut out by no human hand, and it struck the image on its feet of iron and clay, and broke them in pieces. 35 Then the iron, the clay, the bronze, the silver, and the gold, all together were broken in pieces, and became like the chaff of the summer threshing floors; and the wind carried them away, so that not a trace of them could be found. But the stone that struck the image became a great mountain and filled the whole earth.<br /> <br /> 36 “This was the dream. Now we will tell the king its interpretation. 37 You, O king, the king of kings, to whom the God of heaven has given the kingdom, the power, and the might, and the glory, 38 and into whose hand he has given, wherever they dwell, the children of man, the beasts of the field, and the birds of the heavens, making you rule over them all—you are the head of gold. 39 Another kingdom inferior to you shall arise after you, and yet a third kingdom of bronze, which shall rule over all the earth. 40 And there shall be a fourth kingdom, strong as iron, because iron breaks to pieces and shatters all things. And like iron that crushes, it shall break and crush all these. 41 And as you saw the feet and toes, partly of potter's clay and partly of iron, it shall be a divided kingdom, but some of the firmness of iron shall be in it, just as you saw iron mixed with the soft clay. 42 And as the toes of the feet were partly iron and partly clay, so the kingdom shall be partly strong and partly brittle. 43 As you saw the iron mixed with soft clay, so they will mix with one another in marriage, but they will not hold together, just as iron does not mix with clay. 44 And in the days of those kings the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that shall never be destroyed, nor shall the kingdom be left to another people. It shall break in pieces all these kingdoms and bring them to an end, and it shall stand forever, 45 just as you saw that a stone was cut from a mountain by no human hand, and that it broke in pieces the iron, the bronze, the clay, the silver, and the gold. A great God has made known to the king what shall be after this. The dream is certain, and its interpretation sure.”<br /> <br /> There are differing interpretations about what specific kingdoms this dream foretold, but generally the different parts of the statue are thought to mean the succession of empires after Nebuchadnezzar: Babylon, Persia, Greece, and Rome. The final stone is, of course, Jesus Christ — the cornerstone — the stone cut by no human hand. His kingdom is the kingdom that shall never be destroyed, and that is us! There may be empires built by men all around us but we trust in the stone that will overcome all of them.<br /> <br /> True believers building their lives on the foundation of Christ are a fulfillment of this ancient Chaldean prophecy from thousands of years ago. And we live in hope that it will reach its fullness in our resurrection. This is one more instance where Christianity is so commonplace in culture that people don’t realize how glorious and shocking its beliefs are — the most powerful ancient empires of the mediterranean were torn apart again and again, but the people of God remain through it all, true to these prophecies.<br /> <br /> == 3. The Fiery Furnace ==<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> In appearance like a son of the gods...<br /> <br /> Is this a Christophany, or angelic deliverance?<br /> <br /> == 4. Nebuchadnezzar’s Dream of Tree ==<br /> == 5. Belshazzar’s Feast and Fall ==<br /> Synchronization problem with chronology and king lists?<br /> <br /> == 6. Daniel in the Lion’s Den ==<br /> Who is meant by Darius?<br /> <br /> == 7. Daniel’s Vision of Beasts ==<br /> Daniel 7 - The Son of Man Is Given Dominion<br /> <br /> 13 “I saw in the night visions, and behold, with the clouds of heaven, there came one like a son of man, and he came to the Ancient of Days and was presented before him. 14 And to him was given dominion and glory and a kingdom, that all peoples, nations, and languages should serve him; his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom one  that shall not be destroyed.<br /> <br /> Daniel's Vision Interpreted<br /> <br /> 15 “As for me, Daniel, my spirit within me was anxious, and the visions of my head alarmed me. 16 I approached one of those who stood there and asked him the truth concerning all this. So he told me and made known to me the interpretation of the things. 17 ‘These four great beasts are four kings who shall arise out of the earth. 18 But the saints of the Most High shall receive the kingdom and possess the kingdom forever, forever and ever.’<br /> <br /> 19 “Then I desired to know the truth about the fourth beast, which was different from all the rest, exceedingly terrifying, with its teeth of iron and claws of bronze, and which devoured and broke in pieces and stamped what was left with its feet, 20 and about the ten horns that were on its head, and the other horn that came up and before which three of them fell, the horn that had eyes and a mouth that spoke great things, and that seemed greater than its companions. 21 As I looked, this horn made war with the saints and prevailed over them, 22 until the Ancient of Days came, and judgment was given for the saints of the Most High, and the time came when the saints possessed the kingdom.<br /> <br /> Christians disagree when the time will come that the saints will possess the kingdoms of the earth. Some believe it is in this life, pointing to the many Christian kingdoms that have existed since the early church; many believe it is after, believing those Christian kingdoms to be compromised by sin and impermanent. These are important debates to have — after all, we wouldn’t want to be confusing God’s kingdom for the horns of a Beast. However, what is crucial is that we not forget what we are ultimately called to — Jesus. He reigns, and he is bringing a kingdom to us. We need to spend our lives preparing to receive it, whether you believe it will be in this life or the next.<br /> <br /> The Ancient of Days - what a title. One of the rare times in scripture God is recorded as being seen like an old man in the sky on a flaming throne.<br /> <br /> One of the few times in the Old Testament, along with the Psalms, that the people of God are referred to as saints / the holy ones / consecrated ones.<br /> <br /> '''Key Take Aways'''<br /> <br /> Daniel is a model of how to be a faithful witness when held captive in a hostile empire.<br /> <br /> Daniel foretold of the kingdom that Jesus would be given, and this kingdom belongs to us.<br /> <br /> '''Discussion Questions'''<br /> <br /> What’s the golden image of our day? What do people expect us to bow down and reverence in place of God?<br /> <br /> In what ways do we possess the kingdoms of the earth in this life? Or is that something that will only take place after the resurrection?<br /> <br /> == 8. Vision of Ram and Goat ==<br /> == 9. Daniel’s Prayer and Seventy Weeks ==<br /> == 10. Vision of a Man ==<br /> == 11. Kings of the North and South ==<br /> == 12. The Time of the End ==</div>

Michael Thomas Jones https://commonknowledge.wiki/index.php?title=Daniel&diff=487 2026-06-01T19:24:07Z

<p>Michael Thomas Jones: </p> <hr /> <div>The book of Daniel.<br /> <br /> == 1. Daniel in Babylon ==<br /> However, even in the time of captivity, God raised up skillful young men of learning who could act shrewdly within the empire.<br /> <br /> Chronology questions &amp; King lists<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Daniel 1:17:<br /> <br /> As for these four youths, God gave them learning and skill in all literature and wisdom, and Daniel had understanding in all visions and dreams. 18 At the end of the time, when the king had commanded that they should be brought in, the chief of the eunuchs brought them in before Nebuchadnezzar. 19 And the king spoke with them, and among all of them none was found like Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah. Therefore they stood before the king. 20 And in every matter of wisdom and understanding about which the king inquired of them, he found them ten times better than all the magicians and enchanters that were in all his kingdom. <br /> <br /> We should ask ourselves how faithful Christians pursue wisdom that is greater than the “magicians” and “enchanters” of our day. There are many people who will line up to tell the authorities what they want to hear. But if Christians are willing to speak the truth, it is possible to outdo the unbelievers in wisdom and understanding.<br /> <br /> There are times when God places his people within an empire of unbelievers, like Joseph under Pharaoh or Daniel under Nebuchadnezzar. By acting with wisdom and faithfulness, they can not only be a blessing to the empire that they serve within, but also a witness to God’s glory at the heights of world power. Once again, God’s people were in slavery, yet even in bondage he gives them opportunities for honor and authority. God intends for his people to govern.<br /> <br /> Of course, it wasn’t a straight shot to positions of influence for Daniel and the scribes of Judah, even though they got the best grades and gave the best dream interpretation. You’re no doubt familiar with the stories of them refusing to worship the golden image and refusing to stop worshiping the God of Israel. They made many enemies and had many people trying to use their religious convictions as a way to destroy them. Through their faithful witness the kings of Babylon were humbled and brought to give glory to God. <br /> <br /> == 2. Nebuchadnezzar’s Dream Interpreted ==<br /> One of the dreams of Nebuchadnezzar that Daniel interpreted foretold of the coming glory and authority of Christ:<br /> <br /> Daniel 2:31 “You saw, O king, and behold, a great image. This image, mighty and of exceeding brightness, stood before you, and its appearance was frightening. 32 The head of this image was of fine gold, its chest and arms of silver, its middle and thighs of bronze, 33 its legs of iron, its feet partly of iron and partly of clay. 34 As you looked, a stone was cut out by no human hand, and it struck the image on its feet of iron and clay, and broke them in pieces. 35 Then the iron, the clay, the bronze, the silver, and the gold, all together were broken in pieces, and became like the chaff of the summer threshing floors; and the wind carried them away, so that not a trace of them could be found. But the stone that struck the image became a great mountain and filled the whole earth.<br /> <br /> 36 “This was the dream. Now we will tell the king its interpretation. 37 You, O king, the king of kings, to whom the God of heaven has given the kingdom, the power, and the might, and the glory, 38 and into whose hand he has given, wherever they dwell, the children of man, the beasts of the field, and the birds of the heavens, making you rule over them all—you are the head of gold. 39 Another kingdom inferior to you shall arise after you, and yet a third kingdom of bronze, which shall rule over all the earth. 40 And there shall be a fourth kingdom, strong as iron, because iron breaks to pieces and shatters all things. And like iron that crushes, it shall break and crush all these. 41 And as you saw the feet and toes, partly of potter's clay and partly of iron, it shall be a divided kingdom, but some of the firmness of iron shall be in it, just as you saw iron mixed with the soft clay. 42 And as the toes of the feet were partly iron and partly clay, so the kingdom shall be partly strong and partly brittle. 43 As you saw the iron mixed with soft clay, so they will mix with one another in marriage, but they will not hold together, just as iron does not mix with clay. 44 And in the days of those kings the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that shall never be destroyed, nor shall the kingdom be left to another people. It shall break in pieces all these kingdoms and bring them to an end, and it shall stand forever, 45 just as you saw that a stone was cut from a mountain by no human hand, and that it broke in pieces the iron, the bronze, the clay, the silver, and the gold. A great God has made known to the king what shall be after this. The dream is certain, and its interpretation sure.”<br /> <br /> There are differing interpretations about what specific kingdoms this dream foretold, but generally the different parts of the statue are thought to mean the succession of empires after Nebuchadnezzar: Babylon, Persia, Greece, and Rome. The final stone is, of course, Jesus Christ — the cornerstone — the stone cut by no human hand. His kingdom is the kingdom that shall never be destroyed, and that is us! There may be empires built by men all around us but we trust in the stone that will overcome all of them.<br /> <br /> True believers building their lives on the foundation of Christ are a fulfillment of this ancient Chaldean prophecy from thousands of years ago. And we live in hope that it will reach its fullness in our resurrection. This is one more instance where Christianity is so commonplace in culture that people don’t realize how glorious and shocking its beliefs are — the most powerful ancient empires of the mediterranean were torn apart again and again, but the people of God remain through it all, true to these prophecies.<br /> <br /> == 3. The Fiery Furnace ==<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> In appearance like a son of the gods...<br /> <br /> Is this a Christophany, or angelic deliverance?<br /> <br /> == 4. Nebuchadnezzar’s Dream of Tree ==<br /> == 5. Belshazzar’s Feast and Fall ==<br /> Synchronization problem with chronology and king lists?<br /> <br /> == 6. Daniel in the Lion’s Den ==<br /> Who is meant by Darius?<br /> <br /> == 7. Daniel’s Vision of Beasts ==<br /> Daniel 7 - The Son of Man Is Given Dominion<br /> <br /> 13 “I saw in the night visions, and behold, with the clouds of heaven, there came one like a son of man, and he came to the Ancient of Days and was presented before him. 14 And to him was given dominion and glory and a kingdom, that all peoples, nations, and languages should serve him; his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom one  that shall not be destroyed.<br /> <br /> Daniel's Vision Interpreted<br /> <br /> 15 “As for me, Daniel, my spirit within me was anxious, and the visions of my head alarmed me. 16 I approached one of those who stood there and asked him the truth concerning all this. So he told me and made known to me the interpretation of the things. 17 ‘These four great beasts are four kings who shall arise out of the earth. 18 But the saints of the Most High shall receive the kingdom and possess the kingdom forever, forever and ever.’<br /> <br /> 19 “Then I desired to know the truth about the fourth beast, which was different from all the rest, exceedingly terrifying, with its teeth of iron and claws of bronze, and which devoured and broke in pieces and stamped what was left with its feet, 20 and about the ten horns that were on its head, and the other horn that came up and before which three of them fell, the horn that had eyes and a mouth that spoke great things, and that seemed greater than its companions. 21 As I looked, this horn made war with the saints and prevailed over them, 22 until the Ancient of Days came, and judgment was given for the saints of the Most High, and the time came when the saints possessed the kingdom.<br /> <br /> Christians disagree when the time will come that the saints will possess the kingdoms of the earth. Some believe it is in this life, pointing to the many Christian kingdoms that have existed since the early church; many believe it is after, believing those Christian kingdoms to be compromised by sin and impermanent. These are important debates to have — after all, we wouldn’t want to be confusing God’s kingdom for the horns of a Beast. However, what is crucial is that we not forget what we are ultimately called to — Jesus. He reigns, and he is bringing a kingdom to us. We need to spend our lives preparing to receive it, whether you believe it will be in this life or the next.<br /> <br /> The Ancient of Days - what a title. One of the rare times in scripture God is recorded as being seen like an old man in the sky on a flaming throne.<br /> <br /> '''Key Take Aways'''<br /> <br /> Daniel is a model of how to be a faithful witness when held captive in a hostile empire.<br /> <br /> Daniel foretold of the kingdom that Jesus would be given, and this kingdom belongs to us.<br /> <br /> '''Discussion Questions'''<br /> <br /> What’s the golden image of our day? What do people expect us to bow down and reverence in place of God?<br /> <br /> In what ways do we possess the kingdoms of the earth in this life? Or is that something that will only take place after the resurrection?<br /> <br /> == 8. Vision of Ram and Goat ==<br /> == 9. Daniel’s Prayer and Seventy Weeks ==<br /> == 10. Vision of a Man ==<br /> == 11. Kings of the North and South ==<br /> == 12. The Time of the End ==</div>

Michael Thomas Jones https://commonknowledge.wiki/index.php?title=Malachi&diff=486 2026-06-01T19:11:34Z

<p>Michael Thomas Jones: /* 2. Covenant and Faithfulness */</p> <hr /> <div>The book of Malachi.<br /> <br /> == 1. God’s Love and Priests ==<br /> <br /> <br /> The Book of Malachi is the last record of the prophets before the New Testament. Once again, while the prophets did foretell both future blessings and punishments, one of their primary tasks from God was to convict their society of current sin. We should take their example into account as we seek to rebuke sin in our own hearts as well as in society around us, especially sin within the Christian community. <br /> <br /> Malachi didn’t go around criticizing just anybody. He had a message from God to the religious authorities, specifically — the priests were not doing their job. They were not maintaining the priestly rituals appropriately and this dishonoring God’s name. They were delivering blemished offerings.<br /> <br /> Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated -- what does this mean?<br /> <br /> Some are chosen for God's plan, some are disinherited. So it continues through the ages.<br /> <br /> Malachi 1:6 “A son honors his father, and a servant his master. If then I am a father, where is my honor? And if I am a master, where is my fear? says the Lord of hosts to you, O priests, who despise my name. But you say, ‘How have we despised your name?’ 7 By offering polluted food upon my altar. But you say, ‘How have we polluted you?’ By saying that the Lord's table may be despised.<br /> <br /> We don’t have a special priesthood in the style of the Levites today because Jesus Christ is our high priest and all Christians are priests of a kind. Christ is the ultimate unblemished offering, so we don’t need to give God any more animals. Nevertheless, we still naturally perform ceremonies in the course of life: weekly worship, special holiday events, weddings, funerals. We should be very careful that the ceremonies we perform to worship God are ones that lead to his name being honored, by performing them with unblemished hearts. <br /> <br /> Unfortunately, it’s very easy to be distracted in the course of regular worship. Do you find yourself zoning out when scripture is being read in church? Do you stand patiently while songs are being sung without any directing of your thoughts towards God? Are you not repenting of your disobedience? Can you honestly say that during a worship service or throughout the week that you are offering up your whole heart to God? And so God’s rebuke to priests here thousands of years ago applies directly to us, because we are his priests today, and our offerings are blemished. We must be giving honor to God’s name with our whole heart.<br /> <br /> == 2. Covenant and Faithfulness ==<br /> <br /> <br /> The Lord Rebukes the Priests:<br /> <br /> 2 “And now, O priests, this command is for you. 2 If you will not listen, if you will not take it to heart to give honor to my name, says the Lord of hosts, then I will send the curse upon you and I will curse your blessings. Indeed, I have already cursed them, because you do not lay it to heart. 3 Behold, I will rebuke your offspring, and spread dung on your faces, the dung of your offerings, and you shall be taken away with it. <br /> <br /> Can you believe this language? We rarely think of God as someone who uses potty language like this. He’s practically threatening to dunk priests into a toilet. But God moved prophets like Malachi to speak in shocking ways like this on his behalf. The hypocrisy of the priests was so offensive that God considered all of their religious rituals as dung.This is a wake up call.<br /> <br /> &quot;4 So shall you know that I have sent this command to you, that my covenant with Levi may stand, says the Lord of hosts. 5 My covenant with him was one of life and peace, and I gave them to him. It was a covenant of fear, and he feared me. He stood in awe of my name. 6 True instruction was in his mouth, and no wrong was found on his lips. He walked with me in peace and uprightness, and he turned many from iniquity. 7 For the lips of a priest should guard knowledge, and people should seek instruction from his mouth, for he is the messenger of the Lord of hosts. &quot;<br /> <br /> This is what a good priest does: he honors God; he teaches the truth; he turns people from their sins. Every Christian is called to this in some way. Some are better equipped for this than others, so not all become professional pastors and teachers. But every Christian is a priest and messenger of God, and should be prepared to use his mouth for God’s glory and to provide knowledge for God’s people whenever he can. <br /> <br /> You might not feel very confident in this calling — how could I be someone that people seek instruction from? Wrong is found on my lips all the time! How am I suppose to turn others from iniquity when I’m the one sinning? But God has made a covenant of life and peace with us through Christ, and so we start with fearing and honoring him. If you start with fearing and honoring God, the other things will fall into place as needed.<br /> <br /> 8 But you have turned aside from the way. You have caused many to stumble by your instruction. You have corrupted the covenant of Levi, says the Lord of hosts, 9 and so I make you despised and abased before all the people, inasmuch as you do not keep my ways but show partiality in your instruction.”<br /> <br /> If we don’t fear and honor God, what we instruct other people to do will only make them stumble.<br /> <br /> 10 Have we not all one Father? Has not one God created us? Why then are we faithless to one another, profaning the covenant of our fathers? 11 Judah has been faithless, and abomination has been committed in Israel and in Jerusalem. For Judah has profaned the sanctuary of the Lord, which he loves, and has married the daughter of a foreign god. 12 May the Lord cut off from the tents of Jacob any descendant of the man who does this, who brings an offering to the Lord of hosts!<br /> <br /> The men of Judah were marrying outside of the faith to women who worshiped other gods. You must marry a woman who worships the true God or she will turn your heart after false ones.<br /> <br /> Beware the daughter of a foreign god.<br /> <br /> How hard fixed is that genealogical warning? Many of us were born under false gods, but God adopted us as sons.<br /> <br /> 13 And this second thing you do. You cover the Lord's altar with tears, with weeping and groaning because he no longer regards the offering or accepts it with favor from your hand. 14 But you say, “Why does he not?” Because the Lord was witness between you and the wife of your youth, to whom you have been faithless, though she is your companion and your wife by covenant. 15 Did he not make them one, with a portion of the Spirit in their union? And what was the one God seeking? Godly offspring. So guard yourselves in your spirit, and let none of you be faithless to the wife of your youth. 16 “For the man who does not love his wife but divorces her, says the Lord, the God of Israel, covers his garment with violence, says the Lord of hosts. So guard yourselves in your spirit, and do not be faithless.”<br /> <br /> It’s bad enough that the men of Judah were marrying ungodly, pagan women. But they were also divorcing the women to whom they were married. The people of Judah were suppose to be marrying and raising children in the hope that the blessing of God would come through their line — after all, the patriarch Jacob had promised that the sceptre would not depart from Judah (Genesis 49:10) and that one of his descendants would reign over the earth. <br /> <br /> Imagine raising families in the hope that the messiah and king of the world would be one of your descendants. If that shouldn’t make you want to preserve your marriage and raise godly children, I don’t know what would. Well, even knowing that Jesus has already been born, Christians should be doubly encouraged to preserve their marriages and raise godly offspring: because all Christians will be heirs of the world with Christ.<br /> <br /> Christians who marry outside the faith or do not seek to raise their children in the faith may be admitting without realizing it that they don’t really believe that Christ has inherited the world, or at least that they don’t think their family plays any part in it.<br /> <br /> 2:15 is very luminous and very grammatically ambigious.<br /> <br /> 17 You have wearied the Lord with your words. But you say, “How have we wearied him?” By saying, “Everyone who does evil is good in the sight of the Lord, and he delights in them.” Or by asking, “Where is the God of justice?”<br /> <br /> This is a sharp rebuke that still has potency to this day. Many today clamor for social justice but then turn around and in the same breath praise those who do evil in the sight of God, reassuring them that God loves and delights in everyone. God does love, but he does not delight in sin.<br /> == 3. The Lord’s Messenger ==<br /> 3:1 “Behold, I send my messenger, and he will prepare the way before me. And the Lord whom you seek will suddenly come to his temple; and the messenger of the covenant in whom you delight, behold, he is coming, says the Lord of hosts. 2 But who can endure the day of his coming, and who can stand when he appears? For he is like a refiner's fire and like fullers' soap. 3 He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver, and he will purify the sons of Levi and refine them like gold and silver, and they will bring offerings in righteousness to the Lord. 4 Then the offering of Judah and Jerusalem will be pleasing to the Lord as in the days of old and as in former years.<br /> <br /> God does not allow hypocrites to run the show forever. Just as the priests in Malachi’s day were not ready for God’s judgment, neither are the academics, teachers, and pastors who teach falsehood in our day. They should fear God and prepare themselves.<br /> <br /> Who is the messenger?<br /> <br /> The Refiner's Fire<br /> <br /> 5 “Then I will draw near to you for judgment. I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, against the adulterers, against those who swear falsely, against those who oppress the hired worker in his wages, the widow and the fatherless, against those who thrust aside the sojourner, and do not fear me, says the Lord of hosts.<br /> <br /> No sin will escape God’s eye. Some are quick to champion the cause of the poor and the refugee, but still practice magic, adultery, and lies. For some it is the opposite: they hate immorality, but use that hatred as an excuse to avoid the poor — after all, the hired worker, the widow, the fatherless, and the sojourner are not always very moral people. We need to condemn all sin while still helping the needy.<br /> <br /> <br /> How particular vs. universal are these injuctions against religious corruption?<br /> <br /> How can we be certain that our churches today are not robbing God?<br /> <br /> The Book of Remembrance?<br /> <br /> 16 Then those who feared the Lord spoke with one another. The Lord paid attention and heard them, and a book of remembrance was written before him of those who feared the Lord and esteemed his name. 17 “They shall be mine, says the Lord of hosts, in the day when I make up my treasured possession, and I will spare them as a man spares his son who serves him. 18 Then once more you shall see the distinction between the righteous and the wicked, between one who serves God and one who does not serve him.<br /> <br /> In times such as Malachi’s or ours, when the clergy and academia throughout a nation are very corrupt, those who fear God must speak with one another and pray that he remembers them. We want to be distinct from the wicked. It’s very hard because we have much sin of our own, but we must at least acknowledge the sin, repent, and serve God. That’s something the wicked won’t do.<br /> <br /> == 4. The Day of the Lord ==<br /> The Great Day of the Lord<br /> <br /> 4  “For behold, the day is coming, burning like an oven, when all the arrogant and all evildoers will be stubble. The day that is coming shall set them ablaze, says the Lord of hosts, so that it will leave them neither root nor branch. 2 But for you who fear my name, the sun of righteousness shall rise with healing in its wings. You shall go out leaping like calves from the stall. 3 And you shall tread down the wicked, for they will be ashes under the soles of your feet, on the day when I act, says the Lord of hosts.<br /> <br /> 4 “Remember the law of my servant Moses, the statutes and rules that I commanded him at Horeb for all Israel.<br /> <br /> 5 “Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the great and awesome day of the Lord comes. 6 And he will turn the hearts of fathers to their children and the hearts of children to their fathers, lest I come and strike the land with a decree of utter destruction.”<br /> <br /> This is the last prophetic scripture from the ancient world before the time of Christ. Speaking symbolically, Malachi foretold the return of an “Elijah” who was in actuality John the Baptist, who preached repentance to the people and prepared the way for Jesus. Jesus is the sun of righteousness foretold in this last passage.<br /> <br /> In Malachi, we see the record of a corrupt priesthood that caused many to stumble by their instruction. Hundreds of years later, Jesus dealt with the same thing. And thousands of years later, we are still dealing with the same thing: authorities and teachers who speak lies, who do not honor God, who lead others astray. While it is very burdensome to have corrupt teachers, the way forward for those who honor God is clear.<br /> <br /> '''Expanded Thoughts'''<br /> <br /> Any mentor with a relevant story should share a personal experience when a teacher turned out to not be trustworthy — whether in school or in church.<br /> <br /> '''Key Take Aways'''<br /> <br /> The priests cannot always be trusted.<br /> <br /> We should all seek to be good priests who others can trust to tell them the truth about God.<br /> <br /> '''Discussion Questions'''<br /> <br /> How do we know if someone is trustworthy to teach us about God? How can we identify people who aren’t trustworthy?<br /> <br /> Who are specific teachers in the world or in the church who need to be called out for falsehood? This should be done carefully, of course, and there might be some room for debate.</div>

Michael Thomas Jones https://commonknowledge.wiki/index.php?title=Malachi&diff=485 2026-06-01T19:03:21Z

<p>Michael Thomas Jones: /* 2. Covenant and Faithfulness */</p> <hr /> <div>The book of Malachi.<br /> <br /> == 1. God’s Love and Priests ==<br /> <br /> <br /> The Book of Malachi is the last record of the prophets before the New Testament. Once again, while the prophets did foretell both future blessings and punishments, one of their primary tasks from God was to convict their society of current sin. We should take their example into account as we seek to rebuke sin in our own hearts as well as in society around us, especially sin within the Christian community. <br /> <br /> Malachi didn’t go around criticizing just anybody. He had a message from God to the religious authorities, specifically — the priests were not doing their job. They were not maintaining the priestly rituals appropriately and this dishonoring God’s name. They were delivering blemished offerings.<br /> <br /> Malachi 1:6 “A son honors his father, and a servant his master. If then I am a father, where is my honor? And if I am a master, where is my fear? says the Lord of hosts to you, O priests, who despise my name. But you say, ‘How have we despised your name?’ 7 By offering polluted food upon my altar. But you say, ‘How have we polluted you?’ By saying that the Lord's table may be despised.<br /> <br /> We don’t have a special priesthood in the style of the Levites today because Jesus Christ is our high priest and all Christians are priests of a kind. Christ is the ultimate unblemished offering, so we don’t need to give God any more animals. Nevertheless, we still naturally perform ceremonies in the course of life: weekly worship, special holiday events, weddings, funerals. We should be very careful that the ceremonies we perform to worship God are ones that lead to his name being honored, by performing them with unblemished hearts. <br /> <br /> Unfortunately, it’s very easy to be distracted in the course of regular worship. Do you find yourself zoning out when scripture is being read in church? Do you stand patiently while songs are being sung without any directing of your thoughts towards God? Are you not repenting of your disobedience? Can you honestly say that during a worship service or throughout the week that you are offering up your whole heart to God? And so God’s rebuke to priests here thousands of years ago applies directly to us, because we are his priests today, and our offerings are blemished. We must be giving honor to God’s name with our whole heart.<br /> <br /> == 2. Covenant and Faithfulness ==<br /> <br /> <br /> The Lord Rebukes the Priests:<br /> <br /> 2 “And now, O priests, this command is for you. 2 If you will not listen, if you will not take it to heart to give honor to my name, says the Lord of hosts, then I will send the curse upon you and I will curse your blessings. Indeed, I have already cursed them, because you do not lay it to heart. 3 Behold, I will rebuke your offspring, and spread dung on your faces, the dung of your offerings, and you shall be taken away with it. <br /> <br /> Can you believe this language? We rarely think of God as someone who uses potty language like this. He’s practically threatening to dunk priests into a toilet. But God moved prophets like Malachi to speak in shocking ways like this on his behalf. The hypocrisy of the priests was so offensive that God considered all of their religious rituals as dung.This is a wake up call.<br /> <br /> &quot;4 So shall you know that I have sent this command to you, that my covenant with Levi may stand, says the Lord of hosts. 5 My covenant with him was one of life and peace, and I gave them to him. It was a covenant of fear, and he feared me. He stood in awe of my name. 6 True instruction was in his mouth, and no wrong was found on his lips. He walked with me in peace and uprightness, and he turned many from iniquity. 7 For the lips of a priest should guard knowledge, and people should seek instruction from his mouth, for he is the messenger of the Lord of hosts. &quot;<br /> <br /> This is what a good priest does: he honors God; he teaches the truth; he turns people from their sins. Every Christian is called to this in some way. Some are better equipped for this than others, so not all become professional pastors and teachers. But every Christian is a priest and messenger of God, and should be prepared to use his mouth for God’s glory and to provide knowledge for God’s people whenever he can. <br /> <br /> You might not feel very confident in this calling — how could I be someone that people seek instruction from? Wrong is found on my lips all the time! How am I suppose to turn others from iniquity when I’m the one sinning? But God has made a covenant of life and peace with us through Christ, and so we start with fearing and honoring him. If you start with fearing and honoring God, the other things will fall into place as needed.<br /> <br /> 8 But you have turned aside from the way. You have caused many to stumble by your instruction. You have corrupted the covenant of Levi, says the Lord of hosts, 9 and so I make you despised and abased before all the people, inasmuch as you do not keep my ways but show partiality in your instruction.”<br /> <br /> If we don’t fear and honor God, what we instruct other people to do will only make them stumble.<br /> <br /> 10 Have we not all one Father? Has not one God created us? Why then are we faithless to one another, profaning the covenant of our fathers? 11 Judah has been faithless, and abomination has been committed in Israel and in Jerusalem. For Judah has profaned the sanctuary of the Lord, which he loves, and has married the daughter of a foreign god. 12 May the Lord cut off from the tents of Jacob any descendant of the man who does this, who brings an offering to the Lord of hosts!<br /> <br /> The men of Judah were marrying outside of the faith to women who worshiped other gods. You must marry a woman who worships the true God or she will turn your heart after false ones.<br /> <br /> 13 And this second thing you do. You cover the Lord's altar with tears, with weeping and groaning because he no longer regards the offering or accepts it with favor from your hand. 14 But you say, “Why does he not?” Because the Lord was witness between you and the wife of your youth, to whom you have been faithless, though she is your companion and your wife by covenant. 15 Did he not make them one, with a portion of the Spirit in their union? And what was the one God seeking? Godly offspring. So guard yourselves in your spirit, and let none of you be faithless to the wife of your youth. 16 “For the man who does not love his wife but divorces her, says the Lord, the God of Israel, covers his garment with violence, says the Lord of hosts. So guard yourselves in your spirit, and do not be faithless.”<br /> <br /> It’s bad enough that the men of Judah were marrying ungodly, pagan women. But they were also divorcing the women to whom they were married. The people of Judah were suppose to be marrying and raising children in the hope that the blessing of God would come through their line — after all, the patriarch Jacob had promised that the sceptre would not depart from Judah (Genesis 49:10) and that one of his descendants would reign over the earth. <br /> <br /> Imagine raising families in the hope that the messiah and king of the world would be one of your descendants. If that shouldn’t make you want to preserve your marriage and raise godly children, I don’t know what would. Well, even knowing that Jesus has already been born, Christians should be doubly encouraged to preserve their marriages and raise godly offspring: because all Christians will be heirs of the world with Christ.<br /> <br /> Christians who marry outside the faith or do not seek to raise their children in the faith may be admitting without realizing it that they don’t really believe that Christ has inherited the world, or at least that they don’t think their family plays any part in it.<br /> <br /> 2:15 is very luminous and very grammatically ambigious.<br /> <br /> 17 You have wearied the Lord with your words. But you say, “How have we wearied him?” By saying, “Everyone who does evil is good in the sight of the Lord, and he delights in them.” Or by asking, “Where is the God of justice?”<br /> <br /> This is a sharp rebuke that still has potency to this day. Many today clamor for social justice but then turn around and in the same breath praise those who do evil in the sight of God, reassuring them that God loves and delights in everyone. God does love, but he does not delight in sin.<br /> == 3. The Lord’s Messenger ==<br /> 3:1 “Behold, I send my messenger, and he will prepare the way before me. And the Lord whom you seek will suddenly come to his temple; and the messenger of the covenant in whom you delight, behold, he is coming, says the Lord of hosts. 2 But who can endure the day of his coming, and who can stand when he appears? For he is like a refiner's fire and like fullers' soap. 3 He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver, and he will purify the sons of Levi and refine them like gold and silver, and they will bring offerings in righteousness to the Lord. 4 Then the offering of Judah and Jerusalem will be pleasing to the Lord as in the days of old and as in former years.<br /> <br /> God does not allow hypocrites to run the show forever. Just as the priests in Malachi’s day were not ready for God’s judgment, neither are the academics, teachers, and pastors who teach falsehood in our day. They should fear God and prepare themselves.<br /> <br /> Who is the messenger?<br /> <br /> The Refiner's Fire<br /> <br /> 5 “Then I will draw near to you for judgment. I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, against the adulterers, against those who swear falsely, against those who oppress the hired worker in his wages, the widow and the fatherless, against those who thrust aside the sojourner, and do not fear me, says the Lord of hosts.<br /> <br /> No sin will escape God’s eye. Some are quick to champion the cause of the poor and the refugee, but still practice magic, adultery, and lies. For some it is the opposite: they hate immorality, but use that hatred as an excuse to avoid the poor — after all, the hired worker, the widow, the fatherless, and the sojourner are not always very moral people. We need to condemn all sin while still helping the needy.<br /> <br /> <br /> How particular vs. universal are these injuctions against religious corruption?<br /> <br /> How can we be certain that our churches today are not robbing God?<br /> <br /> The Book of Remembrance?<br /> <br /> 16 Then those who feared the Lord spoke with one another. The Lord paid attention and heard them, and a book of remembrance was written before him of those who feared the Lord and esteemed his name. 17 “They shall be mine, says the Lord of hosts, in the day when I make up my treasured possession, and I will spare them as a man spares his son who serves him. 18 Then once more you shall see the distinction between the righteous and the wicked, between one who serves God and one who does not serve him.<br /> <br /> In times such as Malachi’s or ours, when the clergy and academia throughout a nation are very corrupt, those who fear God must speak with one another and pray that he remembers them. We want to be distinct from the wicked. It’s very hard because we have much sin of our own, but we must at least acknowledge the sin, repent, and serve God. That’s something the wicked won’t do.<br /> <br /> == 4. The Day of the Lord ==<br /> The Great Day of the Lord<br /> <br /> 4  “For behold, the day is coming, burning like an oven, when all the arrogant and all evildoers will be stubble. The day that is coming shall set them ablaze, says the Lord of hosts, so that it will leave them neither root nor branch. 2 But for you who fear my name, the sun of righteousness shall rise with healing in its wings. You shall go out leaping like calves from the stall. 3 And you shall tread down the wicked, for they will be ashes under the soles of your feet, on the day when I act, says the Lord of hosts.<br /> <br /> 4 “Remember the law of my servant Moses, the statutes and rules that I commanded him at Horeb for all Israel.<br /> <br /> 5 “Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the great and awesome day of the Lord comes. 6 And he will turn the hearts of fathers to their children and the hearts of children to their fathers, lest I come and strike the land with a decree of utter destruction.”<br /> <br /> This is the last prophetic scripture from the ancient world before the time of Christ. Speaking symbolically, Malachi foretold the return of an “Elijah” who was in actuality John the Baptist, who preached repentance to the people and prepared the way for Jesus. Jesus is the sun of righteousness foretold in this last passage.<br /> <br /> In Malachi, we see the record of a corrupt priesthood that caused many to stumble by their instruction. Hundreds of years later, Jesus dealt with the same thing. And thousands of years later, we are still dealing with the same thing: authorities and teachers who speak lies, who do not honor God, who lead others astray. While it is very burdensome to have corrupt teachers, the way forward for those who honor God is clear.<br /> <br /> '''Expanded Thoughts'''<br /> <br /> Any mentor with a relevant story should share a personal experience when a teacher turned out to not be trustworthy — whether in school or in church.<br /> <br /> '''Key Take Aways'''<br /> <br /> The priests cannot always be trusted.<br /> <br /> We should all seek to be good priests who others can trust to tell them the truth about God.<br /> <br /> '''Discussion Questions'''<br /> <br /> How do we know if someone is trustworthy to teach us about God? How can we identify people who aren’t trustworthy?<br /> <br /> Who are specific teachers in the world or in the church who need to be called out for falsehood? This should be done carefully, of course, and there might be some room for debate.</div>

Michael Thomas Jones https://commonknowledge.wiki/index.php?title=Malachi&diff=484 2026-06-01T19:00:48Z

<p>Michael Thomas Jones: /* 3. The Lord’s Messenger */</p> <hr /> <div>The book of Malachi.<br /> <br /> == 1. God’s Love and Priests ==<br /> <br /> <br /> The Book of Malachi is the last record of the prophets before the New Testament. Once again, while the prophets did foretell both future blessings and punishments, one of their primary tasks from God was to convict their society of current sin. We should take their example into account as we seek to rebuke sin in our own hearts as well as in society around us, especially sin within the Christian community. <br /> <br /> Malachi didn’t go around criticizing just anybody. He had a message from God to the religious authorities, specifically — the priests were not doing their job. They were not maintaining the priestly rituals appropriately and this dishonoring God’s name. They were delivering blemished offerings.<br /> <br /> Malachi 1:6 “A son honors his father, and a servant his master. If then I am a father, where is my honor? And if I am a master, where is my fear? says the Lord of hosts to you, O priests, who despise my name. But you say, ‘How have we despised your name?’ 7 By offering polluted food upon my altar. But you say, ‘How have we polluted you?’ By saying that the Lord's table may be despised.<br /> <br /> We don’t have a special priesthood in the style of the Levites today because Jesus Christ is our high priest and all Christians are priests of a kind. Christ is the ultimate unblemished offering, so we don’t need to give God any more animals. Nevertheless, we still naturally perform ceremonies in the course of life: weekly worship, special holiday events, weddings, funerals. We should be very careful that the ceremonies we perform to worship God are ones that lead to his name being honored, by performing them with unblemished hearts. <br /> <br /> Unfortunately, it’s very easy to be distracted in the course of regular worship. Do you find yourself zoning out when scripture is being read in church? Do you stand patiently while songs are being sung without any directing of your thoughts towards God? Are you not repenting of your disobedience? Can you honestly say that during a worship service or throughout the week that you are offering up your whole heart to God? And so God’s rebuke to priests here thousands of years ago applies directly to us, because we are his priests today, and our offerings are blemished. We must be giving honor to God’s name with our whole heart.<br /> <br /> The Lord Rebukes the Priests:<br /> <br /> 2 “And now, O priests, this command is for you. 2 If you will not listen, if you will not take it to heart to give honor to my name, says the Lord of hosts, then I will send the curse upon you and I will curse your blessings. Indeed, I have already cursed them, because you do not lay it to heart. 3 Behold, I will rebuke your offspring, and spread dung on your faces, the dung of your offerings, and you shall be taken away with it. <br /> <br /> Can you believe this language? We rarely think of God as someone who uses potty language like this. He’s practically threatening to dunk priests into a toilet. But God moved prophets like Malachi to speak in shocking ways like this on his behalf. The hypocrisy of the priests was so offensive that God considered all of their religious rituals as dung.This is a wake up call.<br /> <br /> &quot;4 So shall you know that I have sent this command to you, that my covenant with Levi may stand, says the Lord of hosts. 5 My covenant with him was one of life and peace, and I gave them to him. It was a covenant of fear, and he feared me. He stood in awe of my name. 6 True instruction was in his mouth, and no wrong was found on his lips. He walked with me in peace and uprightness, and he turned many from iniquity. 7 For the lips of a priest should guard knowledge, and people should seek instruction from his mouth, for he is the messenger of the Lord of hosts. &quot;<br /> <br /> This is what a good priest does: he honors God; he teaches the truth; he turns people from their sins. Every Christian is called to this in some way. Some are better equipped for this than others, so not all become professional pastors and teachers. But every Christian is a priest and messenger of God, and should be prepared to use his mouth for God’s glory and to provide knowledge for God’s people whenever he can. <br /> <br /> You might not feel very confident in this calling — how could I be someone that people seek instruction from? Wrong is found on my lips all the time! How am I suppose to turn others from iniquity when I’m the one sinning? But God has made a covenant of life and peace with us through Christ, and so we start with fearing and honoring him. If you start with fearing and honoring God, the other things will fall into place as needed.<br /> <br /> 8 But you have turned aside from the way. You have caused many to stumble by your instruction. You have corrupted the covenant of Levi, says the Lord of hosts, 9 and so I make you despised and abased before all the people, inasmuch as you do not keep my ways but show partiality in your instruction.”<br /> <br /> If we don’t fear and honor God, what we instruct other people to do will only make them stumble.<br /> <br /> 10 Have we not all one Father? Has not one God created us? Why then are we faithless to one another, profaning the covenant of our fathers? 11 Judah has been faithless, and abomination has been committed in Israel and in Jerusalem. For Judah has profaned the sanctuary of the Lord, which he loves, and has married the daughter of a foreign god. 12 May the Lord cut off from the tents of Jacob any descendant of the man who does this, who brings an offering to the Lord of hosts!<br /> <br /> The men of Judah were marrying outside of the faith to women who worshiped other gods. You must marry a woman who worships the true God or she will turn your heart after false ones.<br /> <br /> 13 And this second thing you do. You cover the Lord's altar with tears, with weeping and groaning because he no longer regards the offering or accepts it with favor from your hand. 14 But you say, “Why does he not?” Because the Lord was witness between you and the wife of your youth, to whom you have been faithless, though she is your companion and your wife by covenant. 15 Did he not make them one, with a portion of the Spirit in their union? And what was the one God seeking? Godly offspring. So guard yourselves in your spirit, and let none of you be faithless to the wife of your youth. 16 “For the man who does not love his wife but divorces her, says the Lord, the God of Israel, covers his garment with violence, says the Lord of hosts. So guard yourselves in your spirit, and do not be faithless.”<br /> <br /> It’s bad enough that the men of Judah were marrying ungodly, pagan women. But they were also divorcing the women to whom they were married. The people of Judah were suppose to be marrying and raising children in the hope that the blessing of God would come through their line — after all, the patriarch Jacob had promised that the sceptre would not depart from Judah (Genesis 49:10) and that one of his descendants would reign over the earth. <br /> <br /> Imagine raising families in the hope that the messiah and king of the world would be one of your descendants. If that shouldn’t make you want to preserve your marriage and raise godly children, I don’t know what would. Well, even knowing that Jesus has already been born, Christians should be doubly encouraged to preserve their marriages and raise godly offspring: because all Christians will be heirs of the world with Christ.<br /> <br /> Christians who marry outside the faith or do not seek to raise their children in the faith may be admitting without realizing it that they don’t really believe that Christ has inherited the world, or at least that they don’t think their family plays any part in it.<br /> <br /> 17 You have wearied the Lord with your words. But you say, “How have we wearied him?” By saying, “Everyone who does evil is good in the sight of the Lord, and he delights in them.” Or by asking, “Where is the God of justice?”<br /> <br /> This is a sharp rebuke that still has potency to this day. Many today clamor for social justice but then turn around and in the same breath praise those who do evil in the sight of God, reassuring them that God loves and delights in everyone. God does love, but he does not delight in sin.<br /> <br /> == 2. Covenant and Faithfulness ==<br /> == 3. The Lord’s Messenger ==<br /> 3:1 “Behold, I send my messenger, and he will prepare the way before me. And the Lord whom you seek will suddenly come to his temple; and the messenger of the covenant in whom you delight, behold, he is coming, says the Lord of hosts. 2 But who can endure the day of his coming, and who can stand when he appears? For he is like a refiner's fire and like fullers' soap. 3 He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver, and he will purify the sons of Levi and refine them like gold and silver, and they will bring offerings in righteousness to the Lord. 4 Then the offering of Judah and Jerusalem will be pleasing to the Lord as in the days of old and as in former years.<br /> <br /> God does not allow hypocrites to run the show forever. Just as the priests in Malachi’s day were not ready for God’s judgment, neither are the academics, teachers, and pastors who teach falsehood in our day. They should fear God and prepare themselves.<br /> <br /> Who is the messenger?<br /> <br /> The Refiner's Fire<br /> <br /> 5 “Then I will draw near to you for judgment. I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, against the adulterers, against those who swear falsely, against those who oppress the hired worker in his wages, the widow and the fatherless, against those who thrust aside the sojourner, and do not fear me, says the Lord of hosts.<br /> <br /> No sin will escape God’s eye. Some are quick to champion the cause of the poor and the refugee, but still practice magic, adultery, and lies. For some it is the opposite: they hate immorality, but use that hatred as an excuse to avoid the poor — after all, the hired worker, the widow, the fatherless, and the sojourner are not always very moral people. We need to condemn all sin while still helping the needy.<br /> <br /> <br /> How particular vs. universal are these injuctions against religious corruption?<br /> <br /> How can we be certain that our churches today are not robbing God?<br /> <br /> The Book of Remembrance?<br /> <br /> 16 Then those who feared the Lord spoke with one another. The Lord paid attention and heard them, and a book of remembrance was written before him of those who feared the Lord and esteemed his name. 17 “They shall be mine, says the Lord of hosts, in the day when I make up my treasured possession, and I will spare them as a man spares his son who serves him. 18 Then once more you shall see the distinction between the righteous and the wicked, between one who serves God and one who does not serve him.<br /> <br /> In times such as Malachi’s or ours, when the clergy and academia throughout a nation are very corrupt, those who fear God must speak with one another and pray that he remembers them. We want to be distinct from the wicked. It’s very hard because we have much sin of our own, but we must at least acknowledge the sin, repent, and serve God. That’s something the wicked won’t do.<br /> <br /> == 4. The Day of the Lord ==<br /> The Great Day of the Lord<br /> <br /> 4  “For behold, the day is coming, burning like an oven, when all the arrogant and all evildoers will be stubble. The day that is coming shall set them ablaze, says the Lord of hosts, so that it will leave them neither root nor branch. 2 But for you who fear my name, the sun of righteousness shall rise with healing in its wings. You shall go out leaping like calves from the stall. 3 And you shall tread down the wicked, for they will be ashes under the soles of your feet, on the day when I act, says the Lord of hosts.<br /> <br /> 4 “Remember the law of my servant Moses, the statutes and rules that I commanded him at Horeb for all Israel.<br /> <br /> 5 “Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the great and awesome day of the Lord comes. 6 And he will turn the hearts of fathers to their children and the hearts of children to their fathers, lest I come and strike the land with a decree of utter destruction.”<br /> <br /> This is the last prophetic scripture from the ancient world before the time of Christ. Speaking symbolically, Malachi foretold the return of an “Elijah” who was in actuality John the Baptist, who preached repentance to the people and prepared the way for Jesus. Jesus is the sun of righteousness foretold in this last passage.<br /> <br /> In Malachi, we see the record of a corrupt priesthood that caused many to stumble by their instruction. Hundreds of years later, Jesus dealt with the same thing. And thousands of years later, we are still dealing with the same thing: authorities and teachers who speak lies, who do not honor God, who lead others astray. While it is very burdensome to have corrupt teachers, the way forward for those who honor God is clear.<br /> <br /> '''Expanded Thoughts'''<br /> <br /> Any mentor with a relevant story should share a personal experience when a teacher turned out to not be trustworthy — whether in school or in church.<br /> <br /> '''Key Take Aways'''<br /> <br /> The priests cannot always be trusted.<br /> <br /> We should all seek to be good priests who others can trust to tell them the truth about God.<br /> <br /> '''Discussion Questions'''<br /> <br /> How do we know if someone is trustworthy to teach us about God? How can we identify people who aren’t trustworthy?<br /> <br /> Who are specific teachers in the world or in the church who need to be called out for falsehood? This should be done carefully, of course, and there might be some room for debate.</div>

Michael Thomas Jones https://commonknowledge.wiki/index.php?title=Malachi&diff=483 2026-06-01T19:00:20Z

<p>Michael Thomas Jones: /* 3. The Lord’s Messenger */</p> <hr /> <div>The book of Malachi.<br /> <br /> == 1. God’s Love and Priests ==<br /> <br /> <br /> The Book of Malachi is the last record of the prophets before the New Testament. Once again, while the prophets did foretell both future blessings and punishments, one of their primary tasks from God was to convict their society of current sin. We should take their example into account as we seek to rebuke sin in our own hearts as well as in society around us, especially sin within the Christian community. <br /> <br /> Malachi didn’t go around criticizing just anybody. He had a message from God to the religious authorities, specifically — the priests were not doing their job. They were not maintaining the priestly rituals appropriately and this dishonoring God’s name. They were delivering blemished offerings.<br /> <br /> Malachi 1:6 “A son honors his father, and a servant his master. If then I am a father, where is my honor? And if I am a master, where is my fear? says the Lord of hosts to you, O priests, who despise my name. But you say, ‘How have we despised your name?’ 7 By offering polluted food upon my altar. But you say, ‘How have we polluted you?’ By saying that the Lord's table may be despised.<br /> <br /> We don’t have a special priesthood in the style of the Levites today because Jesus Christ is our high priest and all Christians are priests of a kind. Christ is the ultimate unblemished offering, so we don’t need to give God any more animals. Nevertheless, we still naturally perform ceremonies in the course of life: weekly worship, special holiday events, weddings, funerals. We should be very careful that the ceremonies we perform to worship God are ones that lead to his name being honored, by performing them with unblemished hearts. <br /> <br /> Unfortunately, it’s very easy to be distracted in the course of regular worship. Do you find yourself zoning out when scripture is being read in church? Do you stand patiently while songs are being sung without any directing of your thoughts towards God? Are you not repenting of your disobedience? Can you honestly say that during a worship service or throughout the week that you are offering up your whole heart to God? And so God’s rebuke to priests here thousands of years ago applies directly to us, because we are his priests today, and our offerings are blemished. We must be giving honor to God’s name with our whole heart.<br /> <br /> The Lord Rebukes the Priests:<br /> <br /> 2 “And now, O priests, this command is for you. 2 If you will not listen, if you will not take it to heart to give honor to my name, says the Lord of hosts, then I will send the curse upon you and I will curse your blessings. Indeed, I have already cursed them, because you do not lay it to heart. 3 Behold, I will rebuke your offspring, and spread dung on your faces, the dung of your offerings, and you shall be taken away with it. <br /> <br /> Can you believe this language? We rarely think of God as someone who uses potty language like this. He’s practically threatening to dunk priests into a toilet. But God moved prophets like Malachi to speak in shocking ways like this on his behalf. The hypocrisy of the priests was so offensive that God considered all of their religious rituals as dung.This is a wake up call.<br /> <br /> &quot;4 So shall you know that I have sent this command to you, that my covenant with Levi may stand, says the Lord of hosts. 5 My covenant with him was one of life and peace, and I gave them to him. It was a covenant of fear, and he feared me. He stood in awe of my name. 6 True instruction was in his mouth, and no wrong was found on his lips. He walked with me in peace and uprightness, and he turned many from iniquity. 7 For the lips of a priest should guard knowledge, and people should seek instruction from his mouth, for he is the messenger of the Lord of hosts. &quot;<br /> <br /> This is what a good priest does: he honors God; he teaches the truth; he turns people from their sins. Every Christian is called to this in some way. Some are better equipped for this than others, so not all become professional pastors and teachers. But every Christian is a priest and messenger of God, and should be prepared to use his mouth for God’s glory and to provide knowledge for God’s people whenever he can. <br /> <br /> You might not feel very confident in this calling — how could I be someone that people seek instruction from? Wrong is found on my lips all the time! How am I suppose to turn others from iniquity when I’m the one sinning? But God has made a covenant of life and peace with us through Christ, and so we start with fearing and honoring him. If you start with fearing and honoring God, the other things will fall into place as needed.<br /> <br /> 8 But you have turned aside from the way. You have caused many to stumble by your instruction. You have corrupted the covenant of Levi, says the Lord of hosts, 9 and so I make you despised and abased before all the people, inasmuch as you do not keep my ways but show partiality in your instruction.”<br /> <br /> If we don’t fear and honor God, what we instruct other people to do will only make them stumble.<br /> <br /> 10 Have we not all one Father? Has not one God created us? Why then are we faithless to one another, profaning the covenant of our fathers? 11 Judah has been faithless, and abomination has been committed in Israel and in Jerusalem. For Judah has profaned the sanctuary of the Lord, which he loves, and has married the daughter of a foreign god. 12 May the Lord cut off from the tents of Jacob any descendant of the man who does this, who brings an offering to the Lord of hosts!<br /> <br /> The men of Judah were marrying outside of the faith to women who worshiped other gods. You must marry a woman who worships the true God or she will turn your heart after false ones.<br /> <br /> 13 And this second thing you do. You cover the Lord's altar with tears, with weeping and groaning because he no longer regards the offering or accepts it with favor from your hand. 14 But you say, “Why does he not?” Because the Lord was witness between you and the wife of your youth, to whom you have been faithless, though she is your companion and your wife by covenant. 15 Did he not make them one, with a portion of the Spirit in their union? And what was the one God seeking? Godly offspring. So guard yourselves in your spirit, and let none of you be faithless to the wife of your youth. 16 “For the man who does not love his wife but divorces her, says the Lord, the God of Israel, covers his garment with violence, says the Lord of hosts. So guard yourselves in your spirit, and do not be faithless.”<br /> <br /> It’s bad enough that the men of Judah were marrying ungodly, pagan women. But they were also divorcing the women to whom they were married. The people of Judah were suppose to be marrying and raising children in the hope that the blessing of God would come through their line — after all, the patriarch Jacob had promised that the sceptre would not depart from Judah (Genesis 49:10) and that one of his descendants would reign over the earth. <br /> <br /> Imagine raising families in the hope that the messiah and king of the world would be one of your descendants. If that shouldn’t make you want to preserve your marriage and raise godly children, I don’t know what would. Well, even knowing that Jesus has already been born, Christians should be doubly encouraged to preserve their marriages and raise godly offspring: because all Christians will be heirs of the world with Christ.<br /> <br /> Christians who marry outside the faith or do not seek to raise their children in the faith may be admitting without realizing it that they don’t really believe that Christ has inherited the world, or at least that they don’t think their family plays any part in it.<br /> <br /> 17 You have wearied the Lord with your words. But you say, “How have we wearied him?” By saying, “Everyone who does evil is good in the sight of the Lord, and he delights in them.” Or by asking, “Where is the God of justice?”<br /> <br /> This is a sharp rebuke that still has potency to this day. Many today clamor for social justice but then turn around and in the same breath praise those who do evil in the sight of God, reassuring them that God loves and delights in everyone. God does love, but he does not delight in sin.<br /> <br /> == 2. Covenant and Faithfulness ==<br /> == 3. The Lord’s Messenger ==<br /> 3:1 “Behold, I send my messenger, and he will prepare the way before me. And the Lord whom you seek will suddenly come to his temple; and the messenger of the covenant in whom you delight, behold, he is coming, says the Lord of hosts. 2 But who can endure the day of his coming, and who can stand when he appears? For he is like a refiner's fire and like fullers' soap. 3 He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver, and he will purify the sons of Levi and refine them like gold and silver, and they will bring offerings in righteousness to the Lord. 4 Then the offering of Judah and Jerusalem will be pleasing to the Lord as in the days of old and as in former years.<br /> <br /> God does not allow hypocrites to run the show forever. Just as the priests in Malachi’s day were not ready for God’s judgment, neither are the academics, teachers, and pastors who teach falsehood in our day. They should fear God and prepare themselves.<br /> <br /> The Refiner's Fire<br /> <br /> 5 “Then I will draw near to you for judgment. I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, against the adulterers, against those who swear falsely, against those who oppress the hired worker in his wages, the widow and the fatherless, against those who thrust aside the sojourner, and do not fear me, says the Lord of hosts.<br /> <br /> No sin will escape God’s eye. Some are quick to champion the cause of the poor and the refugee, but still practice magic, adultery, and lies. For some it is the opposite: they hate immorality, but use that hatred as an excuse to avoid the poor — after all, the hired worker, the widow, the fatherless, and the sojourner are not always very moral people. We need to condemn all sin while still helping the needy.<br /> <br /> <br /> How particular vs. universal are these injuctions against religious corruption?<br /> <br /> How can we be certain that our churches today are not robbing God?<br /> <br /> The Book of Remembrance?<br /> <br /> 16 Then those who feared the Lord spoke with one another. The Lord paid attention and heard them, and a book of remembrance was written before him of those who feared the Lord and esteemed his name. 17 “They shall be mine, says the Lord of hosts, in the day when I make up my treasured possession, and I will spare them as a man spares his son who serves him. 18 Then once more you shall see the distinction between the righteous and the wicked, between one who serves God and one who does not serve him.<br /> <br /> In times such as Malachi’s or ours, when the clergy and academia throughout a nation are very corrupt, those who fear God must speak with one another and pray that he remembers them. We want to be distinct from the wicked. It’s very hard because we have much sin of our own, but we must at least acknowledge the sin, repent, and serve God. That’s something the wicked won’t do.<br /> <br /> == 4. The Day of the Lord ==<br /> The Great Day of the Lord<br /> <br /> 4  “For behold, the day is coming, burning like an oven, when all the arrogant and all evildoers will be stubble. The day that is coming shall set them ablaze, says the Lord of hosts, so that it will leave them neither root nor branch. 2 But for you who fear my name, the sun of righteousness shall rise with healing in its wings. You shall go out leaping like calves from the stall. 3 And you shall tread down the wicked, for they will be ashes under the soles of your feet, on the day when I act, says the Lord of hosts.<br /> <br /> 4 “Remember the law of my servant Moses, the statutes and rules that I commanded him at Horeb for all Israel.<br /> <br /> 5 “Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the great and awesome day of the Lord comes. 6 And he will turn the hearts of fathers to their children and the hearts of children to their fathers, lest I come and strike the land with a decree of utter destruction.”<br /> <br /> This is the last prophetic scripture from the ancient world before the time of Christ. Speaking symbolically, Malachi foretold the return of an “Elijah” who was in actuality John the Baptist, who preached repentance to the people and prepared the way for Jesus. Jesus is the sun of righteousness foretold in this last passage.<br /> <br /> In Malachi, we see the record of a corrupt priesthood that caused many to stumble by their instruction. Hundreds of years later, Jesus dealt with the same thing. And thousands of years later, we are still dealing with the same thing: authorities and teachers who speak lies, who do not honor God, who lead others astray. While it is very burdensome to have corrupt teachers, the way forward for those who honor God is clear.<br /> <br /> '''Expanded Thoughts'''<br /> <br /> Any mentor with a relevant story should share a personal experience when a teacher turned out to not be trustworthy — whether in school or in church.<br /> <br /> '''Key Take Aways'''<br /> <br /> The priests cannot always be trusted.<br /> <br /> We should all seek to be good priests who others can trust to tell them the truth about God.<br /> <br /> '''Discussion Questions'''<br /> <br /> How do we know if someone is trustworthy to teach us about God? How can we identify people who aren’t trustworthy?<br /> <br /> Who are specific teachers in the world or in the church who need to be called out for falsehood? This should be done carefully, of course, and there might be some room for debate.</div>

Michael Thomas Jones https://commonknowledge.wiki/index.php?title=Malachi&diff=482 2026-06-01T18:59:51Z

<p>Michael Thomas Jones: /* 3. The Lord’s Messenger */</p> <hr /> <div>The book of Malachi.<br /> <br /> == 1. God’s Love and Priests ==<br /> <br /> <br /> The Book of Malachi is the last record of the prophets before the New Testament. Once again, while the prophets did foretell both future blessings and punishments, one of their primary tasks from God was to convict their society of current sin. We should take their example into account as we seek to rebuke sin in our own hearts as well as in society around us, especially sin within the Christian community. <br /> <br /> Malachi didn’t go around criticizing just anybody. He had a message from God to the religious authorities, specifically — the priests were not doing their job. They were not maintaining the priestly rituals appropriately and this dishonoring God’s name. They were delivering blemished offerings.<br /> <br /> Malachi 1:6 “A son honors his father, and a servant his master. If then I am a father, where is my honor? And if I am a master, where is my fear? says the Lord of hosts to you, O priests, who despise my name. But you say, ‘How have we despised your name?’ 7 By offering polluted food upon my altar. But you say, ‘How have we polluted you?’ By saying that the Lord's table may be despised.<br /> <br /> We don’t have a special priesthood in the style of the Levites today because Jesus Christ is our high priest and all Christians are priests of a kind. Christ is the ultimate unblemished offering, so we don’t need to give God any more animals. Nevertheless, we still naturally perform ceremonies in the course of life: weekly worship, special holiday events, weddings, funerals. We should be very careful that the ceremonies we perform to worship God are ones that lead to his name being honored, by performing them with unblemished hearts. <br /> <br /> Unfortunately, it’s very easy to be distracted in the course of regular worship. Do you find yourself zoning out when scripture is being read in church? Do you stand patiently while songs are being sung without any directing of your thoughts towards God? Are you not repenting of your disobedience? Can you honestly say that during a worship service or throughout the week that you are offering up your whole heart to God? And so God’s rebuke to priests here thousands of years ago applies directly to us, because we are his priests today, and our offerings are blemished. We must be giving honor to God’s name with our whole heart.<br /> <br /> The Lord Rebukes the Priests:<br /> <br /> 2 “And now, O priests, this command is for you. 2 If you will not listen, if you will not take it to heart to give honor to my name, says the Lord of hosts, then I will send the curse upon you and I will curse your blessings. Indeed, I have already cursed them, because you do not lay it to heart. 3 Behold, I will rebuke your offspring, and spread dung on your faces, the dung of your offerings, and you shall be taken away with it. <br /> <br /> Can you believe this language? We rarely think of God as someone who uses potty language like this. He’s practically threatening to dunk priests into a toilet. But God moved prophets like Malachi to speak in shocking ways like this on his behalf. The hypocrisy of the priests was so offensive that God considered all of their religious rituals as dung.This is a wake up call.<br /> <br /> &quot;4 So shall you know that I have sent this command to you, that my covenant with Levi may stand, says the Lord of hosts. 5 My covenant with him was one of life and peace, and I gave them to him. It was a covenant of fear, and he feared me. He stood in awe of my name. 6 True instruction was in his mouth, and no wrong was found on his lips. He walked with me in peace and uprightness, and he turned many from iniquity. 7 For the lips of a priest should guard knowledge, and people should seek instruction from his mouth, for he is the messenger of the Lord of hosts. &quot;<br /> <br /> This is what a good priest does: he honors God; he teaches the truth; he turns people from their sins. Every Christian is called to this in some way. Some are better equipped for this than others, so not all become professional pastors and teachers. But every Christian is a priest and messenger of God, and should be prepared to use his mouth for God’s glory and to provide knowledge for God’s people whenever he can. <br /> <br /> You might not feel very confident in this calling — how could I be someone that people seek instruction from? Wrong is found on my lips all the time! How am I suppose to turn others from iniquity when I’m the one sinning? But God has made a covenant of life and peace with us through Christ, and so we start with fearing and honoring him. If you start with fearing and honoring God, the other things will fall into place as needed.<br /> <br /> 8 But you have turned aside from the way. You have caused many to stumble by your instruction. You have corrupted the covenant of Levi, says the Lord of hosts, 9 and so I make you despised and abased before all the people, inasmuch as you do not keep my ways but show partiality in your instruction.”<br /> <br /> If we don’t fear and honor God, what we instruct other people to do will only make them stumble.<br /> <br /> 10 Have we not all one Father? Has not one God created us? Why then are we faithless to one another, profaning the covenant of our fathers? 11 Judah has been faithless, and abomination has been committed in Israel and in Jerusalem. For Judah has profaned the sanctuary of the Lord, which he loves, and has married the daughter of a foreign god. 12 May the Lord cut off from the tents of Jacob any descendant of the man who does this, who brings an offering to the Lord of hosts!<br /> <br /> The men of Judah were marrying outside of the faith to women who worshiped other gods. You must marry a woman who worships the true God or she will turn your heart after false ones.<br /> <br /> 13 And this second thing you do. You cover the Lord's altar with tears, with weeping and groaning because he no longer regards the offering or accepts it with favor from your hand. 14 But you say, “Why does he not?” Because the Lord was witness between you and the wife of your youth, to whom you have been faithless, though she is your companion and your wife by covenant. 15 Did he not make them one, with a portion of the Spirit in their union? And what was the one God seeking? Godly offspring. So guard yourselves in your spirit, and let none of you be faithless to the wife of your youth. 16 “For the man who does not love his wife but divorces her, says the Lord, the God of Israel, covers his garment with violence, says the Lord of hosts. So guard yourselves in your spirit, and do not be faithless.”<br /> <br /> It’s bad enough that the men of Judah were marrying ungodly, pagan women. But they were also divorcing the women to whom they were married. The people of Judah were suppose to be marrying and raising children in the hope that the blessing of God would come through their line — after all, the patriarch Jacob had promised that the sceptre would not depart from Judah (Genesis 49:10) and that one of his descendants would reign over the earth. <br /> <br /> Imagine raising families in the hope that the messiah and king of the world would be one of your descendants. If that shouldn’t make you want to preserve your marriage and raise godly children, I don’t know what would. Well, even knowing that Jesus has already been born, Christians should be doubly encouraged to preserve their marriages and raise godly offspring: because all Christians will be heirs of the world with Christ.<br /> <br /> Christians who marry outside the faith or do not seek to raise their children in the faith may be admitting without realizing it that they don’t really believe that Christ has inherited the world, or at least that they don’t think their family plays any part in it.<br /> <br /> 17 You have wearied the Lord with your words. But you say, “How have we wearied him?” By saying, “Everyone who does evil is good in the sight of the Lord, and he delights in them.” Or by asking, “Where is the God of justice?”<br /> <br /> This is a sharp rebuke that still has potency to this day. Many today clamor for social justice but then turn around and in the same breath praise those who do evil in the sight of God, reassuring them that God loves and delights in everyone. God does love, but he does not delight in sin.<br /> <br /> == 2. Covenant and Faithfulness ==<br /> == 3. The Lord’s Messenger ==<br /> 3:1 “Behold, I send my messenger, and he will prepare the way before me. And the Lord whom you seek will suddenly come to his temple; and the messenger of the covenant in whom you delight, behold, he is coming, says the Lord of hosts. 2 But who can endure the day of his coming, and who can stand when he appears? For he is like a refiner's fire and like fullers' soap. 3 He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver, and he will purify the sons of Levi and refine them like gold and silver, and they will bring offerings in righteousness to the Lord. 4 Then the offering of Judah and Jerusalem will be pleasing to the Lord as in the days of old and as in former years.<br /> <br /> God does not allow hypocrites to run the show forever. Just as the priests in Malachi’s day were not ready for God’s judgment, neither are the academics, teachers, and pastors who teach falsehood in our day. They should fear God and prepare themselves.<br /> <br /> 5 “Then I will draw near to you for judgment. I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, against the adulterers, against those who swear falsely, against those who oppress the hired worker in his wages, the widow and the fatherless, against those who thrust aside the sojourner, and do not fear me, says the Lord of hosts.<br /> <br /> No sin will escape God’s eye. Some are quick to champion the cause of the poor and the refugee, but still practice magic, adultery, and lies. For some it is the opposite: they hate immorality, but use that hatred as an excuse to avoid the poor — after all, the hired worker, the widow, the fatherless, and the sojourner are not always very moral people. We need to condemn all sin while still helping the needy.<br /> <br /> <br /> How particular vs. universal are these injuctions against religious corruption?<br /> <br /> How can we be certain that our churches today are not robbing God?<br /> <br /> The Book of Remembrance?<br /> <br /> 16 Then those who feared the Lord spoke with one another. The Lord paid attention and heard them, and a book of remembrance was written before him of those who feared the Lord and esteemed his name. 17 “They shall be mine, says the Lord of hosts, in the day when I make up my treasured possession, and I will spare them as a man spares his son who serves him. 18 Then once more you shall see the distinction between the righteous and the wicked, between one who serves God and one who does not serve him.<br /> <br /> In times such as Malachi’s or ours, when the clergy and academia throughout a nation are very corrupt, those who fear God must speak with one another and pray that he remembers them. We want to be distinct from the wicked. It’s very hard because we have much sin of our own, but we must at least acknowledge the sin, repent, and serve God. That’s something the wicked won’t do.<br /> <br /> == 4. The Day of the Lord ==<br /> The Great Day of the Lord<br /> <br /> 4  “For behold, the day is coming, burning like an oven, when all the arrogant and all evildoers will be stubble. The day that is coming shall set them ablaze, says the Lord of hosts, so that it will leave them neither root nor branch. 2 But for you who fear my name, the sun of righteousness shall rise with healing in its wings. You shall go out leaping like calves from the stall. 3 And you shall tread down the wicked, for they will be ashes under the soles of your feet, on the day when I act, says the Lord of hosts.<br /> <br /> 4 “Remember the law of my servant Moses, the statutes and rules that I commanded him at Horeb for all Israel.<br /> <br /> 5 “Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the great and awesome day of the Lord comes. 6 And he will turn the hearts of fathers to their children and the hearts of children to their fathers, lest I come and strike the land with a decree of utter destruction.”<br /> <br /> This is the last prophetic scripture from the ancient world before the time of Christ. Speaking symbolically, Malachi foretold the return of an “Elijah” who was in actuality John the Baptist, who preached repentance to the people and prepared the way for Jesus. Jesus is the sun of righteousness foretold in this last passage.<br /> <br /> In Malachi, we see the record of a corrupt priesthood that caused many to stumble by their instruction. Hundreds of years later, Jesus dealt with the same thing. And thousands of years later, we are still dealing with the same thing: authorities and teachers who speak lies, who do not honor God, who lead others astray. While it is very burdensome to have corrupt teachers, the way forward for those who honor God is clear.<br /> <br /> '''Expanded Thoughts'''<br /> <br /> Any mentor with a relevant story should share a personal experience when a teacher turned out to not be trustworthy — whether in school or in church.<br /> <br /> '''Key Take Aways'''<br /> <br /> The priests cannot always be trusted.<br /> <br /> We should all seek to be good priests who others can trust to tell them the truth about God.<br /> <br /> '''Discussion Questions'''<br /> <br /> How do we know if someone is trustworthy to teach us about God? How can we identify people who aren’t trustworthy?<br /> <br /> Who are specific teachers in the world or in the church who need to be called out for falsehood? This should be done carefully, of course, and there might be some room for debate.</div>

Michael Thomas Jones https://commonknowledge.wiki/index.php?title=The_Lore_of_Likeness&diff=481 2026-05-15T07:48:05Z

<p>Michael Thomas Jones: </p> <hr /> <div>This curriculum is intended for secondary students and undergraduates seeking to broaden and deepen their knowledge of representational art. Much art will also be referenced in the general history curricula, as reflective of a given era and shifting aesthetic values in society, but here we will focus on the interpretation of representational and symbolic artwork across time, primarily painting, illustration, and photography, both in the realm of the fine arts and popular media.<br /> <br /> [[Basic List of Key Western Artworks for Schools|A Basic List of Key Western Artworks for Schools]]<br /> <br /> === Theme Lessons ===<br /> Funny Animals: ancients and egyptians, toys, medieval manuscripts, tang dynasty camel, japanese ukiyo-e, victorians - various historical stylizations<br /> <br /> Samarkand &amp; The Sogdians<br /> <br /> == Stone Age ==<br /> <br /> <br /> == Bronze Age &amp; Ancient Civilizations ==<br /> <br /> <br /> == Classical Greek &amp; Roman ==<br /> <br /> <br /> == Early Christian Iconography and Iconoclasm ==<br /> <br /> <br /> == Barbarian Art ==<br /> <br /> == High Medieval Art ==<br /> <br /> == International Gothic ==<br /> <br /> == Renaissance ==<br /> <br /> == Northern Renaissance ==<br /> Printmaking and engraving<br /> <br /> Pieter Bruegel - the misanthrope analysis (heart stolen by the world)<br /> <br /> == Late Renaissance ==<br /> <br /> == Dutch Golden Age ==<br /> <br /> == Baroque ==<br /> [[Capriccios]]<br /> <br /> == 1700s - Poussinistes and Rubenistes ==<br /> Venetian Old Masters<br /> <br /> == Early American Art ==<br /> <br /> == Neoclassicism and Revolution ==<br /> <br /> == Georgian Portraitists ==<br /> <br /> == Romanticism ==<br /> <br /> == Academic Art ==<br /> <br /> == Hudson River School ==<br /> <br /> == Pre-Raphaelites and Arts &amp; Crafts ==<br /> <br /> == Early Photography ==<br /> <br /> == Impressionists Vs. Salons ==<br /> <br /> == Japonisme &amp; Ukiyo-e ==<br /> <br /> == Post-Impressionism ==<br /> <br /> == Vienna &amp; Jugendstil ==<br /> <br /> == Modernisms ==<br /> <br /> === Collage ===<br /> <br /> === Primitivsm ===<br /> <br /> === Cubism ===<br /> <br /> === Italian Futurism ===<br /> <br /> === Suprematism ===<br /> <br /> === Expressionism ===<br /> <br /> === Dada ===<br /> <br /> === Surrealism ===<br /> <br /> === Degenerate Art, Weimar, German Expressionism ===<br /> <br /> <br /> -<br /> <br /> <br /> Song of Songs depiction in modernist and expressionist art - F. kupka ; tchirch ; chagall<br /> <br /> == Midcentury ==<br /> <br /> === Soviet Propaganda ===<br /> <br /> === CIA Propaganda ===<br /> <br /> === Bauhaus ===<br /> <br /> === Abstract Expressionism ===<br /> <br /> === Optical Art ===<br /> <br /> === Pop Art ===<br /> <br /> === American realism and regionalism ===<br /> <br /> == Postmodernisms ==<br /> <br /> === Hyperrealism ===<br /> <br /> === Environmental Art ===<br /> <br /> === Conceptual Art ===<br /> <br /> === Performance Art ===<br /> <br /> === Outsider Art ===<br /> <br /> === Feminist Art ===<br /> <br /> === Contemporary London Artists ===<br /> <br /> === Late 20th Century Commercial Art and Advertising ===</div>

Michael Thomas Jones https://commonknowledge.wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page&diff=480 2026-04-23T23:01:44Z

<p>Michael Thomas Jones: </p> <hr /> <div><br /> &lt;div style=&quot;font-family: 'Goudy Old Style', serif; font-size: 20px;&quot;&gt;<br /> This is a common place book intended to serve students, teachers, and homeschooling parents. While well intentioned, many parents and teachers involved in Christian schooling lack the cultural resources to initiate the young into an education that is both evangelical and cosmopolitan, within a framework of proper respect for a hierarchy of virtue and the need to cultivate nobility of soul within oneself and one's people. We hope to provide a wide eyed guide searching across the earth for good curricular materials, valuable for a broad study of history and literature, to more readily enculturate a new generation of literate youth in a rapidly barbarizing society. Without the practice of wide reading certain frames of mind may be forgotten that will never be remembered again.<br /> &lt;/div&gt;<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Curricula Pages: <br /> <br /> [[Elementary Curricula|Primary Knowledge]] <br /> <br /> [[History Curricula|History]] — [[Ancient History|The Ancients]], [[History of Christendom|Christendom]], [[American History|America]]<br /> <br /> [[Bible Curriculum|Bible]]<br /> <br /> [[Literature Curricula|Literature]]<br /> <br /> [[Poetry Curriculum|Poetry]]<br /> <br /> [[The Lore of Likeness|Art History]]<br /> <br /> [[History of Music|Music History]]<br /> <br /> [[History of Photography|Photography]]<br /> <br /> [[Cinema Curriculum|Cinema]]<br /> <br /> [[Folklore Curriculum|Folklore]]<br /> <br /> [[Rhetoric]]<br /> <br /> Logic<br /> <br /> Nature<br /> <br /> Math<br /> <br /> Economy<br /> <br /> Law<br /> <br /> Systems <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Children's Culture Catalogues:<br /> <br /> [[Nutritive Words for the Bibliovorous Youth|Books]]<br /> <br /> Art<br /> <br /> [[Music for Children|Music]]<br /> <br /> Games<br /> <br /> Theatre<br /> <br /> Crafts<br /> <br /> Media<br /> <br /> Life:<br /> <br /> Skills &amp; Strengths EvaluationVocational networking<br /> <br /> Personal:<br /> <br /> About<br /> <br /> [[Michael's Commonplaces|Commonplaces]]<br /> <br /> {{Special:NewPages}}</div>

Michael Thomas Jones https://commonknowledge.wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page&diff=479 2026-04-20T20:17:17Z

<p>Michael Thomas Jones: </p> <hr /> <div><br /> &lt;div style=&quot;font-family: 'Goudy Old Style', serif; font-size: 20px;&quot;&gt;<br /> This is a common place book intended to serve students, teachers, and homeschooling parents. While well intentioned, many parents and teachers involved in Christian schooling lack the cultural resources to initiate the young into an education that is both evangelical and cosmopolitan, within a framework of proper respect for a hierarchy of virtue and the need to cultivate nobility of soul within oneself and one's people. We hope to provide a wide eyed guide searching across the earth for good curricular materials, valuable for a broad study of history and literature, to more readily enculturate a new generation of literate youth in a rapidly barbarizing society. Without the practice of wide reading certain frames of mind may be forgotten that will never be remembered again.<br /> &lt;/div&gt;<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Curricula Pages: <br /> <br /> [[Elementary Curricula|Primary Knowledge]] <br /> <br /> [[History Curricula|History]] — [[Ancient History|The Ancients]], [[History of Christendom|Christendom]], [[American History|America]]<br /> <br /> [[Bible Curriculum|Bible]]<br /> <br /> [[Literature Curricula|Literature]]<br /> <br /> [[Poetry Curriculum|Poetry]]<br /> <br /> [[The Lore of Likeness|Art History]]<br /> <br /> [[History of Music|Music History]]<br /> <br /> [[History of Photography|Photography]]<br /> <br /> [[Cinema Curriculum|Cinema]]<br /> <br /> [[Folklore Curriculum|Folklore]]<br /> <br /> [[Rhetoric]]<br /> <br /> Logic<br /> <br /> Nature<br /> <br /> Math<br /> <br /> Economy<br /> <br /> Law<br /> <br /> <br /> Children's Culture Catalogues:<br /> <br /> [[Nutritive Words for the Bibliovorous Youth|Books]]<br /> <br /> Art<br /> <br /> [[Music for Children|Music]]<br /> <br /> Games<br /> <br /> Theatre<br /> <br /> Crafts<br /> <br /> Media<br /> <br /> Life:<br /> <br /> Skills &amp; Strengths EvaluationVocational networking<br /> <br /> Personal:<br /> <br /> About<br /> <br /> [[Michael's Commonplaces|Commonplaces]]<br /> <br /> {{Special:NewPages}}</div>

Michael Thomas Jones https://commonknowledge.wiki/index.php?title=Music_for_Children&diff=478 2026-04-20T16:35:38Z

<p>Michael Thomas Jones: </p> <hr /> <div>Lists of music for your children's education and entertainment.<br /> <br /> == Classical ==<br /> Classical music that kids can ponder.<br /> <br /> == American Folk Songs ==<br /> Songs to learn.<br /> <br /> == Geocultures ==<br /> Folk music and pop music of cultures around the world to get a sense of different places, time periods and tongues.<br /> <br /> == Silly and Fun ==<br /> Music marketed for kids.<br /> <br /> [https://www.youtube.com/@boyjohn Golden Records and Young People's Records]<br /> <br /> Word Jazz, Son of Word Jazz</div>

Michael Thomas Jones https://commonknowledge.wiki/index.php?title=Literature_Curricula&diff=477 2026-04-19T00:41:01Z

<p>Michael Thomas Jones: </p> <hr /> <div>This page is intended to provide resources for secondary and undergraduate level studies in literature. While nothing can substitute for close reading, the most efficient way to make students generally confident and adept at textual interpretation is by providing context -- that is, as broad a survey of world literature and history as possible so that they can notice parallels and themes spanning all times and places, while also foregrounding idiosyncrasies. That's not to suggest that all literary scenes, schools, and eras are interchangeable in importance. It really is most important, after the Bible, to begin with reading the Greeks and Romans and Church Fathers.<br /> <br /> == Great Literature of World Cultures ==<br /> These curricula are designed to map out the great literary cultures of the world. <br /> <br /> While general lists will be provided for free exploration, each should contain a main curriculum that could cover a six year course of study throughout secondary school of that culture, whether in translation or (preferably) in the original language. <br /> <br /> &lt;div style=&quot;column-count:3&quot;&gt;<br /> #[[English Literature|English]]<br /> #French<br /> #Latin<br /> #Greek<br /> #German<br /> #Spanish<br /> #Japanese <br /> #Russian<br /> #Scandinavian<br /> #Finnish<br /> #Italian<br /> #Persian<br /> #Indian<br /> #Arabic<br /> #Chinese<br /> &lt;/div&gt;<br /> <br /> == The Beginning of the Lore ==<br /> American teenagers are swamped in bad ideas and dumb media all the time. They have a dearth of opportunities to be initiated into basically good and interesting ideas. The Lore is a single anthology of several hundred excerpts of short texts across several millennia, designed to be navigable in a year or two, that would expose them to difficult passages from primary sources and interesting ideas that they probably otherwise might never be exposed to. This is designed to be fun, quirky, and inspiring, though lacking the substance of close reading through entire works. This provides short texts as a spring board for interesting discussions about history and the nature of reality and to begin thinking in other categories than what social media typically provides. <br /> <br /> Beyond concepts, an added benefit of this reading list being widely used in the next generation would be just the linguistic broadening - the reintroduction of vocabulary and phrasings that might otherwise be forgotten in the deluge of social media and its muddying of English speech. We need to lay down enough old stones up the river of time so that young people can find a pathway back through the centuries, and not just get swept away by its unintelligibility. <br /> <br /> Excerpts:<br /> &lt;div style=&quot;column-count:3&quot;&gt;<br /> #Bible Lore<br /> #Ancient Myths<br /> #[[The Sublime]]<br /> #Saints<br /> #Patristics<br /> #Druids<br /> #Vikings<br /> #Anglo-Saxons<br /> #Crusaders<br /> #Mohametans<br /> #Monks<br /> #Knights<br /> #Romances<br /> #Giants<br /> #Reformers<br /> #Alchemists<br /> #Conquistadors<br /> #Jesuits<br /> #Seafarers<br /> #Christian Magic<br /> #Natural Philosophers<br /> #[[Pirate Lore|Pirates]]<br /> #Samurai<br /> #Witches<br /> #Antiquarians<br /> #[[Fairy Lore|Fairies]]<br /> #Colonists<br /> #Empires<br /> #Revivalists<br /> #[[Diaries of History|Diaries]]<br /> #Americans<br /> #Romantics<br /> #Socialists<br /> #Utopians<br /> #Industrialists<br /> #Inventors<br /> #Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood<br /> #Aesthetes<br /> #George-Kreis<br /> #Explorers<br /> #Archaeologists<br /> #Evolutionists<br /> #High Society<br /> #Cowboys<br /> #Avant-Garde<br /> #Surrealism<br /> #Psychology<br /> #Soviets<br /> #Nazis<br /> #Atomics<br /> #Hippies<br /> #Spies &amp; Regime Changes<br /> #Rockets<br /> #Computers<br /> #Civil Rights<br /> #White Ladies (L'Engle, Le Guin, Lamott, Dillard)<br /> #Gonzo (Hunter S. Thompson, Tom Wolfe)<br /> #Soldiers of Fortune<br /> #California Buddhism<br /> #Transhumanists<br /> #Preppers<br /> #Terrorists<br /> #Nothomb<br /> #Acceleration<br /> #Internet literature<br /> &lt;/div&gt;<br /> <br /> == A Basic Great Books Curriculum ==<br /> It's probably a bad idea to teach people that there is a simple list of 50 authors whose books are the most important to work through, to make a chore out of reading the best writers of all time. But in our illiterate age if we can get a student to pick up just a few of these, I count it as victory. And is true that a passing familiarity with these great texts provides a core vocabulary for launching off into the interpretation all other literature and history you might come across. So, I think it's worth promoting a basic Western Canon if only to open better doors of thought for young people to walk through, better doors than most of what discord and youtube and instagram and 4chan and reddit currently provide... <br /> <br /> The goal, then, is for students to have a basic introduction to all of these individuals -- not to put them up on pedestals of pretentious unthinking reverence. In doing so schools have discovered a diabolical aptitude for turning works as great as Shakespeare into a burden for so many souls.<br /> <br /> I would argue that in depth analysis and memorization is only necessary for sacred scripture. Everything else should be treated more lightly. It shouldn't be hard for a reasonably literate youth to at least touch on most of these authors over the course of a few years, as introductory.<br /> <br /> This would be a basic prelude to more serious study which should involve: choosing an era or school of thought to read through thoroughly; choosing a foreign language to study over a lifetime and the great authors of that language; and general mapping out of other canonicities.<br /> <br /> [articles in progress]<br /> <br /> <br /> &lt;div style=&quot;column-count:3&quot;&gt;<br /> #The Bible<br /> #Homer<br /> #Plato<br /> #Aristotle<br /> #Aeschylus, Euripides, &amp; Sophocles<br /> #Vergil<br /> #Ovid<br /> #Augustine<br /> #Beowulf &amp; Anglo-Saxon Poetry<br /> #Aquinas<br /> #Arthurian romance<br /> #Chaucer<br /> #Dante<br /> #Machiavelli <br /> #Luther<br /> #Calvin<br /> #Hooker<br /> #Pascal<br /> #Shakespeare<br /> #Hobbes<br /> #Milton<br /> #Descartes<br /> #Locke<br /> #Hume<br /> #Rousseau<br /> #Kant<br /> #Goethe<br /> #American Founding Fathers<br /> #Hegel<br /> #Austen<br /> #Melville<br /> #Dostoevsky<br /> #Dumas<br /> #Hugo<br /> #Baudelaire<br /> #Rudyard Kipling<br /> #Nietzsche<br /> #Thomas Carlyle<br /> #Marx<br /> #Freud<br /> #Jung<br /> #Oscar Wilde<br /> #Henry James<br /> #James Joyce<br /> #Proust<br /> #Camus<br /> #T.S. Eliot<br /> #Fitzgerald<br /> #Steinbeck<br /> #C.S. Lewis<br /> #Solzhenitsyn<br /> #Pynchon<br /> #Tom Wolfe<br /> &lt;/div&gt;<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> == Canonicities ==<br /> <br /> <br /> In draft:<br /> <br /> ancient egypt &amp; egyptologists<br /> <br /> mesopotamian canon<br /> <br /> chinese classics<br /> <br /> greek canon<br /> <br /> romans<br /> <br /> persian canon<br /> <br /> pagan myth<br /> <br /> church fathers<br /> <br /> islamic jurists and golden age philosophers<br /> <br /> Arab-Byzantine Wars<br /> <br /> Reconquista<br /> <br /> buddhist philosophers<br /> <br /> germanic texts<br /> <br /> medieval rabbis<br /> <br /> medieval romances, medieval poetry, allegories, <br /> <br /> hagiographies<br /> <br /> schoolmen<br /> <br /> medieval chronicles<br /> <br /> Courtly love, troubadours<br /> <br /> Crusader literature<br /> <br /> renaissance humanists and reformers<br /> <br /> counter reformation literature<br /> <br /> western hermeticism<br /> <br /> new world explorers<br /> <br /> the ottoman canon<br /> <br /> English renaissance, metaphysical poets<br /> <br /> reformed orthodox, remonstrants<br /> <br /> dutch golden age authors<br /> <br /> Anglo-Dutch-Spanish War Era<br /> <br /> spanish golden age<br /> <br /> 1700s satirists<br /> <br /> 1700s Anglo-French Global Wars<br /> <br /> Lumieres, enlightenment philosophers, 1700s french literature<br /> <br /> explorer naturalists<br /> <br /> Napoleonic era literature, Revolutionary era<br /> <br /> Romanticism, Gothic<br /> <br /> 19th century academics, historiography, the German university<br /> <br /> 19th century socialists, anarchists, and marxists<br /> <br /> Colonial literature<br /> <br /> Mission literature<br /> <br /> the victorians, literature of the industrial revolution<br /> <br /> Victorian Explorer Anthropologist (esoteric imperial racism) / Scramble for Africa / Orientalists<br /> <br /> New England authors, transcendentalists<br /> <br /> French symbolists<br /> <br /> literary realists<br /> <br /> Post Napoleonic Literature<br /> <br /> Post Civil War Era Literature<br /> <br /> Russian canon<br /> <br /> The Great Game: empires' perspectives and from the locals' perspectives<br /> <br /> Siberia, Alaska, and Arctic Extremes<br /> <br /> theosophists<br /> <br /> Utopians<br /> <br /> New York New Religions<br /> <br /> Third Republic Literature<br /> <br /> fin de siecle and the edwardians, decadents<br /> <br /> Missionaries and Anglo-American Empire, Old China Hands<br /> <br /> American expansions<br /> <br /> Jewish diaspora, Zionists, and their influence<br /> <br /> austrian literature near the end<br /> <br /> modernists, paris scene<br /> <br /> surrealists<br /> <br /> socialist and labor movements reaching climax in depression and world wars<br /> <br /> Wartime and Interwar German Literature, Nazi and Non-Nazi Literature<br /> <br /> Southern agrarians, Southern American canon<br /> <br /> modern Japanese canon<br /> <br /> founding psychologists<br /> <br /> early sociologists<br /> <br /> early science fiction<br /> <br /> Early Soviets - russian cosmists, radicals<br /> <br /> Postcolonial literature and theorists<br /> <br /> continental theorists<br /> <br /> glamor photographers<br /> <br /> Cold War literature, American controlled Europe, <br /> <br /> Later Soviets<br /> <br /> esoteric central european art scenes, film, animation 1900-1990<br /> <br /> underground comix<br /> <br /> Midcentury Anthropologists<br /> <br /> beats, hippie canon<br /> <br /> [[1960s Science Fiction|60s Sci-Fi]]<br /> <br /> transhumanist canon<br /> <br /> magical realists, exoticist bobocore<br /> <br /> art pop for christian schools<br /> <br /> indie cinema<br /> <br /> short films<br /> <br /> Nemets: Barbara Tuchman, TR Fehrenbach, John Toland, Alfred Crosby</div>

Michael Thomas Jones https://commonknowledge.wiki/index.php?title=Proverbs&diff=476 2026-04-09T23:21:46Z

<p>Michael Thomas Jones: /* 3. Trust in the Lord with All Your Heart */</p> <hr /> <div>The Book of Proverbs.<br /> <br /> == 1. The Call of Wisdom ==<br /> == 2. Wisdom is Treasure ==<br /> <br /> <br /> 21-22: Important in an age of fears of disinheritance.<br /> <br /> == 3. Trust in the Lord with All Your Heart ==<br /> I have the love... but what if I'm not steadfast?<br /> <br /> <br /> 5-6:<br /> <br /> My mother's bible verses for me.<br /> <br /> This is a discipline you can actively pursue.<br /> <br /> It should not take you long to find thoughts in yourself, ways of being, that do not yet acknowledge God. Choose to trust. A lot of people feel rotten in their bones because they haven't set all their thoughts to him.<br /> <br /> <br /> 9: This is not just money - this verse assumes you make things. With what you make, does it honor God? The wealth of your life is its time, your words, your enjoyments, your people. Dedicate them to God.<br /> <br /> <br /> 29: Important to keep this in mind in malicious group chats you may encounter.<br /> <br /> I fear greater anarchy and injustice in this land as selfish, wicked men band together to exert control over the weaker and less organized.<br /> <br /> 30-32: Young people are becoming more vicious and some will be tempted to abandon this wisdom more than their parents were.<br /> <br /> == 4. A Father’s Wise Instruction ==<br /> Everyone wants wealth and glory, few want to be wise.<br /> <br /> <br /> 13 - do not let go - but I find myself forgetting so many of the great insights I've learned, moments of pure love and trust and glory. By the grace of God sometimes they pop back into your head. But I don't always know how to bring back to mind at the right time.<br /> <br /> 18-27: Straight on the sunshine path!<br /> <br /> How do I know what counts as crooked speech? Deception, malice... what about obscure or discreet speech?<br /> <br /> == 5. Adultery ==<br /> All these warnings apply to pornography - wasted time, guilt, no discipline, berating yourself in church. Don't scatter your streams in desert places.<br /> <br /> == 6. Warnings ==<br /> == 7. The Adulteress ==<br /> == 8. God's Foundation of the Earth ==<br /> == 9. The Way of Wisdom and Folly ==<br /> == 10. The Proverbs of Solomon ==<br /> == 11. The Proverbs of Solomon ==<br /> == 12. The Proverbs of Solomon ==<br /> == 13. The Proverbs of Solomon ==<br /> == 14. The Proverbs of Solomon ==<br /> == 15. The Proverbs of Solomon ==<br /> == 16. The Proverbs of Solomon ==<br /> == 17. The Proverbs of Solomon ==<br /> == 18. The Proverbs of Solomon ==<br /> == 19. The Proverbs of Solomon ==<br /> == 20. The Proverbs of Solomon ==<br /> == 21. The Proverbs of Solomon ==<br /> == 22. The Words of the Wise ==<br /> == 23. The Words of the Wise ==<br /> == 24. The Words of the Wise ==<br /> == 25. The Proverbs of Solomon ==<br /> == 26. The Proverbs of Solomon ==<br /> == 27. The Proverbs of Solomon ==<br /> == 28. The Proverbs of Solomon ==<br /> == 29. The Proverbs of Solomon ==<br /> == 30. The Words of Agur ==<br /> == 31. The Oracle of King Lemuel's Mother ==</div>

Michael Thomas Jones https://commonknowledge.wiki/index.php?title=Luke&diff=475 2026-04-08T20:37:21Z

<p>Michael Thomas Jones: /* 2. Birth of Jesus */</p> <hr /> <div>The book of Luke.<br /> <br /> == 1. Births Foretold and Praised ==<br /> == 2. Birth of Jesus ==<br /> <br /> <br /> 35: Many will rise and fall - this child will overthrow society, all the powers that be. Wild thing to say to a new mother.<br /> <br /> A sword shall pierce your own heart -- such a beautiful and terrifying phrase. Worth comparing to other emotional descriptions of mothers with heroic sons of destiny in ancient times.<br /> <br /> == 3. John Prepares the Way ==<br /> == 4. Jesus Tested and Begins Ministry ==<br /> == 5. Calling Disciples and Healing ==<br /> == 6. Teachings on Love and Judgment ==<br /> == 7. Jesus Heals and Forgives Sins ==<br /> == 8. Parables and Miracles ==<br /> == 9. The Transfiguration ==<br /> == 10. Seventy Sent and Good Samaritan ==<br /> == 11. Teachings on Prayer and Signs ==<br /> == 12. Warnings and Teachings ==<br /> == 13. Repentance and Healing ==<br /> == 14. Humility and Discipleship ==<br /> == 15. Parables of the Lost Sheep, Lost Coin, Prodigal Son ==<br /> == 16. Wealth ==<br /> <br /> <br /> 16: Make friends for yourself with unrighteous mammon, make friends for yourself with perverse world of politics, with the internet, with clickbait and attention farming, make friends for yourself with the world's credentials and awards even as they lose their lustre. All of the things that people respect and pay attention to and honor will be destroyed, except for love, joy, peace, patience, kindness. As such they must never become ends but only means for more love and friendship.<br /> <br /> You should want your name to be great in the kingdom of heaven. There should be hundreds of people entering into the spiritual realm who remember how you used the fading treasure of a wicked world to help and love them, and in their saintly glory they will welcome you into the place God has prepared for them. (The kingdom of heaven is mostly in the afterlife but also partially now, and its work must begin now in this time.)<br /> <br /> There is going to be a change of management. The ultimate change: the reign of death to the rule of Christ. Prepare for that heavenly hospitality.<br /> <br /> But we also prepare for changes in man . It's not to imagine a time in this generation or the next where money becomes devalued, the government falls apart, the current university credentialing system. So it's also worthwhile to prepare your wealth to be invested in what will matter when the system is overthrown: the best people. That's a big part of what church participation should be about.<br /> <br /> Christian giving is purely practical - you are trying to transfer an unstable currency of honor to the most stable: the regard of Christ and the elect in his kingdom.<br /> <br /> == 17. Faith, Duty, and Coming Kingdom ==<br /> == 18. The Rich Young Ruler ==<br /> == 19. Zacchaeus and Jerusalem Entry ==<br /> == 20. Parables and Questions ==<br /> == 21. Signs of the End ==<br /> == 22. The Last Supper ==<br /> == 23. Christ's Crucifixion ==<br /> == 24. Resurrection and Ascension ==</div>

Michael Thomas Jones https://commonknowledge.wiki/index.php?title=Matthew&diff=474 2026-03-29T01:09:58Z

<p>Michael Thomas Jones: /* 18. Teachings on Humility and Forgiveness */</p> <hr /> <div>The book of Matthew.<br /> <br /> == 1. Genealogy of Jesus Christ ==<br /> <br /> <br /> Review the key themes and ideas we’ve discussed:<br /> <br /> Dominion<br /> <br /> The Image of God<br /> <br /> Covenant<br /> <br /> Blessings and Curses<br /> <br /> Abraham’s Lineage<br /> <br /> The Law<br /> <br /> Empires of Men<br /> <br /> <br /> What are these things? How did they work in the Old Covenant and how do they work in the New Covenant?<br /> <br /> <br /> Over the course of the Old Testament, we can see several key themes relating to the nature of mankind and authority. <br /> <br /> <br /> God created mankind in his image, to be fruitful and multiply, and to exercise dominion over the earth.<br /> <br /> <br /> What does it mean to be in the image of God?<br /> <br /> <br /> What does it mean to have dominion?<br /> <br /> <br /> If God made us to be powerful and godlike, then why is there so much weakness and suffering in the world? The curse of sin. Curses stick around, and they get worse and worse unless there’s some way of cleansing it. Our relationships with one another and the works we do to build something for ourselves in this life are doomed to futility. This is because of Adam’s sin, but also because we are continually giving into temptation and perpetuating and increasing his trespass.<br /> <br /> <br /> Why is there violence in the world? Because of sin, brothers envy and kill one another. If we loved one another and honored God appropriately, this wouldn’t happen, but we keep playing out Cain and Abel. God’s plan for mankind is for us to exercise dominion without shedding each other’s blood and bringing even greater curse of sin upon ourselves, and that means we need to have self-control over our own sinful desires before we can expect to have any righteous authority on earth.<br /> <br /> <br /> What’s a covenant? A sacred deal made between a higher authority and a lower subject. After the initial chapters of Genesis, the rest of the story of the Old Testament specifically concerns the covenants God made with the man Abraham and his descendants. God chose Abraham and promised that he would use him, specifically, and his lineage to fulfill the mission of mankind: multiplying throughout the earth and ruling over it. This family, and a specific heir of this family, would be the one to bless all people and reverse the curse. Over centuries they grew into a great people, Israel.<br /> <br /> <br /> What were these different curses and blessings, and what did it have to do with the law?<br /> <br /> <br /> How do the empires of men factor into God’s plan?<br /> <br /> <br /> The nation of Israel spent time in captivity to a great kingdom, Egypt, but God brought them out of it, promising his people freedom and giving them his law. He made a covenant with them to bless them if they did well and curse them if they did evil. Unsurprisingly, they chose evil. They envied other nations and worshiped other gods. God continued to bless them, giving them a sacred king named David of the tribe of Judah to unite them against all their enemies. God made another covenant that one of David’s line would have an eternal throne. But David sinned as well, and his sons sinned even worse, and the kingdom of Israel fractured into pieces. God sent prophets to warn the people, but they just sinned even worse and continued be. Eventually, God sent them back into captivity and subjugation under different pagan empires - Babylon, Persia, Greece, and Rome. By this time the land of Israel and Judah was known as Judea, and its inhabitants, Jews.<br /> <br /> <br /> And it is during the Roman rule over Judea that Jesus Christ was born.<br /> <br /> So, why does the very beginning of the New Testament start saying:<br /> <br /> Matthew 1;1: “ The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.” <br /> <br /> Saying he is the son of David means that he is the heir of David’s eternal throne. Saying that he is the son of Abraham means that Jesus fulfilled the promise made long ago to Abraham: that God would multiply his descendants and give them land to rule, fulfilling the mission given to all mankind in spite of our sin.<br /> <br /> And this is the same inheritance promised to all Christians who believe, regardless of what lineage they come from.<br /> <br /> Galatians 3:23 Now before faith came, we were held captive under the law, imprisoned until the coming faith would be revealed. 24 So then, the law was our guardian until Christ came, in order that we might be justified by faith. 25 But now that faith has come, we are no longer under a guardian, 26 for in Christ Jesus you are all sons of God, through faith. 27 For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ. 28 There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is no male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus. 29 And if you are Christ's, then you are Abraham's offspring, heirs according to promise.<br /> <br /> Jesus perfectly fulfills the law of God. As such we do not need to hope in our own ability to fulfill the demands of God’s law, but to have faith in Christ and to grab hold of our inheritance through him. When we believe in Christ, we become heirs with him according to the promise. By faith, we are sons of God, and so we inherit that which belongs to God: eternal life and an eternal kingdom. That’s what man is meant for.<br /> <br /> == 2. Visit of the Magi ==<br /> == 3. The Voice of One Crying in the Wilderness ==<br /> == 4. Jesus Tested in Wilderness ==<br /> == 5. Sermon on the Mount ==<br /> == 6. Teachings on Prayer and Wealth ==<br /> == 7. Judging, Asking, Entering the Kingdom ==<br /> == 8. Miracles and Healings ==<br /> == 9. Jesus Heals and Forgives ==<br /> == 10. Mission of the Twelve ==<br /> == 11. Jesus and John’s Question ==<br /> == 12. Lord of the Sabbath ==<br /> == 13. Parables of the Kingdom ==<br /> == 14. Feeding the Five Thousand ==<br /> == 15. Traditions and Faith ==<br /> == 16. Peter’s Confession of Christ ==<br /> == 17. Transfiguration of Jesus ==<br /> == 18. Teachings on Humility and Forgiveness ==<br /> 'Be like children' - this is not about innocence here in this context, as children aren't. In many ways they are full of hate and anger very early on. But, they are capable of great meekness and humility and total faith, total dependence. In ways that hardened hearts of adults refuse to be.<br /> <br /> == 19. Marriage, Divorce, and the Kingdom ==<br /> == 20. Parable of Laborers ==<br /> == 21. The Triumphal Entry into Jerusalem ==<br /> == 22. Parables and Questions ==<br /> == 23. Woes to the Scribes ==<br /> == 24. Jesus Prophesies the Temple's Destruction ==<br /> == 25. Parables of the Kingdom ==<br /> == 26. Plot Against Jesus ==<br /> == 27. Trial and Crucifixion ==<br /> == 28. The Resurrection ==</div>

Michael Thomas Jones https://commonknowledge.wiki/index.php?title=Proverbs&diff=472 2026-03-28T21:59:54Z

<p>Michael Thomas Jones: </p> <hr /> <div>The Book of Proverbs.<br /> <br /> == 1. The Call of Wisdom ==<br /> == 2. Wisdom is Treasure ==<br /> <br /> <br /> 21-22: Important in an age of fears of disinheritance.<br /> <br /> == 3. Trust in the Lord with All Your Heart ==<br /> I have the love... but what if I'm not steadfast?<br /> <br /> <br /> 5-6:<br /> <br /> My mother's bible verses for me.<br /> <br /> This is a discipline you can actively pursue.<br /> <br /> It should not take you long to find thoughts in yourself, ways of being, that do not yet acknowledge God. Choose to trust. A lot of people feel rotten in their bones because they haven't set all their thoughts to him.<br /> <br /> <br /> 9: This is not just money - this verse assumes you make things. With what you make, does it honor God? The wealth of your life is its time, your words, your enjoyments, your people. Dedicate them to God.<br /> <br /> <br /> 29: Important to keep this in mind in malicious group chats you may encounter.<br /> <br /> I fear greater anarchy and injustice in this land as selfish, wicked men band together to exert control over the weaker and less organized.<br /> <br /> == 4. A Father’s Wise Instruction ==<br /> Everyone wants wealth and glory, few want to be wise.<br /> <br /> <br /> 13 - do not let go - but I find myself forgetting so many of the great insights I've learned, moments of pure love and trust and glory. By the grace of God sometimes they pop back into your head. But I don't always know how to bring back to mind at the right time.<br /> <br /> 18-27: Straight on the sunshine path!<br /> <br /> How do I know what counts as crooked speech? Deception, malice... what about obscure or discreet speech?<br /> <br /> == 5. Adultery ==<br /> All these warnings apply to pornography - wasted time, guilt, no discipline, berating yourself in church. Don't scatter your streams in desert places.<br /> <br /> == 6. Warnings ==<br /> == 7. The Adulteress ==<br /> == 8. God's Foundation of the Earth ==<br /> == 9. The Way of Wisdom and Folly ==<br /> == 10. The Proverbs of Solomon ==<br /> == 11. The Proverbs of Solomon ==<br /> == 12. The Proverbs of Solomon ==<br /> == 13. The Proverbs of Solomon ==<br /> == 14. The Proverbs of Solomon ==<br /> == 15. The Proverbs of Solomon ==<br /> == 16. The Proverbs of Solomon ==<br /> == 17. The Proverbs of Solomon ==<br /> == 18. The Proverbs of Solomon ==<br /> == 19. The Proverbs of Solomon ==<br /> == 20. The Proverbs of Solomon ==<br /> == 21. The Proverbs of Solomon ==<br /> == 22. The Words of the Wise ==<br /> == 23. The Words of the Wise ==<br /> == 24. The Words of the Wise ==<br /> == 25. The Proverbs of Solomon ==<br /> == 26. The Proverbs of Solomon ==<br /> == 27. The Proverbs of Solomon ==<br /> == 28. The Proverbs of Solomon ==<br /> == 29. The Proverbs of Solomon ==<br /> == 30. The Words of Agur ==<br /> == 31. The Oracle of King Lemuel's Mother ==</div>

Michael Thomas Jones https://commonknowledge.wiki/index.php?title=History_of_Photography&diff=471 2026-03-27T20:57:33Z

<p>Michael Thomas Jones: </p> <hr /> <div>This history of photography is designed to help students survey the greatest 19th and 20th century photographers across different countries.<br /> <br /> This survey is not, for now, designed to provide technical training.<br /> <br /> <br /> '''General Questions:'''<br /> <br /> What sort of subject matter did this photographer focus on? What does that reveal about their personality and worldview?<br /> <br /> Are there any motifs or techniques that they used that set them apart from their peers? <br /> <br /> Is there any sort of story implied by this photo or by the recurring themes across this photographer's work?<br /> <br /> How does this photography reveal the spirit of the time and place in which the photographer worked? How is that cultural atmosphere different from yours today?<br /> <br /> How can this photography help us interpret the history of that time, and vice versa, is there information available about the historical context that can better inform how we interpret these photographs?<br /> <br /> What sort of compositions, framing, and blocking does the photographer present? Is it staged or spontaneous?<br /> <br /> How does the photographer juxtapose different textures, patterns, and forms of motion?<br /> <br /> How are the colors, or even simply black and white, arranged vividly?<br /> <br /> How are light sources being used? How are shadows?<br /> <br /> What is the photographer not showing you? <br /> <br /> Is the photographer glorifying or mocking the subject matter, or just capturing it how it is?<br /> <br /> == Early Photography ==<br /> <br /> === French ===<br /> <br /> === British ===<br /> Hill &amp; Adamson<br /> <br /> Francis Meadow Sutcliffe<br /> <br /> === American ===<br /> Jacob Riis<br /> <br /> == 20th century ==<br /> Camera Work Magazine<br /> <br /> The Linked Ring<br /> <br /> Magnum Photos<br /> <br /> === Pictorialists ===<br /> <br /> <br /> George Seeley<br /> <br /> Robert Demachy<br /> <br /> Edward Steichen<br /> <br /> Margrethe Mather<br /> <br /> Adolph de Meyer<br /> <br /> Gertrude Käsebier<br /> <br /> Alvin Langdon Coburn<br /> <br /> Clarence Hudson White<br /> <br /> Laura Gilpin<br /> <br /> === Straight Photography ===<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Alfred Stieglitz<br /> <br /> Paul Strand<br /> <br /> Edward Weston<br /> <br /> Ansel Adams<br /> <br /> <br /> Imogen Cunningham<br /> <br /> Willard Van Dyke<br /> <br /> <br /> Berenice Abbott<br /> <br /> === Surrealists, Avant-garde &amp; Abstract ===<br /> Man Ray<br /> <br /> André Kertész<br /> <br /> Bill Brandt<br /> <br /> Alexander Rodchenko<br /> <br /> Claude Cahun<br /> <br /> Josef Koudelka<br /> <br /> Clarence John Luaghlin<br /> <br /> Cindy Sherman<br /> <br /> Ralph Eugene Meatyard<br /> <br /> Minor White<br /> <br /> Aaron Siskind<br /> <br /> Henri Lartigue<br /> <br /> Andreas Feininger<br /> <br /> Martin Parr<br /> <br /> Ralph Gibson<br /> <br /> Eikoh Hosoe<br /> <br /> Daido Moriyama<br /> <br /> Issei Suda<br /> <br /> Andreas Gursky<br /> <br /> Anders Petersen<br /> <br /> Hiro<br /> <br /> Brian Griffin<br /> <br /> === Tableaux &amp; Staged Photography ===<br /> Oscar Gustave Rejlander <br /> <br /> Henry Peach Robinson<br /> <br /> Duane Michaels<br /> <br /> Jeff Wall<br /> <br /> Joel-Peter Witkin, Thomas Demand, Arthur Tress, or Laurie Simmons <br /> <br /> John Hinde<br /> <br /> Cindy Sherman<br /> <br /> James Casebere<br /> <br /> Pierre et Gilles<br /> <br /> Thomas Demand<br /> <br /> David Lachapelle<br /> <br /> === War Photography &amp; Photojournalists ===<br /> Cecil Beaton<br /> <br /> Dorothea Lange<br /> <br /> Walker Evans<br /> <br /> Lewis Hine<br /> <br /> Margaret Bourke-White<br /> <br /> W. Eugene Smith<br /> <br /> Robert Capa<br /> <br /> Gordon Parks<br /> <br /> Lee Miller<br /> <br /> Sebastião Salgado<br /> <br /> Inge Morathe<br /> <br /> Don McCullin<br /> <br /> === Portraitists &amp; Celebrity Photographers ===<br /> Henry Grossman<br /> <br /> August Sander<br /> <br /> Robert Mapplethorpe<br /> <br /> Eve Arnold<br /> <br /> Annie Liebowitz<br /> <br /> Brian Duffy<br /> <br /> David Bailey<br /> <br /> Anton Corbijn<br /> <br /> Lynn Goldsmith<br /> <br /> Mick Rock<br /> <br /> Albert Watson<br /> <br /> Clive Arrowsmith<br /> <br /> Gered Mankowitz<br /> <br /> Barry Lategan<br /> <br /> Rankin<br /> <br /> Allan Tannenbaum<br /> <br /> === Glamour &amp; Fashion Photography ===<br /> George Hurrell<br /> <br /> William Klein<br /> <br /> Irving Penn<br /> <br /> Richard Avedon<br /> <br /> Guy Bourdin<br /> <br /> Ellen von Unwerth<br /> <br /> Terence Donovan<br /> <br /> Herb Ritts<br /> <br /> Bruce Weber<br /> <br /> Helmut Newton<br /> <br /> Steven Meisel<br /> <br /> Sarah Moon<br /> <br /> Norman Parkinson<br /> <br /> Patrick Demarchelier<br /> <br /> Arthur Elgort<br /> <br /> Peter Lindbergh<br /> <br /> Francesco Scavullo<br /> <br /> Jean-Paul Goude<br /> <br /> Jean-Baptiste Mondino<br /> <br /> Hans Feurer<br /> <br /> Chris von Wangenheim<br /> <br /> Nick Knight<br /> <br /> Paolo Roversi<br /> <br /> Denis Piel<br /> <br /> Matthew Rolston<br /> <br /> === Street Photography ===<br /> Alfred Eisenstaedt<br /> <br /> Brassaï<br /> <br /> Henri Cartier-Bresson<br /> <br /> Helen Leavitt<br /> <br /> Weegee<br /> <br /> Diane Arbus<br /> <br /> Roy DeCarava<br /> <br /> Garry Winogrand<br /> <br /> Joel Meyerowitz<br /> <br /> Robert Frank<br /> <br /> Mary Ellen Mark<br /> <br /> Ernst Haas<br /> <br /> Robert Doisneau<br /> <br /> Bill Cunningham<br /> <br /> Lisette Model<br /> <br /> Lee Friedlander<br /> <br /> Shōmei Tōmatsu<br /> <br /> Joel Sternfeld<br /> <br /> William Eggleston<br /> <br /> Saul Leiter<br /> <br /> Vivian Maier<br /> <br /> === Landscapes &amp; Industrial ===<br /> Wynn Bullock<br /> <br /> Eliot Porter<br /> <br /> Hiroji Kubota<br /> <br /> Hiroshi Sugimoto<br /> <br /> Bernd and Hilla Becher<br /> <br /> Wim Wenders<br /> <br /> David Lynch<br /> <br /> === Wildlife Photographers ===<br /> heather angel<br /> <br /> anthony bannister<br /> <br /> erwin peggy bauer<br /> <br /> jim brandenburg<br /> <br /> fred bruemmer<br /> <br /> tui de roy<br /> <br /> david doubilet<br /> <br /> tim fitzharris<br /> <br /> michael fogden<br /> <br /> Howard Hall<br /> <br /> Mitsuaki Iwago<br /> <br /> Stephen Krasemann<br /> <br /> Frans Lanting<br /> <br /> Mark Moffett<br /> <br /> Flip Nicklin<br /> <br /> John Shaw<br /> <br /> Larry West<br /> <br /> Art Wolfe<br /> <br /> Gunter Ziesler<br /> <br /> === To Sort ===<br /> Rodney Smith<br /> <br /> Mark Sink<br /> <br /> Kate Simon<br /> <br /> Mark Shaw<br /> <br /> Sherill Schell<br /> <br /> Napoleon Sarony<br /> <br /> Mary Randlett<br /> <br /> Paul Outerbridge<br /> <br /> Hans Namuth<br /> <br /> Patrick Nagatani<br /> <br /> William Mortensen<br /> <br /> Jack Mitchell<br /> <br /> Duane Michaels<br /> <br /> Eugene Atget<br /> <br /> Richard Matzene<br /> <br /> Frank Matsura<br /> <br /> Oscar G. Mason<br /> <br /> Peter B. Martin<br /> <br /> Mary Mark Allen<br /> <br /> Ian Pirie MacDonald<br /> <br /> C. Cameron Macaulay<br /> <br /> Ruth Harriet Louise<br /> <br /> Murray Korman<br /> <br /> Lewis Hine<br /> <br /> Fritz Henle<br /> <br /> Milton H. Greene<br /> <br /> Herb Greene<br /> <br /> Philippe Halsmann<br /> <br /> Arnold Genthe<br /> <br /> Trude Fleischmann<br /> <br /> Kurt Edward Fishback<br /> <br /> Josef Breitenbach<br /> <br /> Zaida Ben-Yusuf<br /> <br /> Peter Beard<br /> <br /> arthur rothstein<br /> <br /> theodor jung<br /> <br /> ben shahn<br /> <br /> walker evans<br /> <br /> dorothea lange<br /> <br /> carl mydans<br /> <br /> russell lee<br /> <br /> mario post wolcott<br /> <br /> jack delano<br /> <br /> john vachon<br /> <br /> -<br /> <br /> Grant Mudford<br /> <br /> Eliot Porter<br /> <br /> Kishin Shinoyama<br /> <br /> Mitch Epstein<br /> <br /> Thomas Ruff<br /> <br /> Bettina Rheims<br /> <br /> Berry Berenson<br /> <br /> Andrew Stark<br /> <br /> Luigi Ghirri<br /> <br /> Steve Parish<br /> <br /> Takashi Amano<br /> <br /> Andy Goldsworthy<br /> <br /> Joe McNally<br /> <br /> Hedi Slimane<br /> <br /> Yann Arthus-Bertrand<br /> <br /> Mario Testino<br /> <br /> Sandy Skoglund<br /> <br /> Gottfried Helnwein<br /> <br /> Joel Peter Witkin<br /> <br /> Jeff Wall<br /> <br /> Stephen Dalton<br /> <br /> Oliviero Toscani<br /> <br /> Floria Sigismondi<br /> <br /> Bull Zulpo-Dane<br /> <br /> Tod Papageorge<br /> <br /> Helen Levitt<br /> <br /> Robert Cumming<br /> <br /> Bruce Wrighton<br /> <br /> Josef Sudek<br /> <br /> == Best technique books ==<br /> <br /> <br /> The book of photography : how to see and take better pictures by Hedgecoe, John</div>

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<p>Michael Thomas Jones: Created page with &quot; Non-fiction programming: David Macaulay&#039;s Castle (PBS) Fiction: Kids love Buster Keaton. It&#039;s riveting to them.&quot;</p> <hr /> <div><br /> <br /> Non-fiction programming:<br /> <br /> <br /> David Macaulay's Castle (PBS)<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Fiction:<br /> <br /> <br /> Kids love Buster Keaton. It's riveting to them.</div>

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<p>Michael Thomas Jones: </p> <hr /> <div><br /> &lt;div style=&quot;font-family: 'Goudy Old Style', serif; font-size: 20px;&quot;&gt;<br /> This is a common place book intended to serve students, teachers, and homeschooling parents. While well intentioned, many parents and teachers involved in Christian schooling lack the cultural resources to initiate the young into an education that is both evangelical and cosmopolitan, within a framework of proper respect for a hierarchy of virtue and the need to cultivate nobility of soul within oneself and one's people. We hope to provide a wide eyed guide searching across the earth for good curricular materials, valuable for a broad study of history and literature, to more readily enculturate a new generation of literate youth in a rapidly barbarizing society. Without the practice of wide reading certain frames of mind may be forgotten that will never be remembered again.<br /> &lt;/div&gt;<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Curricula Pages: <br /> <br /> [[Elementary Curricula|Primary Knowledge]] <br /> <br /> [[History Curricula|History]] — [[Ancient History|The Ancients]], [[History of Christendom|Christendom]], [[American History|America]]<br /> <br /> [[Bible Curriculum|Bible]]<br /> <br /> [[Literature Curricula|Literature]]<br /> <br /> [[Poetry Curriculum|Poetry]]<br /> <br /> [[The Lore of Likeness|Art History]]<br /> <br /> [[History of Music|Music History]]<br /> <br /> [[History of Photography|Photography]]<br /> <br /> [[Cinema Curriculum|Cinema]]<br /> <br /> [[Folklore Curriculum|Folklore]]<br /> <br /> [[Rhetoric]]<br /> <br /> Logic<br /> <br /> Nature<br /> <br /> Math<br /> <br /> Economy<br /> <br /> Law<br /> <br /> <br /> Children's Culture Catalogues:<br /> <br /> [[Nutritive Words for the Bibliovorous Youth|Books]]<br /> <br /> Art<br /> <br /> [[Music for Children|Music]]<br /> <br /> Games<br /> <br /> Theatre<br /> <br /> Crafts<br /> <br /> Media<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Personal:<br /> <br /> About<br /> <br /> [[Michael's Commonplaces|Commonplaces]]<br /> <br /> {{Special:NewPages}}</div>

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Michael Thomas Jones https://commonknowledge.wiki/index.php?title=Luke&diff=467 2026-03-21T20:42:19Z

<p>Michael Thomas Jones: /* 16. Rich Man and Steward */</p> <hr /> <div>The book of Luke.<br /> <br /> == 1. Births Foretold and Praised ==<br /> == 2. Birth of Jesus ==<br /> == 3. John Prepares the Way ==<br /> == 4. Jesus Tested and Begins Ministry ==<br /> == 5. Calling Disciples and Healing ==<br /> == 6. Teachings on Love and Judgment ==<br /> == 7. Jesus Heals and Forgives Sins ==<br /> == 8. Parables and Miracles ==<br /> == 9. The Transfiguration ==<br /> == 10. Seventy Sent and Good Samaritan ==<br /> == 11. Teachings on Prayer and Signs ==<br /> == 12. Warnings and Teachings ==<br /> == 13. Repentance and Healing ==<br /> == 14. Humility and Discipleship ==<br /> == 15. Parables of the Lost Sheep, Lost Coin, Prodigal Son ==<br /> == 16. Wealth ==<br /> <br /> <br /> 16: Make friends for yourself with unrighteous mammon, make friends for yourself with perverse world of politics, with the internet, with clickbait and attention farming, make friends for yourself with the world's credentials and awards even as they lose their lustre. All of the things that people respect and pay attention to and honor will be destroyed, except for love, joy, peace, patience, kindness. As such they must never become ends but only means for more love and friendship.<br /> <br /> You should want your name to be great in the kingdom of heaven. There should be hundreds of people entering into the spiritual realm who remember how you used the fading treasure of a wicked world to help and love them, and in their saintly glory they will welcome you into the place God has prepared for them. (The kingdom of heaven is mostly in the afterlife but also partially now, and its work must begin now in this time.)<br /> <br /> There is going to be a change of management. The ultimate change: the reign of death to the rule of Christ. Prepare for that heavenly hospitality.<br /> <br /> But we also prepare for changes in man . It's not to imagine a time in this generation or the next where money becomes devalued, the government falls apart, the current university credentialing system. So it's also worthwhile to prepare your wealth to be invested in what will matter when the system is overthrown: the best people. That's a big part of what church participation should be about.<br /> <br /> Christian giving is purely practical - you are trying to transfer an unstable currency of honor to the most stable: the regard of Christ and the elect in his kingdom.<br /> <br /> == 17. Faith, Duty, and Coming Kingdom ==<br /> == 18. The Rich Young Ruler ==<br /> == 19. Zacchaeus and Jerusalem Entry ==<br /> == 20. Parables and Questions ==<br /> == 21. Signs of the End ==<br /> == 22. The Last Supper ==<br /> == 23. Christ's Crucifixion ==<br /> == 24. Resurrection and Ascension ==</div>

Michael Thomas Jones https://commonknowledge.wiki/index.php?title=Poetry_Curriculum&diff=466 2026-03-19T21:53:04Z

<p>Michael Thomas Jones: /* Anglo-American Pop Lyricism */</p> <hr /> <div>[UNDER CONSTRUCTION]<br /> <br /> <br /> Poetry is currently separate from the rest of the literature curriculum because it is undeniably insular. Most poems are not about worldview or history or narrative or society. Poetry is about itself and perpetual things: God, life and death, sex, aging, the seasons. (Poems that do directly speak to history and society are included in the history curriculum.)<br /> <br /> This curriculum is intended to initiate students into that rarest of traits: genuine appreciation of poetry.<br /> <br /> I hated poetry in middle school and the lights did not flash on until I was in college. Thank you, Dr. Grieser. I began to read poetry voraciously, and compose on occasion.<br /> <br /> Because of this, I don't expect young students to have aesthetic appreciation for fine letters. This curriculum might be better suited for someone in upper secondary or college who somehow has been struck by words and wants to understand what has just happened to them.<br /> <br /> Before we can get to poetry's fundamental role in reshaping not just human society but man's relationship to God and the cosmos, it's good to appreciate play with sound and symbol for their own sake. <br /> <br /> == Lessons in Elemental Poetry ==<br /> Dr. Seuss<br /> <br /> Riddles<br /> <br /> Reading Meters<br /> <br /> Metaphors, Conceits &amp; Allegories<br /> <br /> Alliteration<br /> <br /> Consonance &amp; Assonance<br /> <br /> Synecdoche &amp; Metonymy<br /> <br /> Hyperbole &amp; Subtlety<br /> <br /> Personification<br /> <br /> Voice<br /> <br /> Imagery<br /> <br /> Utterance<br /> <br /> Haiku<br /> <br /> Ballad<br /> <br /> Lyric<br /> <br /> Elegies &amp; Odes<br /> <br /> Pastorals<br /> <br /> Sonnets<br /> <br /> Couplets &amp; Epigrams<br /> <br /> Translation<br /> <br /> Epic<br /> <br /> Prophecy<br /> <br /> For young men: how to talk to women in riddles and poems and tell them that they're beautiful in the proper way<br /> <br /> == Lessons in Reading ==<br /> Anglo Saxons<br /> <br /> Chaucer<br /> <br /> Shakespeare<br /> <br /> John Donne<br /> <br /> Edmund Spenser<br /> <br /> John Milton<br /> <br /> George Herbert<br /> <br /> William Blake<br /> <br /> Samuel Taylor Coleridge<br /> <br /> John Keats<br /> <br /> William Butler Yeats<br /> <br /> T.S. Eliot<br /> <br /> == Smash Glass for Poems ==<br /> In case of emergency, break open this list:<br /> <br /> [[Emergency Poems]]<br /> <br /> [[Silly Poems]]<br /> <br /> [[Aesthetic Poems]]<br /> == Canons of English Poetry ==<br /> <br /> ==== Anglo Saxons ====<br /> <br /> ==== Middle English ====<br /> <br /> ==== Tudor &amp; Elizabethan ====<br /> <br /> ==== Baroque ====<br /> <br /> ==== Augustan ====<br /> <br /> ==== Graveyard Poets ====<br /> <br /> ==== Sensibility ====<br /> <br /> ==== Romantics ====<br /> <br /> ==== Victorians ====<br /> <br /> ==== Transcendentalists, New England &amp; Gothic Americans ====<br /> <br /> ==== Pre-Raphaelites &amp; Arts and Crafts Poets ====<br /> <br /> ==== Child Ballads ====<br /> <br /> ==== Decadents &amp; Fin-de-Siècle ====<br /> <br /> ==== War Poets &amp; Georgians, Imagists &amp; Modernists ====<br /> <br /> ==== British Surrealism ====<br /> <br /> ==== Postwar Poets ====<br /> '''American Folk Songs'''<br /> <br /> ==== The Postmodern Academics ====<br /> After World War II, poetry became regulated through the university credential apparatus. As such, it rapidly lost almost all social relevance and vanished from public life except for those who participate in the carefully sterilized environment of the academy.<br /> <br /> [[William Logan]]<br /> <br /> [[Bill Knott]]<br /> <br /> ==== Anglo-American Pop Lyricism ====<br /> Rock n roll, 70s singer-songwriter lyricism and the underground canon, art pop, the bohemian bourgeois<br /> <br /> Rap<br /> <br /> Independent Rock <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> == Basic List of English Poets ==<br /> <br /> <br /> Geoffrey Chaucer (1343–1400)<br /> <br /> <br /> John Gower (1330–1408)<br /> <br /> <br /> Thomas Hoccleve (1368–1426)<br /> <br /> <br /> John Lydgate (1370–1451)<br /> <br /> <br /> Sir Thomas Wyatt (1503–1542)<br /> <br /> <br /> Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey (1517–1547)<br /> <br /> <br /> George Gascoigne (1534–1577)<br /> <br /> <br /> Edmund Spenser (1552–1599)<br /> <br /> <br /> Sir Philip Sidney (1554–1586)<br /> <br /> <br /> William Shakespeare (1564–1616)<br /> <br /> <br /> Christopher Marlowe (1564–1593)<br /> <br /> <br /> Samuel Daniel (1562–1619)<br /> <br /> <br /> Michael Drayton (1563–1631)<br /> <br /> <br /> Ben Jonson (1572–1637)<br /> <br /> <br /> John Donne (1572–1631)<br /> <br /> <br /> George Chapman (1559–1634)<br /> <br /> <br /> Thomas Campion (1567–1620)<br /> <br /> <br /> Aemilia Lanyer (1569–1645)<br /> <br /> <br /> Robert Herrick (1591–1674)<br /> <br /> <br /> George Herbert (1593–1633)<br /> <br /> <br /> Richard Lovelace (1617–1657)<br /> <br /> <br /> Andrew Marvell (1621–1678)<br /> <br /> <br /> Henry Vaughan (1621–1695)<br /> <br /> <br /> Abraham Cowley (1618–1667)<br /> <br /> <br /> Katherine Philips (1632–1664)<br /> <br /> <br /> John Milton (1608–1674)<br /> <br /> <br /> John Dryden (1631–1700)<br /> <br /> Thomas Traherne (1636–1674)<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Matthew Prior (1664–1721)<br /> <br /> <br /> Jonathan Swift (1667–1745)<br /> <br /> <br /> Alexander Pope (1688–1744)<br /> <br /> <br /> Lady Mary Wortley Montagu (1689–1762)<br /> <br /> <br /> James Thomson (1700–1748)<br /> <br /> <br /> Edward Young (1683–1765)<br /> <br /> <br /> Samuel Johnson (1709–1784)<br /> <br /> <br /> Thomas Gray (1716–1771)<br /> <br /> <br /> William Collins (1721–1759)<br /> <br /> <br /> Christopher Smart (1722–1771)<br /> <br /> <br /> Oliver Goldsmith (1728–1774)<br /> <br /> <br /> William Cowper (1731–1800)<br /> <br /> <br /> George Crabbe (1754–1832)<br /> <br /> <br /> Robert Burns (1759–1796)<br /> <br /> <br /> William Blake (1757–1827)<br /> <br /> <br /> Mary Robinson (1757–1800)<br /> <br /> <br /> Charlotte Smith (1749–1806)<br /> <br /> <br /> Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772–1834)<br /> <br /> <br /> William Wordsworth (1770–1850)<br /> <br /> <br /> Walter Savage Landor (1775–1864)<br /> <br /> <br /> Lord Byron (1788–1824)<br /> <br /> <br /> Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792–1822)<br /> <br /> <br /> John Keats (1795–1821)<br /> <br /> <br /> Felicia Hemans (1793–1835)<br /> <br /> <br /> Letitia Elizabeth Landon (1802–1838)<br /> <br /> <br /> Thomas Hood (1799–1845)<br /> <br /> <br /> Thomas Moore (1779–1852)<br /> <br /> <br /> Thomas Lovell Beddoes (1803–1849)<br /> <br /> <br /> Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806–1861)<br /> <br /> <br /> Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809–1892)<br /> <br /> <br /> Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849)<br /> <br /> <br /> Robert Browning (1812–1889)<br /> <br /> <br /> Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807–1882)<br /> <br /> <br /> Emily Brontë (1818–1848)<br /> <br /> <br /> Walt Whitman (1819–1892)<br /> <br /> <br /> Matthew Arnold (1822–1888)<br /> <br /> <br /> Herman Melville (1819–1891)<br /> <br /> <br /> Coventry Patmore (1823–1896)<br /> <br /> <br /> Christina Rossetti (1830–1894)<br /> <br /> <br /> Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828–1882)<br /> <br /> <br /> William Morris (1834–1896)<br /> <br /> <br /> Algernon Charles Swinburne (1837–1909)<br /> <br /> <br /> Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844–1889)<br /> <br /> <br /> Thomas Hardy (1840–1928)<br /> <br /> <br /> A. E. Housman (1859–1936)<br /> <br /> <br /> Oscar Wilde (1854–1900)<br /> <br /> <br /> Francis Thompson (1859–1907)<br /> <br /> <br /> Rudyard Kipling (1865–1936)<br /> <br /> <br /> William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)<br /> <br /> <br /> Ernest Dowson (1867–1900)<br /> <br /> <br /> Lionel Johnson (1867–1902)<br /> <br /> <br /> John Davidson (1857–1909)<br /> <br /> <br /> Laurence Binyon (1869–1943)<br /> <br /> <br /> Ezra Pound (1885–1972)<br /> <br /> <br /> T. E. Hulme (1883–1917)<br /> <br /> <br /> Ford Madox Ford (1873–1939)<br /> <br /> <br /> T. S. Eliot (1888–1965)<br /> <br /> <br /> Marianne Moore (1887–1972)<br /> <br /> <br /> H.D. (Hilda Doolittle) (1886–1961)<br /> <br /> <br /> William Carlos Williams (1883–1963)<br /> <br /> <br /> Vachel Lindsay (1879–1931)<br /> <br /> <br /> Carl Sandburg (1878–1967)<br /> <br /> <br /> Robert Frost (1874–1963)<br /> <br /> <br /> Wallace Stevens (1879–1955)<br /> <br /> <br /> John Masefield (1878–1967)<br /> <br /> <br /> Siegfried Sassoon (1886–1967)<br /> <br /> <br /> Rupert Brooke (1887–1915)<br /> <br /> <br /> Wilfred Owen (1893–1918)<br /> <br /> <br /> Isaac Rosenberg (1890–1918)<br /> <br /> <br /> Edna St. Vincent Millay (1892–1950)<br /> <br /> <br /> Hart Crane (1899–1932)<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> - - -</div>

Michael Thomas Jones https://commonknowledge.wiki/index.php?title=The_Lore_of_Likeness&diff=465 2026-03-02T17:09:13Z

<p>Michael Thomas Jones: /* Dutch Golden Age */</p> <hr /> <div>This curriculum is intended for secondary students and undergraduates seeking to broaden and deepen their knowledge of representational art. Much art will also be referenced in the general history curricula, as reflective of a given era and shifting aesthetic values in society, but here we will focus on the interpretation of representational and symbolic artwork across time, primarily painting, illustration, and photography, both in the realm of the fine arts and popular media.<br /> <br /> [[Basic List of Key Western Artworks for Schools|A Basic List of Key Western Artworks for Schools]]<br /> <br /> === Theme Lessons ===<br /> Funny Animals: ancients and egyptians, toys, medieval manuscripts, tang dynasty camel, japanese ukiyo-e, victorians - various historical stylizations<br /> <br /> Samarkand &amp; The Sogdians<br /> <br /> == Stone Age ==<br /> <br /> <br /> == Bronze Age &amp; Ancient Civilizations ==<br /> <br /> <br /> == Classical Greek &amp; Roman ==<br /> <br /> <br /> == Early Christian Iconography and Iconoclasm ==<br /> <br /> <br /> == Barbarian Art ==<br /> <br /> == High Medieval Art ==<br /> <br /> == International Gothic ==<br /> <br /> == Renaissance ==<br /> <br /> == Northern Renaissance ==<br /> Printmaking and engraving<br /> <br /> Pieter Bruegel - the misanthrope analysis (heart stolen by the world)<br /> <br /> == Late Renaissance ==<br /> <br /> == Dutch Golden Age ==<br /> <br /> == Baroque ==<br /> [[Capriccios]]<br /> <br /> == 1700s - Poussinistes and Rubenistes ==<br /> Venetian Old Masters<br /> <br /> == Early American Art ==<br /> <br /> == Neoclassicism and Revolution ==<br /> <br /> == Georgian Portraitists ==<br /> <br /> == Romanticism ==<br /> <br /> == Academic Art ==<br /> <br /> == Hudson River School ==<br /> <br /> == Pre-Raphaelites and Arts &amp; Crafts ==<br /> <br /> == Early Photography ==<br /> <br /> == Impressionists Vs. Salons ==<br /> <br /> == Japonisme &amp; Ukiyo-e ==<br /> <br /> == Post-Impressionism ==<br /> <br /> == Vienna &amp; Jugendstil ==<br /> <br /> == Modernisms ==<br /> <br /> === Collage ===<br /> <br /> === Primitivsm ===<br /> <br /> === Cubism ===<br /> <br /> === Italian Futurism ===<br /> <br /> === Suprematism ===<br /> <br /> === Expressionism ===<br /> <br /> === Dada ===<br /> <br /> === Surrealism ===<br /> <br /> === Degenerate Art, Weimar, German Expressionism ===<br /> <br /> == Midcentury ==<br /> <br /> === Soviet Propaganda ===<br /> <br /> === CIA Propaganda ===<br /> <br /> === Bauhaus ===<br /> <br /> === Abstract Expressionism ===<br /> <br /> === Optical Art ===<br /> <br /> === Pop Art ===<br /> <br /> === American realism and regionalism ===<br /> <br /> == Postmodernisms ==<br /> <br /> === Hyperrealism ===<br /> <br /> === Environmental Art ===<br /> <br /> === Conceptual Art ===<br /> <br /> === Performance Art ===<br /> <br /> === Outsider Art ===<br /> <br /> === Feminist Art ===<br /> <br /> === Contemporary London Artists ===<br /> <br /> === Late 20th Century Commercial Art and Advertising ===</div>

Michael Thomas Jones https://commonknowledge.wiki/index.php?title=World_Cultures&diff=464 2026-03-01T01:03:59Z

<p>Michael Thomas Jones: </p> <hr /> <div>After years of being dragged through classical and Christian studies, many students feel sort of adrift at the end. What was it all for? Just going off to college or trade school like anybody else, then joining the American professional world?<br /> <br /> I would submit that good students who spent so much time studying classical culture and Christian culture should spend a year or two studying studying a foreign culture. Ideally, this would take the form of missionary internships overseas, while following a curriculum that takes the cultural and intellectual traditions of that target society very seriously. This training could be a useful time of preparation for many different paths the youth might pursue: whether they decide to stay longer and seek some work in that land, or return to pursue further academics, politics, or a professional vocation at home.<br /> <br /> After all, what was all the Christian education for? Preparing people who can make disciples of all nations.<br /> <br /> &quot;The leaves of the tree are for the healing of the nations.&quot;<br /> <br /> == Goals ==<br /> How to carry yourself in global professional society around many different peoples, without compromising your Christian or American values<br /> <br /> Exposure to world literature, languages, and foreign cultures<br /> <br /> International relations, geography, post-colonialism, area studies ... for the conservative evangelical<br /> <br /> Understanding modern institutions and the global role of academia and NGOs<br /> <br /> Understanding political philosophy and geopolitics.<br /> <br /> == Missionary Cultural Criticism ==<br /> Missionaries should engage in the literary and philosophical traditions of the nation that they are seeking to discipline to Christ. In the past often missionaries were the ones creating an alphabet and introducing a given tribe to civilization. (That still goes on by friends of mine like Reuben.) But I think full cultural gospel engagement should be emphasized by missionaries to other countries, rather than just 'getting along.' Now, a foreigner might not be as insightful as a native, or risk stirring up needless conflicts by targeting the wrong sort of cultural issues, in their ignorance. But at the very least they should be training up natives who are capable of this kind of insightful self criticism on the culture. It should be a challenge of how families, Christian or nonChristian, deliberately want to choose to live within their national context. Whether in America, Europe, Turkey, Russia, Iran, Japan, Korea, China, India -- there are countless cultural practices to debate if they are proper for the Christian life. They should not just be blindly passed down, but meticulously revised. Because we want to revive nations dying under their long dead traditions and intergenerational sins and present them before Christ full of wisdom and life, a purified generation.<br /> <br /> == Liberal Arts Overseas: Mission Bureaus ==<br /> <br /> Cities as global cultural centers?<br /> Anglosphere: The United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand<br /> <br /> France<br /> <br /> Germanic<br /> <br /> Nordic<br /> <br /> Baltic States<br /> <br /> Portuguese States<br /> <br /> Italian<br /> <br /> Balkans<br /> <br /> Greece &amp; Turke<br /> <br /> Sinosphere<br /> <br /> Indosphere<br /> <br /> Russian World<br /> <br /> Central Asia<br /> <br /> Caucusus<br /> <br /> Hispanosphere<br /> <br /> The Islamic World<br /> <br /> Iran<br /> <br /> Japan<br /> <br /> Korea<br /> <br /> Sub-Saharan Africa<br /> <br /> Caribbean<br /> <br /> East Indies<br /> <br /> South Pacific<br /> <br /> Indochina<br /> <br /> Himalayan</div>

Michael Thomas Jones https://commonknowledge.wiki/index.php?title=William_Logan&diff=463 2026-02-26T23:57:03Z

<p>Michael Thomas Jones: </p> <hr /> <div>From Vain Empires (1990), exemplary of the smooth postmodern style of that time. Decadent inhabitation of the encyclopedia of western culture. late 20th c. sneering at Christianity?<br /> <br /> [must spell check]<br /> <br /> <br /> JOSEPH BANKS AND THE BOARD OF LONGITUDE<br /> <br /> One might in youth concede to investigate<br /> <br /> such practices of the cod as require the French<br /> <br /> to creep within their bark-lined suits<br /> <br /> and split the fish in woolen gloves,<br /> <br /> not touching the violet entrails,<br /> <br /> or take ship to observe the transit of Venus,<br /> <br /> to crawl along a caterpillar of coast<br /> <br /> where among the fray of moral appetites<br /> <br /> vast cabinets might be filled with skins<br /> <br /> as rare as scrolls, and eggs whose translucences<br /> <br /> were not inferior to the morning star.<br /> <br /> Bligh suffered for his breadfruit trees.<br /> <br /> a nicety not recognized at feasts<br /> <br /> where the tropical Pacific changed to wine<br /> <br /> and natives traded frail songbirds wrapped in net<br /> <br /> for the hand-carved crosses of the gods.<br /> <br /> These gods take breakfast on the flying fish<br /> <br /> or such idle and unprofitable specimens<br /> <br /> as would exempt themselves from human company<br /> <br /> and might enamor the queen who should not cluise<br /> <br /> to encumber herself with the stuffed animals.<br /> <br /> Against those who in the European disease<br /> <br /> would place geometry in distant suns,<br /> <br /> one would rather stand within the homely science<br /> <br /> of gears, escapement, of the movement of hands.<br /> Pears in Solitude<br /> <br /> '''Pears in Solitude'''<br /> <br /> A blackbird vacantly delouses the hedge,<br /> <br /> yellow beak pointing like the weathercock,<br /> <br /> now west, now east, but having heard<br /> <br /> of infestations elsewhere, he takes his leave,<br /> <br /> too sadly, perhaps, to be believed.<br /> <br /> The weathercock turns his back on us,<br /> <br /> and on the slates the last gale cracked.<br /> <br /> His old pretense—he’s nowhere else to turn.<br /> <br /> We turn our backs on him. No matter the weather,<br /> <br /> rusty sun or bright scholarly rain,<br /> <br /> his sullen demeanor must be maintained.<br /> <br /> Even the pears turn inward, according to<br /> <br /> the demands of saintly meditation.<br /> <br /> Gathered in twos or threes they might<br /> <br /> whisper against the apples of South Africa<br /> <br /> or unripe limes from the generals of Brazil.<br /> <br /> Alone, they cannot contrive<br /> <br /> a change—but look! The weather is changing.<br /> <br /> Those rags of cloud that all afternoon<br /> <br /> threatened to wipe the sky with a murderous rain,<br /> <br /> the fifth this week, have torn themselves up,<br /> <br /> the yellow scraps ol forsythia, so savagely pruned,<br /> <br /> are blooming in the brushpile, and on the river<br /> <br /> mallards argue fluid mechanics.<br /> <br /> Now the blackbird is back, mouthing a shred of reed,<br /> <br /> a belated peace offering, but not to us<br /> <br /> nor to the regal crocus rising from earth.<br /> <br /> There’s an unsaintly gleam in the weathercock’s eye.<br /> Florida Pest Control<br /> <br /> '''Florida Pest Control'''<br /> <br /> The blonde unlocks<br /> <br /> her daddy’s Firebird,<br /> <br /> blood-red as a tropical fish.<br /> <br /> Privilege, that old bete noire<br /> <br /> shakes its head in her exhaust.<br /> <br /> Her rear lights swim<br /> <br /> in a fantail’s glide.<br /> <br /> The South exists,<br /> <br /> I write my liberal friends,<br /> <br /> with its wage slaves<br /> <br /> and Burger King estates<br /> <br /> in burning, frivolous pastels.<br /> <br /> No one can dream it away,<br /> <br /> though plasma centers drain<br /> <br /> the blood of black and white,<br /> <br /> our ball and chain.<br /> <br /> The houses turn to dust<br /> <br /> beneath us, gnawed by termite,<br /> <br /> beetle, or the fear of God.<br /> <br /> Only the past can’t be exterminated.<br /> <br /> Down the street Christo’s men<br /> <br /> sheathe a house in red plastic<br /> <br /> and pump three days of poison in.<br /> <br /> Last year two hapless thieves<br /> <br /> broke a lock and wandered through<br /> <br /> a termite-ridden house in Tallahassee.<br /> <br /> They choked to death<br /> <br /> in twenty minutes. Christ!<br /> The Shadow-Line<br /> <br /> '''The Shadow-Line'''<br /> <br /> A shadow loon flies from the glassy lake<br /> <br /> over mangroves and the freshwater pond<br /> <br /> where a lone canoeist casts between the fronds<br /> <br /> lying along the shore like broken rakes.<br /> <br /> He shatters the inky lacquer where the stars<br /> <br /> are scattered like a pinch of cooking salt<br /> <br /> in the old recipes. It’s no one’s fault.<br /> <br /> The red dot on the tree line must be Mars,<br /> <br /> or just a radio tower blinking, blinking<br /> <br /> messages two lovers might overlook.<br /> <br /> Night fish are rising to the maggoty hook.<br /> <br /> I can’t tell any longer what you are thinking.<br /> <br /> The shadow of the loon will soon embrace<br /> <br /> the shallows of the continental shelf<br /> <br /> as night becomes a shadow of itself.<br /> <br /> Another shadow passes over your face.<br /> <br /> We used to spend summer nights listening to jazz<br /> <br /> rude subtleties of the horn! Now we discuss<br /> <br /> surrendering to what will happen to us,<br /> <br /> or ought to, or perhaps already has.<br /> Nocturne Galant<br /> <br /> '''Nocturne Galant'''<br /> <br /> She stalked like a goddess on carpet<br /> <br /> through our two-star rented room,<br /> <br /> indifferent to her bare bottom<br /> <br /> or the cruelties of perfume<br /> <br /> that drifted up from the whores<br /> <br /> who kissed on the neon walk<br /> <br /> the Marines who gave nothing but money<br /> <br /> and got nothing back but talk.<br /> <br /> Our argument lasted till midnight,<br /> <br /> the right of it nothing but wrong.<br /> <br /> I laughed in my borrowed tuxedo.<br /> <br /> She cried into her sarong.<br /> <br /> True love would climb the Himalayas<br /> <br /> or drink the Amazon dry<br /> <br /> and promise to promise forever<br /> <br /> but never ask a girl why<br /> <br /> true love has the tongue of a tyrant<br /> <br /> who makes the traitor confess<br /> <br /> to treasons he has not committed.<br /> <br /> The poet knows little or less.<br /> <br /> And no one remembers the reasons,<br /> <br /> the boring and terminal sighs,<br /> <br /> the casualties of inbreeding,<br /> <br /> the crocodile tears in her eyes.<br /> <br /> I promised her that I'd be faithful<br /> <br /> with all my faithless heart<br /> <br /> for a month or until next Tuesday.<br /> <br /> Love lies, and so does art.<br /> <br /> <br /> '''Raison d’Etat'''<br /> <br /> The daffodils have pierced the crust of April<br /> <br /> like spears gripped in the hands of Roman soldiers<br /> <br /> still buried in the fenland’s ancient marshes<br /> <br /> where ravens starved of corpses tear each other.<br /> <br /> Decay can never penetrate the bodies<br /> <br /> of soldiers who have fallen in the marshes<br /> <br /> or morning papers casually recording<br /> <br /> that in a dusty Middle Eastern schoolroom<br /> <br /> a man was wired naked to a chair back,<br /> <br /> his legs spread open like a pregnant woman’s<br /> <br /> to let a boyish Christian flare his lighter<br /> <br /> again and again upon the prisoner’s skin<br /> <br /> while outside dirty children heard his screams.<br /> <br /> The soldiers failed to gain what information<br /> <br /> had led them to the village and the schoolroom.<br /> <br /> In England there are villages and schoolrooms<br /> <br /> where children learn by rote the information<br /> <br /> that king by king will pass examinations<br /> <br /> while yellowed charts display their fathers’ empire<br /> <br /> whose altered names by rote they have remembered,<br /> <br /> the climate, population, and chief products,<br /> <br /> the photographs of charming native customs:<br /> <br /> the doctors stand in feathers and regalia,<br /> <br /> the chieftains cure incurable diseases.<br /> <br /> They are not taught the politics of reason,<br /> <br /> why doctors in their white coats gently handle<br /> <br /> the sleeping prisoners they’ve strapped to gurneys<br /> <br /> to ease into their arms the sterile needles<br /> <br /> and drain each body of its quarts of blood.<br /> <br /> The blood is shipped to save the lives of soldiers<br /> <br /> who are not soldiers but are school-age children<br /> <br /> sent unarmed to clear paths through enemy minefields,<br /> <br /> to lie across the ribbons of barbed wire<br /> <br /> and let their bodies serve the feet of others<br /> <br /> who fly like cuckoos to nests of machine guns<br /> <br /> where if they die they die official martyrs<br /> <br /> who in their heaven will be singing warriors<br /> <br /> and will not need the sterile bags of blood.<br /> <br /> The doctors now are running out of needles.</div>

Michael Thomas Jones https://commonknowledge.wiki/index.php?title=The_Lore_of_Likeness&diff=462 2026-02-08T20:53:53Z

<p>Michael Thomas Jones: </p> <hr /> <div>This curriculum is intended for secondary students and undergraduates seeking to broaden and deepen their knowledge of representational art. Much art will also be referenced in the general history curricula, as reflective of a given era and shifting aesthetic values in society, but here we will focus on the interpretation of representational and symbolic artwork across time, primarily painting, illustration, and photography, both in the realm of the fine arts and popular media.<br /> <br /> [[Basic List of Key Western Artworks for Schools|A Basic List of Key Western Artworks for Schools]]<br /> <br /> === Theme Lessons ===<br /> Funny Animals: ancients and egyptians, toys, medieval manuscripts, tang dynasty camel, japanese ukiyo-e, victorians - various historical stylizations<br /> <br /> Samarkand &amp; The Sogdians<br /> <br /> == Stone Age ==<br /> <br /> <br /> == Bronze Age &amp; Ancient Civilizations ==<br /> <br /> <br /> == Classical Greek &amp; Roman ==<br /> <br /> <br /> == Early Christian Iconography and Iconoclasm ==<br /> <br /> <br /> == Barbarian Art ==<br /> <br /> == High Medieval Art ==<br /> <br /> == International Gothic ==<br /> <br /> == Renaissance ==<br /> <br /> == Northern Renaissance ==<br /> Printmaking and engraving<br /> <br /> == Late Renaissance ==<br /> <br /> == Dutch Golden Age ==<br /> <br /> == Baroque ==<br /> [[Capriccios]]<br /> <br /> == 1700s - Poussinistes and Rubenistes ==<br /> Venetian Old Masters<br /> <br /> == Early American Art ==<br /> <br /> == Neoclassicism and Revolution ==<br /> <br /> == Georgian Portraitists ==<br /> <br /> == Romanticism ==<br /> <br /> == Academic Art ==<br /> <br /> == Hudson River School ==<br /> <br /> == Pre-Raphaelites and Arts &amp; Crafts ==<br /> <br /> == Early Photography ==<br /> <br /> == Impressionists Vs. Salons ==<br /> <br /> == Japonisme &amp; Ukiyo-e ==<br /> <br /> == Post-Impressionism ==<br /> <br /> == Vienna &amp; Jugendstil ==<br /> <br /> == Modernisms ==<br /> <br /> === Collage ===<br /> <br /> === Primitivsm ===<br /> <br /> === Cubism ===<br /> <br /> === Italian Futurism ===<br /> <br /> === Suprematism ===<br /> <br /> === Expressionism ===<br /> <br /> === Dada ===<br /> <br /> === Surrealism ===<br /> <br /> === Degenerate Art, Weimar, German Expressionism ===<br /> <br /> == Midcentury ==<br /> <br /> === Soviet Propaganda ===<br /> <br /> === CIA Propaganda ===<br /> <br /> === Bauhaus ===<br /> <br /> === Abstract Expressionism ===<br /> <br /> === Optical Art ===<br /> <br /> === Pop Art ===<br /> <br /> === American realism and regionalism ===<br /> <br /> == Postmodernisms ==<br /> <br /> === Hyperrealism ===<br /> <br /> === Environmental Art ===<br /> <br /> === Conceptual Art ===<br /> <br /> === Performance Art ===<br /> <br /> === Outsider Art ===<br /> <br /> === Feminist Art ===<br /> <br /> === Contemporary London Artists ===<br /> <br /> === Late 20th Century Commercial Art and Advertising ===</div>

Michael Thomas Jones https://commonknowledge.wiki/index.php?title=Literature_Curricula&diff=461 2026-02-05T20:38:22Z

<p>Michael Thomas Jones: /* The Beginning of the Lore */</p> <hr /> <div>This page is intended to provide resources for secondary and undergraduate level studies in literature. While nothing can substitute for close reading, the most efficient way to make students generally confident and adept at textual interpretation is by providing context -- that is, as broad a survey of world literature and history as possible so that they can notice parallels and themes spanning all times and places, while also foregrounding idiosyncrasies. That's not to suggest that all literary scenes, schools, and eras are interchangeable in importance. It really is most important, after the Bible, to begin with reading the Greeks and Romans and Church Fathers.<br /> <br /> == Great Literature of World Cultures ==<br /> These curricula are designed to map out the great literary cultures of the world. <br /> <br /> While general lists will be provided for free exploration, each should contain a main curriculum that could cover a six year course of study throughout secondary school of that culture, whether in translation or (preferably) in the original language. <br /> <br /> &lt;div style=&quot;column-count:3&quot;&gt;<br /> #[[English Literature|English]]<br /> #French<br /> #Latin<br /> #Greek<br /> #German<br /> #Spanish<br /> #Japanese <br /> #Russian<br /> #Scandinavian<br /> #Finnish<br /> #Italian<br /> #Persian<br /> #Indian<br /> #Arabic<br /> #Chinese<br /> &lt;/div&gt;<br /> <br /> == The Beginning of the Lore ==<br /> American teenagers are swamped in bad ideas and dumb media all the time. They have a dearth of opportunities to be initiated into basically good and interesting ideas. The Lore is a single anthology of several hundred excerpts of short texts across several millennia, designed to be navigable in a year or two, that would expose them to difficult passages from primary sources and interesting ideas that they probably otherwise might never be exposed to. This is designed to be fun, quirky, and inspiring, though lacking the substance of close reading through entire works. This provides short texts as a spring board for interesting discussions about history and the nature of reality and to begin thinking in other categories than what social media typically provides. <br /> <br /> Beyond concepts, an added benefit of this reading list being widely used in the next generation would be just the linguistic broadening - the reintroduction of vocabulary and phrasings that might otherwise be forgotten in the deluge of social media and its muddying of English speech. We need to lay down enough old stones up the river of time so that young people can find a pathway back through the centuries, and not just get swept away by its unintelligibility. <br /> <br /> Excerpts:<br /> &lt;div style=&quot;column-count:3&quot;&gt;<br /> #Bible Lore<br /> #Ancient Myths<br /> #[[The Sublime]]<br /> #Saints<br /> #Patristics<br /> #Druids<br /> #Vikings<br /> #Anglo-Saxons<br /> #Crusaders<br /> #Mohametans<br /> #Monks<br /> #Knights<br /> #Romances<br /> #Giants<br /> #Reformers<br /> #Alchemists<br /> #Conquistadors<br /> #Jesuits<br /> #Seafarers<br /> #Christian Magic<br /> #Natural Philosophers<br /> #[[Pirate Lore|Pirates]]<br /> #Samurai<br /> #Witches<br /> #Antiquarians<br /> #[[Fairy Lore|Fairies]]<br /> #Colonists<br /> #Empires<br /> #Revivalists<br /> #[[Diaries of History|Diaries]]<br /> #Americans<br /> #Romantics<br /> #Socialists<br /> #Utopians<br /> #Industrialists<br /> #Inventors<br /> #Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood<br /> #Aesthetes<br /> #George-Kreis<br /> #Explorers<br /> #Archaeologists<br /> #Evolutionists<br /> #High Society<br /> #Cowboys<br /> #Avant-Garde<br /> #Surrealism<br /> #Psychology<br /> #Soviets<br /> #Nazis<br /> #Atomics<br /> #Hippies<br /> #Spies &amp; Regime Changes<br /> #Rockets<br /> #Computers<br /> #Civil Rights<br /> #White Ladies (L'Engle, Le Guin, Lamott, Dillard)<br /> #Gonzo (Hunter S. Thompson, Tom Wolfe)<br /> #Soldiers of Fortune<br /> #California Buddhism<br /> #Transhumanists<br /> #Preppers<br /> #Terrorists<br /> #Nothomb<br /> #Acceleration<br /> #Internet literature<br /> &lt;/div&gt;<br /> <br /> == A Basic Great Books Curriculum ==<br /> It's probably a bad idea to teach people that there is a simple list of 50 authors whose books are the most important to work through, to make a chore out of reading the best writers of all time. But in our illiterate age if we can get a student to pick up just a few of these, I count it as victory. And is true that a passing familiarity with these great texts provides a core vocabulary for launching off into the interpretation all other literature and history you might come across. So, I think it's worth promoting a basic Western Canon if only to open better doors of thought for young people to walk through, better doors than most of what discord and youtube and instagram and 4chan and reddit currently provide... <br /> <br /> The goal, then, is for students to have a basic introduction to all of these individuals -- not to put them up on pedestals of pretentious unthinking reverence. In doing so schools have discovered a diabolical aptitude for turning works as great as Shakespeare into a burden for so many souls.<br /> <br /> I would argue that in depth analysis and memorization is only necessary for sacred scripture. Everything else should be treated more lightly. It shouldn't be hard for a reasonably literate youth to at least touch on most of these authors over the course of a few years, as introductory.<br /> <br /> This would be a basic prelude to more serious study which should involve: choosing an era or school of thought to read through thoroughly; choosing a foreign language to study over a lifetime and the great authors of that language; and general mapping out of other canonicities.<br /> <br /> [articles in progress]<br /> <br /> <br /> &lt;div style=&quot;column-count:3&quot;&gt;<br /> #The Bible<br /> #Homer<br /> #Plato<br /> #Aristotle<br /> #Aeschylus, Euripides, &amp; Sophocles<br /> #Vergil<br /> #Ovid<br /> #Augustine<br /> #Beowulf &amp; Anglo-Saxon Poetry<br /> #Aquinas<br /> #Arthurian romance<br /> #Chaucer<br /> #Dante<br /> #Machiavelli <br /> #Luther<br /> #Calvin<br /> #Hooker<br /> #Pascal<br /> #Shakespeare<br /> #Hobbes<br /> #Milton<br /> #Descartes<br /> #Locke<br /> #Hume<br /> #Rousseau<br /> #Kant<br /> #Goethe<br /> #American Founding Fathers<br /> #Hegel<br /> #Austen<br /> #Melville<br /> #Dostoevsky<br /> #Dumas<br /> #Hugo<br /> #Baudelaire<br /> #Rudyard Kipling<br /> #Nietzsche<br /> #Thomas Carlyle<br /> #Marx<br /> #Freud<br /> #Jung<br /> #Oscar Wilde<br /> #Henry James<br /> #James Joyce<br /> #Proust<br /> #Camus<br /> #T.S. Eliot<br /> #Fitzgerald<br /> #Steinbeck<br /> #C.S. Lewis<br /> #Solzhenitsyn<br /> #Pynchon<br /> #Tom Wolfe<br /> &lt;/div&gt;<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> == Canonicities ==<br /> <br /> <br /> In draft:<br /> <br /> ancient egypt &amp; egyptologists<br /> <br /> mesopotamian canon<br /> <br /> chinese classics<br /> <br /> greek canon<br /> <br /> romans<br /> <br /> persian canon<br /> <br /> pagan myth<br /> <br /> church fathers<br /> <br /> islamic jurists and golden age philosophers<br /> <br /> Arab-Byzantine Wars<br /> <br /> Reconquista<br /> <br /> buddhist philosophers<br /> <br /> germanic texts<br /> <br /> medieval rabbis<br /> <br /> medieval romances, medieval poetry, allegories, <br /> <br /> hagiographies<br /> <br /> schoolmen<br /> <br /> medieval chronicles<br /> <br /> Courtly love, troubadours<br /> <br /> Crusader literature<br /> <br /> renaissance humanists and reformers<br /> <br /> counter reformation literature<br /> <br /> western hermeticism<br /> <br /> new world explorers<br /> <br /> the ottoman canon<br /> <br /> English renaissance, metaphysical poets<br /> <br /> reformed orthodox, remonstrants<br /> <br /> dutch golden age authors<br /> <br /> Anglo-Dutch-Spanish War Era<br /> <br /> spanish golden age<br /> <br /> 1700s satirists<br /> <br /> 1700s Anglo-French Global Wars<br /> <br /> Lumieres, enlightenment philosophers, 1700s french literature<br /> <br /> explorer naturalists<br /> <br /> Napoleonic era literature, Revolutionary era<br /> <br /> Romanticism, Gothic<br /> <br /> 19th century academics, historiography, the German university<br /> <br /> 19th century socialists, anarchists, and marxists<br /> <br /> Colonial literature<br /> <br /> Mission literature<br /> <br /> the victorians, literature of the industrial revolution<br /> <br /> Victorian Explorer Anthropologist (esoteric imperial racism) / Scramble for Africa / Orientalists<br /> <br /> New England authors, transcendentalists<br /> <br /> French symbolists<br /> <br /> literary realists<br /> <br /> Post Napoleonic Literature<br /> <br /> Post Civil War Era Literature<br /> <br /> Russian canon<br /> <br /> The Great Game: empires' perspectives and from the locals' perspectives<br /> <br /> Siberia, Alaska, and Arctic Extremes<br /> <br /> theosophists<br /> <br /> Utopians<br /> <br /> New York New Religions<br /> <br /> Third Republic Literature<br /> <br /> fin de siecle and the edwardians, decadents<br /> <br /> Missionaries and Anglo-American Empire, Old China Hands<br /> <br /> American expansions<br /> <br /> Jewish diaspora, Zionists, and their influence<br /> <br /> austrian literature near the end<br /> <br /> modernists, paris scene<br /> <br /> surrealists<br /> <br /> socialist and labor movements reaching climax in depression and world wars<br /> <br /> Wartime and Interwar German Literature, Nazi and Non-Nazi Literature<br /> <br /> Southern agrarians, Southern American canon<br /> <br /> modern Japanese canon<br /> <br /> founding psychologists<br /> <br /> early sociologists<br /> <br /> early science fiction<br /> <br /> Early Soviets - russian cosmists, radicals<br /> <br /> Postcolonial literature and theorists<br /> <br /> continental theorists<br /> <br /> glamor photographers<br /> <br /> Cold War literature, American controlled Europe, <br /> <br /> Later Soviets<br /> <br /> esoteric central european art scenes, film, animation 1900-1990<br /> <br /> underground comix<br /> <br /> Midcentury Anthropologists<br /> <br /> beats, hippie canon<br /> <br /> [[1960s Science Fiction|60s Sci-Fi]]<br /> <br /> transhumanist canon<br /> <br /> magical realists, exoticist bobocore<br /> <br /> art pop for christian schools<br /> <br /> indie cinema<br /> <br /> short films</div>

Michael Thomas Jones https://commonknowledge.wiki/index.php?title=Diaries_of_History&diff=460 2026-02-05T19:58:37Z

<p>Michael Thomas Jones: </p> <hr /> <div>Japanese diaries<br /> <br /> <br /> Pepys<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Walter Scott's journal has been praised:<br /> <br /> November 20, 1825.—I have all my life regretted that I did not keep a regular Journal. I have myself lost recollection of much that was interesting, and I have deprived my family and the public of some curious information, by not carrying this resolution into effect. I have bethought me, on seeing lately some volumes of Byron's notes, that he probably had hit upon the right way of keeping such a memorandum-book, by throwing aside all pretence to regularity and order, and marking down events just as they occurred to recollection. I will try this plan; and behold I have a handsome locked volume, such as might serve for a lady's album. Nota bene, John Lockhart, and Anne, and I are to raise a Society for the suppression of Albums. It is a most troublesome shape of mendicity. Sir, your autograph—a line of poetry—or a prose sentence!—Among all the sprawling sonnets, and blotted trumpery that dishonours these miscellanies, a man must have a good stomach that can swallow this botheration as a compliment.<br /> <br /> I was in Ireland last summer, and had a most delightful tour. It cost me upwards of £500, including £100 left with Walter and Jane, for we travelled a large party and in style. There is much less exaggerated about the Irish than is to be expected. Their poverty is not exaggerated; it is on the extreme verge of human misery; their cottages would scarce serve for pig-styes, even in Scotland, and their rags seem the very refuse of a rag-shop, and are disposed on their bodies with such ingenious variety of wretchedness that you would think nothing but some sort of perverted taste could have assembled so many shreds together. You are constantly fearful that some knot or loop will give, and place the individual before you in all the primitive simplicity of Paradise. Then for their food, they have only potatoes, and too few of them. Yet the men look stout and healthy, the women buxom and well-coloured.<br /> <br /> Dined with us, being Sunday, Will. Clerk and Charles Kirkpatrick Sharpe. W.C. is the second son of the celebrated author of Naval Tactics.[1] I have known him intimately since our college days; and, to my thinking, never met a man of greater powers, or more complete information on all desirable subjects. In youth he had strongly the Edinburgh pruritus disputandi; but habits of society have greatly mellowed it, and though still anxious to gain your suffrage to his views, he endeavours rather to conciliate your opinion than conquer it by force. Still there is enough of tenacity of sentiment to prevent, in London society, where all must go slack and easy, W.C. from rising to the very top of the tree as a conversation man, who must not only wind the thread of his argument gracefully, but also know when to let go. But I like the Scotch taste better; there is more matter, more information, above all, more spirit in it. Clerk will, I am afraid, leave the world little more than the report of his fame. He is too indolent to finish any considerable work.[2] Charles Kirkpatrick Sharpe is another very remarkable man. He was bred a clergyman, but did not take orders, owing I believe to a peculiar effeminacy of voice which must have been unpleasant in reading prayers. Some family quarrels occasioned his being indifferently provided for by a small annuity from his elder brother, extorted by an arbitral decree. He has infinite wit and a great turn for antiquarian lore, as the publications of Kirkton,[3] etc., bear witness. His drawings are the most fanciful and droll imaginable—a mixture between Hogarth and some of those foreign masters who painted temptations of St. Anthony, and such grotesque subjects. As a poet he has not a very strong touch. Strange that his finger-ends can describe so well what he cannot bring out clearly and firmly in words. If he were to make drawing a resource, it might raise him a large income. But though a lover of antiquities, and therefore of expensive trifles, C.K.S. is too aristocratic to use his art to assist his revenue. He is a very complete genealogist, and has made many detections in Douglas and other books on pedigree, which our nobles would do well to suppress if they had an opportunity. Strange that a man should be curious after scandal of centuries old! Not but Charles loves it fresh and fresh also, for, being very much a fashionable man, he is always master of the reigning report, and he tells the anecdote with such gusto that there is no helping sympathising with him—the peculiarity of voice adding not a little to the general effect. My idea is that C.K.S., with his oddities, tastes, satire, and high aristocratic feelings, resembles Horace Walpole—perhaps in his person also, in a general way.—See Miss Hawkins' Anecdotes[4] for a description of the author of The Castle of Otranto.<br /> <br /> No other company at dinner except my cheerful and good-humoured friend Missie Macdonald,[5] so called in fondness. One bottle of champagne with the ladies' assistance, two of claret. I observe that both these great connoisseurs were very nearly, if not quite, agreed, that there are no absolutely undoubted originals of Queen Mary. But how then should we be so very distinctly informed as to her features? What has become of all the originals which suggested these innumerable copies? Surely Mary must have been as unfortunate in this as in other particulars of her life<br /> <br /> 'This was a day of labour, agreeably varied by a pain which rendered it scarce possible to sit upright. My Journal is getting a vile chirurgical aspect.'<br /> <br /> <br /> 'I fear my walking powers are diminishing, but why not? They have been wonderfully long efficient, all things considered, only I fear I shall get fat and fall into diseases. Well, things must be as they may. Let us use the time and faculties which God has left us, and trust futurity to his guidance. Amen.<br /> <br /> ...<br /> <br /> ''Good-humour''.—There is perpetual kindness in the Irish cabin; butter-milk, potatoes, a stool is offered, or a stone is rolled that your honour may sit down and be out of the smoke, and those who beg everywhere else seem desirous to exercise free hospitality in their own houses. Their natural disposition is turned to gaiety and happiness; while a Scotchman is thinking about the term-day, or, if easy on that subject, about hell in the next world—while an Englishman is making a little hell of his own in the present, because his muffin is not well roasted—Pat's mind is always turned to fun and ridicule. They are terribly excitable, to be sure, and will murther you on slight suspicion, and find out next day that it was all a mistake, and that it was not yourself they meant to kill at all at all.<br /> <br /> ...<br /> <br /> Dined with Robert Cockburn. Company, Lord Melville and family; Sir John and Lady Hope; Lord and Lady R. Kerr, and so forth. Combination of colliers general, and coals up to double price; the men will not work, ''although'', or rather ''because'', they can make from thirty to forty shillings per week. Lord R.K. told us that he had a letter from Lord Forbes (son of Earl Granard, Ireland), that he was asleep in his house at Castle Forbes, when awakened by a sense of suffocation which deprived him of the power of stirring a limb, yet left him the consciousness that the house was on fire. At this moment, and while his apartment was in flames, his large dog jumped on the bed, seized his shirt, and dragged him to the staircase, where the fresh air restored his powers of exertion and of escape. This is very different from most cases of preservation of life by the canine race, when the animal generally jumps into the water, in which [element] he has force and skill. That of fire is as hostile to him as to mankind.<br /> <br /> ''November'' 25.—Read Jeffrey's neat and well-intended address&lt;sup&gt;[32]&lt;/sup&gt; to the mechanics upon their combinations. Will it do good? Umph. It takes only the hand of a Lilliputian to light a fire, but would require the diuretic powers of Gulliver to extinguish it. The Whigs will live and die in the heresy that the world is ruled by little pamphlets and speeches, and that if you can sufficiently demonstrate that a line of conduct is most consistent with men's interest, you have therefore and thereby demonstrated that they will at length, after a few speeches on the subject, adopt it of course. In this case we would have [no] need of laws or churches, for I am sure there is no difficulty in proving that moral, regular, and steady habits conduce to men's best interest, and that vice is not sin merely, but folly. But of these men each has passions and prejudices, the gratification of which he prefers, not only to the general weal, but to that of himself as an individual. Under the action of these wayward impulses a man drinks to-day though he is sure of starving to-morrow. He murders to-morrow though he is sure to be hanged on Wednesday; and people are so slow to believe that which makes against their own predominant passions, that mechanics will combine to raise the price for one week, though they destroy the manufacture for ever. The best remedy seems to be the probable supply of labourers from other trades. Jeffrey proposes each mechanic shall learn some other trade than his own, and so have two strings to his bow. He does not consider the length of a double apprenticeship. To make a man a good weaver and a good tailor would require as much time as the patriarch served for his two wives, and after all, he would be but a poor workman at either craft. Each mechanic has, indeed, a second trade, for he can dig and do rustic work. Perhaps the best reason for breaking up the association will prove to be the expenditure of the money which they have been simple enough to levy from the industrious for the support of the idle. How much provision for the sick and the aged, the widow and the orphan, has been expended in the attempt to get wages which the manufacturer cannot afford them, with any profitable chance of selling his commodity?<br /> <br /> I had a bad fall last night coming home. There were unfinished houses at the east end of Atholl Place,&lt;sup&gt;[33]&lt;/sup&gt; and as I was on foot, I crossed the street to avoid the material which lay about; but, deceived by the moonlight, I stepped ankle-deep in a sea of mud (honest earth and water, thank God), and fell on my hands. Never was there such a representative of ''Wall'' in Pyramus and Thisbe—I was absolutely rough-cast. Luckily Lady S. had retired when I came home; so I enjoyed my tub of water without either remonstrance or condolences. Cockburn's hospitality will get the benefit and renown of my downfall, and yet has no claim to it. In future though, I must take a coach at night—a control on one's freedom, but it must be submitted to. I found a letter from [R.] C[adell], giving a cheering account of things in London. Their correspondent is getting into his strength. Three days ago I would have been contented to buy this ''consola'', as Judy says,&lt;sup&gt;[34]&lt;/sup&gt; dearer than by a dozen falls in the mud. For had the great Constable fallen, O my countrymen, what a fall were there!<br /> <br /> ''N.B.'' Within eight weeks after recording this graceful act of submission, I found I was unable to keep a carriage at all.<br /> <br /> Mrs. Coutts, with the Duke of St. Albans and Lady Charlotte Beauclerk, called to take leave of us. When at Abbotsford his suit throve but coldly. She made me, I believe, her confidant in sincerity.&lt;sup&gt;[35]&lt;/sup&gt; She had refused him twice, and decidedly. He was merely on the footing of friendship. I urged it was akin to love. She allowed she might marry the Duke, only she had at present not the least intention that way. Is this frank admission more favourable for the Duke than an absolute protestation against the possibility of such a marriage? I think not. It is the fashion to attend Mrs. Coutts' parties and to abuse her. I have always found her a kind, friendly woman, without either affectation or insolence in the display of her wealth, and most willing to do good if the means be shown to her. She can be very entertaining too, as she speaks without scruple of her stage life. So much wealth can hardly be enjoyed without some ostentation. But what then? If the Duke marries her, he ensures an immense fortune; if she marries him, she has the first rank. If he marries a woman older than himself by twenty years, she marries a man younger in wit by twenty degrees. I do not think he will dilapidate her fortune—he seems quiet and gentle. I do not think that she will abuse his softness—of disposition, shall I say, or of heart? The disparity of ages concerns no one but themselves; so they have my consent to marry, if they can get each other's. Just as this is written, enter my Lord of St. Albans and Lady Charlotte, to beg I would recommend a book of sermons to Mrs. Coutts. Much obliged for her good opinion: recommended Logan's&lt;sup&gt;[36]&lt;/sup&gt;—one poet should always speak for another. The mission, I suppose, was a little display on the part of good Mrs. Coutts of authority over her high aristocratic suitor. I do not suspect her of turning ''dévote'', and retract my consent given as above, unless she remains &quot;lively, brisk, and jolly.&quot;&lt;sup&gt;[37]&lt;/sup&gt;<br /> <br /> Dined quiet with wife and daughter. R[obert] Cadell looked in in the evening on business.<br /> <br /> I here register my purpose to practise economics. I have little temptation to do otherwise. Abbotsford is all that I can make it, and too large for the property; so I resolve—<br /> <br /> No more building;<br /> <br /> No purchases of land till times are quite safe;<br /> <br /> No buying books or expensive trifles—I mean to any extent; and<br /> <br /> Clearing off encumbrances, with the returns of this year's labour;—<br /> <br /> Which resolutions, with health and my habits of industry, will make me &quot;sleep in spite of thunder.&quot;<br /> <br /> After all, it is hard that the vagabond stock-jobbing Jews should, for their own purposes, make such a shake of credit as now exists in London, and menace the credit of men trading on sure funds like H[urst] and R[obinson]. It is just like a set of pickpockets, who raise a mob, in which honest folks are knocked down and plundered, that they may pillage safely in the midst of the confusion they have excited.</div>

Michael Thomas Jones https://commonknowledge.wiki/index.php?title=Diaries_of_History&diff=459 2026-02-05T19:48:49Z

<p>Michael Thomas Jones: Created page with &quot;Japanese diaries Pepys Walter Scott&#039;s journal has been praised: November 20, 1825.—I have all my life regretted that I did not keep a regular Journal. I have myself lost recollection of much that was interesting, and I have deprived my family and the public of some curious information, by not carrying this resolution into effect. I have bethought me, on seeing lately some volumes of Byron&#039;s notes, that he probably had hit upon the right way of keeping such a me...&quot;</p> <hr /> <div>Japanese diaries<br /> <br /> <br /> Pepys<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Walter Scott's journal has been praised:<br /> <br /> November 20, 1825.—I have all my life regretted that I did not keep a regular Journal. I have myself lost recollection of much that was interesting, and I have deprived my family and the public of some curious information, by not carrying this resolution into effect. I have bethought me, on seeing lately some volumes of Byron's notes, that he probably had hit upon the right way of keeping such a memorandum-book, by throwing aside all pretence to regularity and order, and marking down events just as they occurred to recollection. I will try this plan; and behold I have a handsome locked volume, such as might serve for a lady's album. Nota bene, John Lockhart, and Anne, and I are to raise a Society for the suppression of Albums. It is a most troublesome shape of mendicity. Sir, your autograph—a line of poetry—or a prose sentence!—Among all the sprawling sonnets, and blotted trumpery that dishonours these miscellanies, a man must have a good stomach that can swallow this botheration as a compliment.<br /> <br /> I was in Ireland last summer, and had a most delightful tour. It cost me upwards of £500, including £100 left with Walter and Jane, for we travelled a large party and in style. There is much less exaggerated about the Irish than is to be expected. Their poverty is not exaggerated; it is on the extreme verge of human misery; their cottages would scarce serve for pig-styes, even in Scotland, and their rags seem the very refuse of a rag-shop, and are disposed on their bodies with such ingenious variety of wretchedness that you would think nothing but some sort of perverted taste could have assembled so many shreds together. You are constantly fearful that some knot or loop will give, and place the individual before you in all the primitive simplicity of Paradise. Then for their food, they have only potatoes, and too few of them. Yet the men look stout and healthy, the women buxom and well-coloured.<br /> <br /> Dined with us, being Sunday, Will. Clerk and Charles Kirkpatrick Sharpe. W.C. is the second son of the celebrated author of Naval Tactics.[1] I have known him intimately since our college days; and, to my thinking, never met a man of greater powers, or more complete information on all desirable subjects. In youth he had strongly the Edinburgh pruritus disputandi; but habits of society have greatly mellowed it, and though still anxious to gain your suffrage to his views, he endeavours rather to conciliate your opinion than conquer it by force. Still there is enough of tenacity of sentiment to prevent, in London society, where all must go slack and easy, W.C. from rising to the very top of the tree as a conversation man, who must not only wind the thread of his argument gracefully, but also know when to let go. But I like the Scotch taste better; there is more matter, more information, above all, more spirit in it. Clerk will, I am afraid, leave the world little more than the report of his fame. He is too indolent to finish any considerable work.[2] Charles Kirkpatrick Sharpe is another very remarkable man. He was bred a clergyman, but did not take orders, owing I believe to a peculiar effeminacy of voice which must have been unpleasant in reading prayers. Some family quarrels occasioned his being indifferently provided for by a small annuity from his elder brother, extorted by an arbitral decree. He has infinite wit and a great turn for antiquarian lore, as the publications of Kirkton,[3] etc., bear witness. His drawings are the most fanciful and droll imaginable—a mixture between Hogarth and some of those foreign masters who painted temptations of St. Anthony, and such grotesque subjects. As a poet he has not a very strong touch. Strange that his finger-ends can describe so well what he cannot bring out clearly and firmly in words. If he were to make drawing a resource, it might raise him a large income. But though a lover of antiquities, and therefore of expensive trifles, C.K.S. is too aristocratic to use his art to assist his revenue. He is a very complete genealogist, and has made many detections in Douglas and other books on pedigree, which our nobles would do well to suppress if they had an opportunity. Strange that a man should be curious after scandal of centuries old! Not but Charles loves it fresh and fresh also, for, being very much a fashionable man, he is always master of the reigning report, and he tells the anecdote with such gusto that there is no helping sympathising with him—the peculiarity of voice adding not a little to the general effect. My idea is that C.K.S., with his oddities, tastes, satire, and high aristocratic feelings, resembles Horace Walpole—perhaps in his person also, in a general way.—See Miss Hawkins' Anecdotes[4] for a description of the author of The Castle of Otranto.<br /> <br /> No other company at dinner except my cheerful and good-humoured friend Missie Macdonald,[5] so called in fondness. One bottle of champagne with the ladies' assistance, two of claret. I observe that both these great connoisseurs were very nearly, if not quite, agreed, that there are no absolutely undoubted originals of Queen Mary. But how then should we be so very distinctly informed as to her features? What has become of all the originals which suggested these innumerable copies? Surely Mary must have been as unfortunate in this as in other particulars of her life<br /> <br /> 'This was a day of labour, agreeably varied by a pain which rendered it scarce possible to sit upright. My Journal is getting a vile chirurgical aspect.'<br /> <br /> <br /> 'I fear my walking powers are diminishing, but why not? They have been wonderfully long efficient, all things considered, only I fear I shall get fat and fall into diseases. Well, things must be as they may. Let us use the time and faculties which God has left us, and trust futurity to his guidance. Amen.</div>

Michael Thomas Jones https://commonknowledge.wiki/index.php?title=Literature_Curricula&diff=458 2026-02-05T19:31:10Z

<p>Michael Thomas Jones: /* The Beginning of the Lore */</p> <hr /> <div>This page is intended to provide resources for secondary and undergraduate level studies in literature. While nothing can substitute for close reading, the most efficient way to make students generally confident and adept at textual interpretation is by providing context -- that is, as broad a survey of world literature and history as possible so that they can notice parallels and themes spanning all times and places, while also foregrounding idiosyncrasies. That's not to suggest that all literary scenes, schools, and eras are interchangeable in importance. It really is most important, after the Bible, to begin with reading the Greeks and Romans and Church Fathers.<br /> <br /> == Great Literature of World Cultures ==<br /> These curricula are designed to map out the great literary cultures of the world. <br /> <br /> While general lists will be provided for free exploration, each should contain a main curriculum that could cover a six year course of study throughout secondary school of that culture, whether in translation or (preferably) in the original language. <br /> <br /> &lt;div style=&quot;column-count:3&quot;&gt;<br /> #[[English Literature|English]]<br /> #French<br /> #Latin<br /> #Greek<br /> #German<br /> #Spanish<br /> #Japanese <br /> #Russian<br /> #Scandinavian<br /> #Finnish<br /> #Italian<br /> #Persian<br /> #Indian<br /> #Arabic<br /> #Chinese<br /> &lt;/div&gt;<br /> <br /> == The Beginning of the Lore ==<br /> American teenagers are swamped in bad ideas and dumb media all the time. They have a dearth of opportunities to be initiated into basically good and interesting ideas. The Lore is a single anthology of several hundred excerpts of short texts across several millennia, designed to be navigable in a year or two, that would expose them to difficult passages from primary sources and interesting ideas that they probably otherwise might never be exposed to. This is designed to be fun, quirky, and inspiring, though lacking the substance of close reading through entire works. This provides short texts as a spring board for interesting discussions about history and the nature of reality and to begin thinking in other categories than what social media typically provides. <br /> <br /> Beyond concepts, an added benefit of this reading list being widely used in the next generation would be just the linguistic broadening - the reintroduction of vocabulary and phrasings that might otherwise be forgotten in the deluge of social media and its muddying of English speech. We need to lay down enough old stones up the river of time so that young people can find a pathway back through the centuries, and not just get swept away by its unintelligibility. <br /> <br /> Excerpts:<br /> &lt;div style=&quot;column-count:3&quot;&gt;<br /> #Bible Lore<br /> #Ancient Myths<br /> #[[The Sublime]]<br /> #Saints<br /> #Patristics<br /> #Druids<br /> #Vikings<br /> #Anglo-Saxons<br /> #Crusaders<br /> #Mohametans<br /> #Monks<br /> #Knights<br /> #Romances<br /> #Giants<br /> #Reformers<br /> #Alchemists<br /> #Conquistadors<br /> #Jesuits<br /> #Seafarers<br /> #Christian Magic<br /> #Natural Philosophers<br /> #[[Pirate Lore|Pirates]]<br /> #Samurai<br /> #Witches<br /> #Antiquarians<br /> #[[Fairy Lore|Fairies]]<br /> #Colonists<br /> #Empires<br /> #Revivalists<br /> #Diaries<br /> #Americans<br /> #Romantics<br /> #Socialists<br /> #Utopians<br /> #Industrialists<br /> #Inventors<br /> #Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood<br /> #Aesthetes<br /> #George-Kreis<br /> #Explorers<br /> #Archaeologists<br /> #Evolutionists<br /> #High Society<br /> #Cowboys<br /> #Avant-Garde<br /> #Surrealism<br /> #Psychology<br /> #Soviets<br /> #Nazis<br /> #Atomics<br /> #Hippies<br /> #Spies &amp; Regime Changes<br /> #Rockets<br /> #Computers<br /> #Civil Rights<br /> #White Ladies (L'Engle, Le Guin, Lamott, Dillard)<br /> #Gonzo (Hunter S. Thompson, Tom Wolfe)<br /> #Soldiers of Fortune<br /> #California Buddhism<br /> #Transhumanists<br /> #Preppers<br /> #Terrorists<br /> #Nothomb<br /> #Acceleration<br /> #Internet literature<br /> &lt;/div&gt;<br /> <br /> == A Basic Great Books Curriculum ==<br /> It's probably a bad idea to teach people that there is a simple list of 50 authors whose books are the most important to work through, to make a chore out of reading the best writers of all time. But in our illiterate age if we can get a student to pick up just a few of these, I count it as victory. And is true that a passing familiarity with these great texts provides a core vocabulary for launching off into the interpretation all other literature and history you might come across. So, I think it's worth promoting a basic Western Canon if only to open better doors of thought for young people to walk through, better doors than most of what discord and youtube and instagram and 4chan and reddit currently provide... <br /> <br /> The goal, then, is for students to have a basic introduction to all of these individuals -- not to put them up on pedestals of pretentious unthinking reverence. In doing so schools have discovered a diabolical aptitude for turning works as great as Shakespeare into a burden for so many souls.<br /> <br /> I would argue that in depth analysis and memorization is only necessary for sacred scripture. Everything else should be treated more lightly. It shouldn't be hard for a reasonably literate youth to at least touch on most of these authors over the course of a few years, as introductory.<br /> <br /> This would be a basic prelude to more serious study which should involve: choosing an era or school of thought to read through thoroughly; choosing a foreign language to study over a lifetime and the great authors of that language; and general mapping out of other canonicities.<br /> <br /> [articles in progress]<br /> <br /> <br /> &lt;div style=&quot;column-count:3&quot;&gt;<br /> #The Bible<br /> #Homer<br /> #Plato<br /> #Aristotle<br /> #Aeschylus, Euripides, &amp; Sophocles<br /> #Vergil<br /> #Ovid<br /> #Augustine<br /> #Beowulf &amp; Anglo-Saxon Poetry<br /> #Aquinas<br /> #Arthurian romance<br /> #Chaucer<br /> #Dante<br /> #Machiavelli <br /> #Luther<br /> #Calvin<br /> #Hooker<br /> #Pascal<br /> #Shakespeare<br /> #Hobbes<br /> #Milton<br /> #Descartes<br /> #Locke<br /> #Hume<br /> #Rousseau<br /> #Kant<br /> #Goethe<br /> #American Founding Fathers<br /> #Hegel<br /> #Austen<br /> #Melville<br /> #Dostoevsky<br /> #Dumas<br /> #Hugo<br /> #Baudelaire<br /> #Rudyard Kipling<br /> #Nietzsche<br /> #Thomas Carlyle<br /> #Marx<br /> #Freud<br /> #Jung<br /> #Oscar Wilde<br /> #Henry James<br /> #James Joyce<br /> #Proust<br /> #Camus<br /> #T.S. Eliot<br /> #Fitzgerald<br /> #Steinbeck<br /> #C.S. Lewis<br /> #Solzhenitsyn<br /> #Pynchon<br /> #Tom Wolfe<br /> &lt;/div&gt;<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> == Canonicities ==<br /> <br /> <br /> In draft:<br /> <br /> ancient egypt &amp; egyptologists<br /> <br /> mesopotamian canon<br /> <br /> chinese classics<br /> <br /> greek canon<br /> <br /> romans<br /> <br /> persian canon<br /> <br /> pagan myth<br /> <br /> church fathers<br /> <br /> islamic jurists and golden age philosophers<br /> <br /> Arab-Byzantine Wars<br /> <br /> Reconquista<br /> <br /> buddhist philosophers<br /> <br /> germanic texts<br /> <br /> medieval rabbis<br /> <br /> medieval romances, medieval poetry, allegories, <br /> <br /> hagiographies<br /> <br /> schoolmen<br /> <br /> medieval chronicles<br /> <br /> Courtly love, troubadours<br /> <br /> Crusader literature<br /> <br /> renaissance humanists and reformers<br /> <br /> counter reformation literature<br /> <br /> western hermeticism<br /> <br /> new world explorers<br /> <br /> the ottoman canon<br /> <br /> English renaissance, metaphysical poets<br /> <br /> reformed orthodox, remonstrants<br /> <br /> dutch golden age authors<br /> <br /> Anglo-Dutch-Spanish War Era<br /> <br /> spanish golden age<br /> <br /> 1700s satirists<br /> <br /> 1700s Anglo-French Global Wars<br /> <br /> Lumieres, enlightenment philosophers, 1700s french literature<br /> <br /> explorer naturalists<br /> <br /> Napoleonic era literature, Revolutionary era<br /> <br /> Romanticism, Gothic<br /> <br /> 19th century academics, historiography, the German university<br /> <br /> 19th century socialists, anarchists, and marxists<br /> <br /> Colonial literature<br /> <br /> Mission literature<br /> <br /> the victorians, literature of the industrial revolution<br /> <br /> Victorian Explorer Anthropologist (esoteric imperial racism) / Scramble for Africa / Orientalists<br /> <br /> New England authors, transcendentalists<br /> <br /> French symbolists<br /> <br /> literary realists<br /> <br /> Post Napoleonic Literature<br /> <br /> Post Civil War Era Literature<br /> <br /> Russian canon<br /> <br /> The Great Game: empires' perspectives and from the locals' perspectives<br /> <br /> Siberia, Alaska, and Arctic Extremes<br /> <br /> theosophists<br /> <br /> Utopians<br /> <br /> New York New Religions<br /> <br /> Third Republic Literature<br /> <br /> fin de siecle and the edwardians, decadents<br /> <br /> Missionaries and Anglo-American Empire, Old China Hands<br /> <br /> American expansions<br /> <br /> Jewish diaspora, Zionists, and their influence<br /> <br /> austrian literature near the end<br /> <br /> modernists, paris scene<br /> <br /> surrealists<br /> <br /> socialist and labor movements reaching climax in depression and world wars<br /> <br /> Wartime and Interwar German Literature, Nazi and Non-Nazi Literature<br /> <br /> Southern agrarians, Southern American canon<br /> <br /> modern Japanese canon<br /> <br /> founding psychologists<br /> <br /> early sociologists<br /> <br /> early science fiction<br /> <br /> Early Soviets - russian cosmists, radicals<br /> <br /> Postcolonial literature and theorists<br /> <br /> continental theorists<br /> <br /> glamor photographers<br /> <br /> Cold War literature, American controlled Europe, <br /> <br /> Later Soviets<br /> <br /> esoteric central european art scenes, film, animation 1900-1990<br /> <br /> underground comix<br /> <br /> Midcentury Anthropologists<br /> <br /> beats, hippie canon<br /> <br /> [[1960s Science Fiction|60s Sci-Fi]]<br /> <br /> transhumanist canon<br /> <br /> magical realists, exoticist bobocore<br /> <br /> art pop for christian schools<br /> <br /> indie cinema<br /> <br /> short films</div>

Michael Thomas Jones https://commonknowledge.wiki/index.php?title=Literature_Curricula&diff=457 2026-02-05T19:23:42Z

<p>Michael Thomas Jones: /* The Beginning of the Lore */</p> <hr /> <div>This page is intended to provide resources for secondary and undergraduate level studies in literature. While nothing can substitute for close reading, the most efficient way to make students generally confident and adept at textual interpretation is by providing context -- that is, as broad a survey of world literature and history as possible so that they can notice parallels and themes spanning all times and places, while also foregrounding idiosyncrasies. That's not to suggest that all literary scenes, schools, and eras are interchangeable in importance. It really is most important, after the Bible, to begin with reading the Greeks and Romans and Church Fathers.<br /> <br /> == Great Literature of World Cultures ==<br /> These curricula are designed to map out the great literary cultures of the world. <br /> <br /> While general lists will be provided for free exploration, each should contain a main curriculum that could cover a six year course of study throughout secondary school of that culture, whether in translation or (preferably) in the original language. <br /> <br /> &lt;div style=&quot;column-count:3&quot;&gt;<br /> #[[English Literature|English]]<br /> #French<br /> #Latin<br /> #Greek<br /> #German<br /> #Spanish<br /> #Japanese <br /> #Russian<br /> #Scandinavian<br /> #Finnish<br /> #Italian<br /> #Persian<br /> #Indian<br /> #Arabic<br /> #Chinese<br /> &lt;/div&gt;<br /> <br /> == The Beginning of the Lore ==<br /> American teenagers are swamped in bad ideas and dumb media all the time. They have a dearth of opportunities to be initiated into basically good and interesting ideas. The Lore is a single anthology of several hundred excerpts of short texts across several millennia, designed to be navigable in a year or two, that would expose them to difficult passages from primary sources and interesting ideas that they probably otherwise might never be exposed to. This is designed to be fun, quirky, and inspiring, though lacking the substance of close reading through entire works. This provides short texts as a spring board for interesting discussions about history and the nature of reality and to begin thinking in other categories than what social media typically provides. <br /> <br /> Beyond concepts, an added benefit of this reading list being widely used in the next generation would be just the linguistic broadening - the reintroduction of vocabulary and phrasings that might otherwise be forgotten in the deluge of social media and its muddying of English speech. We need to lay down enough old stones up the river of time so that young people can find a pathway back through the centuries, and not just get swept away by its unintelligibility. <br /> <br /> Excerpts:<br /> &lt;div style=&quot;column-count:3&quot;&gt;<br /> #Bible Lore<br /> #Ancient Myths<br /> #[[The Sublime]]<br /> #Saints<br /> #Patristics<br /> #Druids<br /> #Vikings<br /> #Anglo-Saxons<br /> #Crusaders<br /> #Mohametans<br /> #Monks<br /> #Knights<br /> #Romances<br /> #Giants<br /> #Reformers<br /> #Alchemists<br /> #Conquistadors<br /> #Jesuits<br /> #Seafarers<br /> #Christian Magic<br /> #Natural Philosophers<br /> #[[Pirate Lore|Pirates]]<br /> #Samurai<br /> #Witches<br /> #Antiquarians<br /> #[[Fairy Lore|Fairies]]<br /> #Colonists<br /> #Empires<br /> #Revivalists<br /> #Americans<br /> #Romantics<br /> #Socialists<br /> #Utopians<br /> #Industrialists<br /> #Inventors<br /> #Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood<br /> #Aesthetes<br /> #George-Kreis<br /> #Explorers<br /> #Archaeologists<br /> #Evolutionists<br /> #High Society<br /> #Cowboys<br /> #Avant-Garde<br /> #Surrealism<br /> #Psychology<br /> #Soviets<br /> #Nazis<br /> #Atomics<br /> #Hippies<br /> #Spies &amp; Regime Changes<br /> #Rockets<br /> #Computers<br /> #Civil Rights<br /> #White Ladies (L'Engle, Le Guin, Lamott, Dillard)<br /> #Gonzo (Hunter S. Thompson, Tom Wolfe)<br /> #Soldiers of Fortune<br /> #California Buddhism<br /> #Transhumanists<br /> #Preppers<br /> #Terrorists<br /> #Nothomb<br /> #Acceleration<br /> #Internet literature<br /> &lt;/div&gt;<br /> <br /> == A Basic Great Books Curriculum ==<br /> It's probably a bad idea to teach people that there is a simple list of 50 authors whose books are the most important to work through, to make a chore out of reading the best writers of all time. But in our illiterate age if we can get a student to pick up just a few of these, I count it as victory. And is true that a passing familiarity with these great texts provides a core vocabulary for launching off into the interpretation all other literature and history you might come across. So, I think it's worth promoting a basic Western Canon if only to open better doors of thought for young people to walk through, better doors than most of what discord and youtube and instagram and 4chan and reddit currently provide... <br /> <br /> The goal, then, is for students to have a basic introduction to all of these individuals -- not to put them up on pedestals of pretentious unthinking reverence. In doing so schools have discovered a diabolical aptitude for turning works as great as Shakespeare into a burden for so many souls.<br /> <br /> I would argue that in depth analysis and memorization is only necessary for sacred scripture. Everything else should be treated more lightly. It shouldn't be hard for a reasonably literate youth to at least touch on most of these authors over the course of a few years, as introductory.<br /> <br /> This would be a basic prelude to more serious study which should involve: choosing an era or school of thought to read through thoroughly; choosing a foreign language to study over a lifetime and the great authors of that language; and general mapping out of other canonicities.<br /> <br /> [articles in progress]<br /> <br /> <br /> &lt;div style=&quot;column-count:3&quot;&gt;<br /> #The Bible<br /> #Homer<br /> #Plato<br /> #Aristotle<br /> #Aeschylus, Euripides, &amp; Sophocles<br /> #Vergil<br /> #Ovid<br /> #Augustine<br /> #Beowulf &amp; Anglo-Saxon Poetry<br /> #Aquinas<br /> #Arthurian romance<br /> #Chaucer<br /> #Dante<br /> #Machiavelli <br /> #Luther<br /> #Calvin<br /> #Hooker<br /> #Pascal<br /> #Shakespeare<br /> #Hobbes<br /> #Milton<br /> #Descartes<br /> #Locke<br /> #Hume<br /> #Rousseau<br /> #Kant<br /> #Goethe<br /> #American Founding Fathers<br /> #Hegel<br /> #Austen<br /> #Melville<br /> #Dostoevsky<br /> #Dumas<br /> #Hugo<br /> #Baudelaire<br /> #Rudyard Kipling<br /> #Nietzsche<br /> #Thomas Carlyle<br /> #Marx<br /> #Freud<br /> #Jung<br /> #Oscar Wilde<br /> #Henry James<br /> #James Joyce<br /> #Proust<br /> #Camus<br /> #T.S. Eliot<br /> #Fitzgerald<br /> #Steinbeck<br /> #C.S. Lewis<br /> #Solzhenitsyn<br /> #Pynchon<br /> #Tom Wolfe<br /> &lt;/div&gt;<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> == Canonicities ==<br /> <br /> <br /> In draft:<br /> <br /> ancient egypt &amp; egyptologists<br /> <br /> mesopotamian canon<br /> <br /> chinese classics<br /> <br /> greek canon<br /> <br /> romans<br /> <br /> persian canon<br /> <br /> pagan myth<br /> <br /> church fathers<br /> <br /> islamic jurists and golden age philosophers<br /> <br /> Arab-Byzantine Wars<br /> <br /> Reconquista<br /> <br /> buddhist philosophers<br /> <br /> germanic texts<br /> <br /> medieval rabbis<br /> <br /> medieval romances, medieval poetry, allegories, <br /> <br /> hagiographies<br /> <br /> schoolmen<br /> <br /> medieval chronicles<br /> <br /> Courtly love, troubadours<br /> <br /> Crusader literature<br /> <br /> renaissance humanists and reformers<br /> <br /> counter reformation literature<br /> <br /> western hermeticism<br /> <br /> new world explorers<br /> <br /> the ottoman canon<br /> <br /> English renaissance, metaphysical poets<br /> <br /> reformed orthodox, remonstrants<br /> <br /> dutch golden age authors<br /> <br /> Anglo-Dutch-Spanish War Era<br /> <br /> spanish golden age<br /> <br /> 1700s satirists<br /> <br /> 1700s Anglo-French Global Wars<br /> <br /> Lumieres, enlightenment philosophers, 1700s french literature<br /> <br /> explorer naturalists<br /> <br /> Napoleonic era literature, Revolutionary era<br /> <br /> Romanticism, Gothic<br /> <br /> 19th century academics, historiography, the German university<br /> <br /> 19th century socialists, anarchists, and marxists<br /> <br /> Colonial literature<br /> <br /> Mission literature<br /> <br /> the victorians, literature of the industrial revolution<br /> <br /> Victorian Explorer Anthropologist (esoteric imperial racism) / Scramble for Africa / Orientalists<br /> <br /> New England authors, transcendentalists<br /> <br /> French symbolists<br /> <br /> literary realists<br /> <br /> Post Napoleonic Literature<br /> <br /> Post Civil War Era Literature<br /> <br /> Russian canon<br /> <br /> The Great Game: empires' perspectives and from the locals' perspectives<br /> <br /> Siberia, Alaska, and Arctic Extremes<br /> <br /> theosophists<br /> <br /> Utopians<br /> <br /> New York New Religions<br /> <br /> Third Republic Literature<br /> <br /> fin de siecle and the edwardians, decadents<br /> <br /> Missionaries and Anglo-American Empire, Old China Hands<br /> <br /> American expansions<br /> <br /> Jewish diaspora, Zionists, and their influence<br /> <br /> austrian literature near the end<br /> <br /> modernists, paris scene<br /> <br /> surrealists<br /> <br /> socialist and labor movements reaching climax in depression and world wars<br /> <br /> Wartime and Interwar German Literature, Nazi and Non-Nazi Literature<br /> <br /> Southern agrarians, Southern American canon<br /> <br /> modern Japanese canon<br /> <br /> founding psychologists<br /> <br /> early sociologists<br /> <br /> early science fiction<br /> <br /> Early Soviets - russian cosmists, radicals<br /> <br /> Postcolonial literature and theorists<br /> <br /> continental theorists<br /> <br /> glamor photographers<br /> <br /> Cold War literature, American controlled Europe, <br /> <br /> Later Soviets<br /> <br /> esoteric central european art scenes, film, animation 1900-1990<br /> <br /> underground comix<br /> <br /> Midcentury Anthropologists<br /> <br /> beats, hippie canon<br /> <br /> [[1960s Science Fiction|60s Sci-Fi]]<br /> <br /> transhumanist canon<br /> <br /> magical realists, exoticist bobocore<br /> <br /> art pop for christian schools<br /> <br /> indie cinema<br /> <br /> short films</div>

Michael Thomas Jones https://commonknowledge.wiki/index.php?title=Pirate_Lore&diff=456 2026-02-05T19:21:40Z

<p>Michael Thomas Jones: Created page with &quot; - Author Captain Charles Johnson Text A General History of the Robberies and Murders of the most notorious Pyrates at Wikisource A General History of the Robberies and Murders of the most notorious Pyrates, or simply A General History of the Pyrates (abbr. GHP), is a 1724 book published in Britain containing biographies of contemporary pirates,[1] which was influential in shaping popular conceptions of pirates. The prime source for the biographies of many well-known p...&quot;</p> <hr /> <div><br /> <br /> -<br /> <br /> Author Captain Charles Johnson<br /> Text A General History of the Robberies and Murders of the most notorious Pyrates at Wikisource<br /> A General History of the Robberies and Murders of the most notorious Pyrates, or simply A General History of the Pyrates (abbr. GHP), is a 1724 book published in Britain containing biographies of contemporary pirates,[1] which was influential in shaping popular conceptions of pirates. The prime source for the biographies of many well-known pirates, the book gives an almost mythical status to the more colourful characters, and it is likely that the author used considerable artistic license in his accounts of pirate conversations.[2] The Oxford Research Encyclopedia of African History says that the work &quot;is not a historical primary source but is a fabulous literary one&quot;, and that it is the root of a lot of confusion and misconceptions about the history of piracy.[3]</div>

Michael Thomas Jones https://commonknowledge.wiki/index.php?title=1_Peter&diff=455 2026-02-05T18:55:58Z

<p>Michael Thomas Jones: /* 2. The Holy Priesthood */</p> <hr /> <div>The first epistle of Peter.<br /> <br /> == 1. Living Hope in Christ ==<br /> 1: <br /> <br /> 4: What is the inheritance imperishable?<br /> <br /> 7: Compare with other passages that discuss gold passing through the fire.<br /> <br /> 10-12: We have what prophets and angels longed to understand in ancient times. These guys had magic powers basically, could do signs and wonders, and we have something greater and clearer than they had.<br /> <br /> Here, as with elsewhere in scripture, angels are paralleled with teachers, pastors, and prophets.<br /> <br /> <br /> 17: We must fear God and please him by obeying the law of love.<br /> <br /> 18: We were rescued from futile ways like idolatry and ritual sacrifices and law keeping -- now we simply need to believe in Christ and obey the law of love.<br /> <br /> 22: Obeying the law of love is how we purify our souls.<br /> <br /> == 2. The Holy Priesthood ==<br /> 2: What does it mean to mature in salvation?<br /> <br /> 5: Elsewhere in the Bible we are referred to as a new temple?<br /> <br /> 4-8: What are the passages this is referencing?<br /> <br /> 9-10: God makes a new people out of believers. In politically tumultuous times, Christians should make sure not to favor any political or tribal identity over the holy nation that they have been called into. Nations and empires come and go. A new people -- an ethnogenesis founded on hope of eternal life.<br /> <br /> 12: What does honorable conduct look ilke?<br /> <br /> 13-14: Obey the government. The government is one way God exercises his will one arth. There can be all kinds of corruption and sin in it, but we just need to be patient. God removes governments and appoints new ones, and whichever is in power at the moment is the instrument he wants to praise good and punish evil in a particular way.<br /> <br /> 17: Christians are called to outdo one another in honor and do not live up to this task nearly enough.<br /> <br /> 18-23: Sometimes we are slaves to bad masters or bad governments, but we are called to still do good while we suffer.<br /> <br /> This Christlike attitude is expected of all Christians. You might get punished for doing bad -- take your lumps if you earned it. But receiving slander and reviling for Christ's sake is a sign that you are the advance of his kingdom. You must carry this forth with exactly the same manner -- no sin, no deceit, no reviling, no threatening.<br /> <br /> This verse should be contemplated and weighed against interpreters who argue there is a righteous deceit. There may be a time for deceit and threats in life -- just not from people who are trying to imitate the manner of Christ.<br /> <br /> 24-25: What does it mean that Jesus bore our sins? <br /> <br /> By his wounds we are healed? Why does it work that way?<br /> <br /> == 3. Suffering for Righteousness’ Sake ==<br /> 1: Very often, women get married off to men who are terrible husbands. They have to endure that faithfully just like we have to endure being under a faithless government.<br /> <br /> 3-5: External adornments are worldly and passing away. Women should focus on the inner beauty of gentleness which lasts forever in the sight of God. (And is also very lovely and precious to everyone else.) <br /> <br /> 6: Many women are ruled by fear. But you are commanded by God and the apostles not to fear, but to focus on gentleness and doing good.<br /> <br /> 7: If men treat their wives foolishly or dishonor them, their prayers will be hindered. God does not want to listen to a man who is not even able to study and love the woman who is right next to him all the time. He listens to those who love their neighbor.<br /> <br /> 8: Everyone should seek love and like mindedness. This can't happen if we are proud and hard hearted. Having a humble mind means that we don't set our sights too high only to come crashing down in disappointment, but allow God to place us as high as he pleases.<br /> <br /> 9-12: We must focus on controlling our tongues if we want God to listen to us. We cannot speak malice or lies.<br /> <br /> 19-20: What are the spirits in prison?<br /> <br /> == 4. Christ’s Suffering and Our Suffering ==<br /> 1: Whoever has suffered in the flesh has ceased from sin? In what way?<br /> <br /> 5: Everyone will be judged who did nothing but party and please themselves and wasted their life on idolatry and useless passions. They should have been loving God, their neighbor, and living humbly.<br /> <br /> 6: Peter seems to teach that Christ delivered the gospel to the spirits of the dead so that they could hope in resurrection. Is that what this means?<br /> <br /> 7: The end of all things is at hand -- the end of the world? But it's two thousand years later. Should we interpret this as discussing the swiftly coming end of Jerusalem and the temple world order?<br /> <br /> 13: Sharing in Christ's sufferings will make us even more glorious when his glory is revealed.<br /> <br /> == 5. Shepherd God’s Flock Humbly ==<br /> Peter's commands to elders are similar to the commands the other apostles gave to teachers and authorities in the church.<br /> <br /> 2-4: Pastors and teachers are not supposed to be controlling other Christians, but being good examples of love and holiness.<br /> <br /> exercising oversight not under compulsion? (the elder or the flock?)<br /> <br /> 6: Leaders in the church must be very humble.<br /> <br /> 14: Greet one another with the kiss of love! The kiss is not just romantic.</div>

Michael Thomas Jones https://commonknowledge.wiki/index.php?title=1_Peter&diff=454 2026-02-05T17:57:11Z

<p>Michael Thomas Jones: /* 2. The Holy Priesthood */</p> <hr /> <div>The first epistle of Peter.<br /> <br /> == 1. Living Hope in Christ ==<br /> 1: <br /> <br /> 4: What is the inheritance imperishable?<br /> <br /> 7: Compare with other passages that discuss gold passing through the fire.<br /> <br /> 10-12: We have what prophets and angels longed to understand in ancient times. These guys had magic powers basically, could do signs and wonders, and we have something greater and clearer than they had.<br /> <br /> Here, as with elsewhere in scripture, angels are paralleled with teachers, pastors, and prophets.<br /> <br /> <br /> 17: We must fear God and please him by obeying the law of love.<br /> <br /> 18: We were rescued from futile ways like idolatry and ritual sacrifices and law keeping -- now we simply need to believe in Christ and obey the law of love.<br /> <br /> 22: Obeying the law of love is how we purify our souls.<br /> <br /> == 2. The Holy Priesthood ==<br /> 2: What does it mean to mature in salvation?<br /> <br /> 5: Elsewhere in the Bible we are referred to as a new temple?<br /> <br /> 4-8: What are the passages this is referencing?<br /> <br /> 9-10: God makes a new people out of believers. In politically tumultuous times, Christians should make sure not to favor any political or tribal identity over the holy nation that they have been called into. Nations and empires come and go. A new people -- an ethnogenesis founded on hope of eternal life.<br /> <br /> 12: What does honorable conduct look ilke?<br /> <br /> 13-14: Obey the government. The government is one way God exercises his will one arth. There can be all kinds of corruption and sin in it, but we just need to be patient. God removes governments and appoints new ones, and whichever is in power at the moment is the instrument he wants to praise good and punish evil in a particular way.<br /> <br /> 17: Christians are called to outdo one another in honor and do not live up to this task nearly enough.<br /> <br /> 18-23: Sometimes we are slaves to bad masters or bad governments, but we are called to still do good while we suffer.<br /> <br /> This Christlike attitude is expected of all Christians. You might get punished for doing bad -- you earn your lumps. But receiving slander and reviling for Christ's sake is a sign that you are the advance of his kingdom. You must carry this forth with exactly the same manner -- no sin, no deceit, no reviling, no threatening.<br /> <br /> This verse should be contemplated and weighed against interpreters who argue there is a righteous deceit. There may be a time for deceit and threats in life -- just not from people who are trying to imitate the manner of Christ.<br /> <br /> 24-25: What does it mean that Jesus bore our sins? <br /> <br /> By his wounds we are healed? Why does it work that way?<br /> <br /> == 3. Suffering for Righteousness’ Sake ==<br /> 1: Very often, women get married off to men who are terrible husbands. They have to endure that faithfully just like we have to endure being under a faithless government.<br /> <br /> 3-5: External adornments are worldly and passing away. Women should focus on the inner beauty of gentleness which lasts forever in the sight of God. (And is also very lovely and precious to everyone else.) <br /> <br /> 6: Many women are ruled by fear. But you are commanded by God and the apostles not to fear, but to focus on gentleness and doing good.<br /> <br /> 7: If men treat their wives foolishly or dishonor them, their prayers will be hindered. God does not want to listen to a man who is not even able to study and love the woman who is right next to him all the time. He listens to those who love their neighbor.<br /> <br /> 8: Everyone should seek love and like mindedness. This can't happen if we are proud and hard hearted. Having a humble mind means that we don't set our sights too high only to come crashing down in disappointment, but allow God to place us as high as he pleases.<br /> <br /> 9-12: We must focus on controlling our tongues if we want God to listen to us. We cannot speak malice or lies.<br /> <br /> 19-20: What are the spirits in prison?<br /> <br /> == 4. Christ’s Suffering and Our Suffering ==<br /> 1: Whoever has suffered in the flesh has ceased from sin? In what way?<br /> <br /> 5: Everyone will be judged who did nothing but party and please themselves and wasted their life on idolatry and useless passions. They should have been loving God, their neighbor, and living humbly.<br /> <br /> 6: Peter seems to teach that Christ delivered the gospel to the spirits of the dead so that they could hope in resurrection. Is that what this means?<br /> <br /> 7: The end of all things is at hand -- the end of the world? But it's two thousand years later. Should we interpret this as discussing the swiftly coming end of Jerusalem and the temple world order?<br /> <br /> 13: Sharing in Christ's sufferings will make us even more glorious when his glory is revealed.<br /> <br /> == 5. Shepherd God’s Flock Humbly ==<br /> Peter's commands to elders are similar to the commands the other apostles gave to teachers and authorities in the church.<br /> <br /> 2-4: Pastors and teachers are not supposed to be controlling other Christians, but being good examples of love and holiness.<br /> <br /> exercising oversight not under compulsion? (the elder or the flock?)<br /> <br /> 6: Leaders in the church must be very humble.<br /> <br /> 14: Greet one another with the kiss of love! The kiss is not just romantic.</div>

Michael Thomas Jones https://commonknowledge.wiki/index.php?title=Poetry_Curriculum&diff=453 2026-02-03T21:13:29Z

<p>Michael Thomas Jones: /* The Postmodern Academics */</p> <hr /> <div>[UNDER CONSTRUCTION]<br /> <br /> <br /> Poetry is currently separate from the rest of the literature curriculum because it is undeniably insular. Most poems are not about worldview or history or narrative or society. Poetry is about itself and perpetual things: God, life and death, sex, aging, the seasons. (Poems that do directly speak to history and society are included in the history curriculum.)<br /> <br /> This curriculum is intended to initiate students into that rarest of traits: genuine appreciation of poetry.<br /> <br /> I hated poetry in middle school and the lights did not flash on until I was in college. Thank you, Dr. Grieser. I began to read poetry voraciously, and compose on occasion.<br /> <br /> Because of this, I don't expect young students to have aesthetic appreciation for fine letters. This curriculum might be better suited for someone in upper secondary or college who somehow has been struck by words and wants to understand what has just happened to them.<br /> <br /> Before we can get to poetry's fundamental role in reshaping not just human society but man's relationship to God and the cosmos, it's good to appreciate play with sound and symbol for their own sake. <br /> <br /> == Lessons in Elemental Poetry ==<br /> Dr. Seuss<br /> <br /> Riddles<br /> <br /> Reading Meters<br /> <br /> Metaphors, Conceits &amp; Allegories<br /> <br /> Alliteration<br /> <br /> Consonance &amp; Assonance<br /> <br /> Synecdoche &amp; Metonymy<br /> <br /> Hyperbole &amp; Subtlety<br /> <br /> Personification<br /> <br /> Voice<br /> <br /> Imagery<br /> <br /> Utterance<br /> <br /> Haiku<br /> <br /> Ballad<br /> <br /> Lyric<br /> <br /> Elegies &amp; Odes<br /> <br /> Pastorals<br /> <br /> Sonnets<br /> <br /> Couplets &amp; Epigrams<br /> <br /> Translation<br /> <br /> Epic<br /> <br /> Prophecy<br /> <br /> For young men: how to talk to women in riddles and poems and tell them that they're beautiful in the proper way<br /> <br /> == Lessons in Reading ==<br /> Anglo Saxons<br /> <br /> Chaucer<br /> <br /> Shakespeare<br /> <br /> John Donne<br /> <br /> Edmund Spenser<br /> <br /> John Milton<br /> <br /> George Herbert<br /> <br /> William Blake<br /> <br /> Samuel Taylor Coleridge<br /> <br /> John Keats<br /> <br /> William Butler Yeats<br /> <br /> T.S. Eliot<br /> <br /> == Smash Glass for Poems ==<br /> In case of emergency, break open this list:<br /> <br /> [[Emergency Poems]]<br /> <br /> [[Silly Poems]]<br /> <br /> [[Aesthetic Poems]]<br /> == Canons of English Poetry ==<br /> <br /> ==== Anglo Saxons ====<br /> <br /> ==== Middle English ====<br /> <br /> ==== Tudor &amp; Elizabethan ====<br /> <br /> ==== Baroque ====<br /> <br /> ==== Augustan ====<br /> <br /> ==== Graveyard Poets ====<br /> <br /> ==== Sensibility ====<br /> <br /> ==== Romantics ====<br /> <br /> ==== Victorians ====<br /> <br /> ==== Transcendentalists, New England &amp; Gothic Americans ====<br /> <br /> ==== Pre-Raphaelites &amp; Arts and Crafts Poets ====<br /> <br /> ==== Child Ballads ====<br /> <br /> ==== Decadents &amp; Fin-de-Siècle ====<br /> <br /> ==== War Poets &amp; Georgians, Imagists &amp; Modernists ====<br /> <br /> ==== British Surrealism ====<br /> <br /> ==== Postwar Poets ====<br /> '''American Folk Songs'''<br /> <br /> ==== The Postmodern Academics ====<br /> After World War II, poetry became regulated through the university credential apparatus. As such, it rapidly lost almost all social relevance and vanished from public life except for those who participate in the carefully sterilized environment of the academy.<br /> <br /> [[William Logan]]<br /> <br /> [[Bill Knott]]<br /> <br /> ==== Anglo-American Pop Lyricism ====<br /> Rock n roll, 70s singer-songwriter lyricism and the underground canon, art pop, the bohemian bourgeois<br /> <br /> Rap<br /> <br /> Independent Rock <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Geoffrey Chaucer (1343–1400)<br /> <br /> <br /> John Gower (1330–1408)<br /> <br /> <br /> Thomas Hoccleve (1368–1426)<br /> <br /> <br /> John Lydgate (1370–1451)<br /> <br /> <br /> Sir Thomas Wyatt (1503–1542)<br /> <br /> <br /> Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey (1517–1547)<br /> <br /> <br /> George Gascoigne (1534–1577)<br /> <br /> <br /> Edmund Spenser (1552–1599)<br /> <br /> <br /> Sir Philip Sidney (1554–1586)<br /> <br /> <br /> William Shakespeare (1564–1616)<br /> <br /> <br /> Christopher Marlowe (1564–1593)<br /> <br /> <br /> Samuel Daniel (1562–1619)<br /> <br /> <br /> Michael Drayton (1563–1631)<br /> <br /> <br /> Ben Jonson (1572–1637)<br /> <br /> <br /> John Donne (1572–1631)<br /> <br /> <br /> George Chapman (1559–1634)<br /> <br /> <br /> Thomas Campion (1567–1620)<br /> <br /> <br /> Aemilia Lanyer (1569–1645)<br /> <br /> <br /> Robert Herrick (1591–1674)<br /> <br /> <br /> George Herbert (1593–1633)<br /> <br /> <br /> Richard Lovelace (1617–1657)<br /> <br /> <br /> Andrew Marvell (1621–1678)<br /> <br /> <br /> Henry Vaughan (1621–1695)<br /> <br /> <br /> Abraham Cowley (1618–1667)<br /> <br /> <br /> Katherine Philips (1632–1664)<br /> <br /> <br /> John Milton (1608–1674)<br /> <br /> <br /> John Dryden (1631–1700)<br /> <br /> Thomas Traherne (1636–1674)<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Matthew Prior (1664–1721)<br /> <br /> <br /> Jonathan Swift (1667–1745)<br /> <br /> <br /> Alexander Pope (1688–1744)<br /> <br /> <br /> Lady Mary Wortley Montagu (1689–1762)<br /> <br /> <br /> James Thomson (1700–1748)<br /> <br /> <br /> Edward Young (1683–1765)<br /> <br /> <br /> Samuel Johnson (1709–1784)<br /> <br /> <br /> Thomas Gray (1716–1771)<br /> <br /> <br /> William Collins (1721–1759)<br /> <br /> <br /> Christopher Smart (1722–1771)<br /> <br /> <br /> Oliver Goldsmith (1728–1774)<br /> <br /> <br /> William Cowper (1731–1800)<br /> <br /> <br /> George Crabbe (1754–1832)<br /> <br /> <br /> Robert Burns (1759–1796)<br /> <br /> <br /> William Blake (1757–1827)<br /> <br /> <br /> Mary Robinson (1757–1800)<br /> <br /> <br /> Charlotte Smith (1749–1806)<br /> <br /> <br /> Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772–1834)<br /> <br /> <br /> William Wordsworth (1770–1850)<br /> <br /> <br /> Walter Savage Landor (1775–1864)<br /> <br /> <br /> Lord Byron (1788–1824)<br /> <br /> <br /> Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792–1822)<br /> <br /> <br /> John Keats (1795–1821)<br /> <br /> <br /> Felicia Hemans (1793–1835)<br /> <br /> <br /> Letitia Elizabeth Landon (1802–1838)<br /> <br /> <br /> Thomas Hood (1799–1845)<br /> <br /> <br /> Thomas Moore (1779–1852)<br /> <br /> <br /> Thomas Lovell Beddoes (1803–1849)<br /> <br /> <br /> Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806–1861)<br /> <br /> <br /> Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809–1892)<br /> <br /> <br /> Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849)<br /> <br /> <br /> Robert Browning (1812–1889)<br /> <br /> <br /> Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807–1882)<br /> <br /> <br /> Emily Brontë (1818–1848)<br /> <br /> <br /> Walt Whitman (1819–1892)<br /> <br /> <br /> Matthew Arnold (1822–1888)<br /> <br /> <br /> Herman Melville (1819–1891)<br /> <br /> <br /> Coventry Patmore (1823–1896)<br /> <br /> <br /> Christina Rossetti (1830–1894)<br /> <br /> <br /> Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828–1882)<br /> <br /> <br /> William Morris (1834–1896)<br /> <br /> <br /> Algernon Charles Swinburne (1837–1909)<br /> <br /> <br /> Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844–1889)<br /> <br /> <br /> Thomas Hardy (1840–1928)<br /> <br /> <br /> A. E. Housman (1859–1936)<br /> <br /> <br /> Oscar Wilde (1854–1900)<br /> <br /> <br /> Francis Thompson (1859–1907)<br /> <br /> <br /> Rudyard Kipling (1865–1936)<br /> <br /> <br /> William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)<br /> <br /> <br /> Ernest Dowson (1867–1900)<br /> <br /> <br /> Lionel Johnson (1867–1902)<br /> <br /> <br /> John Davidson (1857–1909)<br /> <br /> <br /> Laurence Binyon (1869–1943)<br /> <br /> <br /> Ezra Pound (1885–1972)<br /> <br /> <br /> T. E. Hulme (1883–1917)<br /> <br /> <br /> Ford Madox Ford (1873–1939)<br /> <br /> <br /> T. S. Eliot (1888–1965)<br /> <br /> <br /> Marianne Moore (1887–1972)<br /> <br /> <br /> H.D. (Hilda Doolittle) (1886–1961)<br /> <br /> <br /> William Carlos Williams (1883–1963)<br /> <br /> <br /> Vachel Lindsay (1879–1931)<br /> <br /> <br /> Carl Sandburg (1878–1967)<br /> <br /> <br /> Robert Frost (1874–1963)<br /> <br /> <br /> Wallace Stevens (1879–1955)<br /> <br /> <br /> John Masefield (1878–1967)<br /> <br /> <br /> Siegfried Sassoon (1886–1967)<br /> <br /> <br /> Rupert Brooke (1887–1915)<br /> <br /> <br /> Wilfred Owen (1893–1918)<br /> <br /> <br /> Isaac Rosenberg (1890–1918)<br /> <br /> <br /> Edna St. Vincent Millay (1892–1950)<br /> <br /> <br /> Hart Crane (1899–1932)<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> - - -</div>

Michael Thomas Jones https://commonknowledge.wiki/index.php?title=Poetry_Curriculum&diff=452 2026-02-03T21:13:17Z

<p>Michael Thomas Jones: /* The Postmodern Academics */</p> <hr /> <div>[UNDER CONSTRUCTION]<br /> <br /> <br /> Poetry is currently separate from the rest of the literature curriculum because it is undeniably insular. Most poems are not about worldview or history or narrative or society. Poetry is about itself and perpetual things: God, life and death, sex, aging, the seasons. (Poems that do directly speak to history and society are included in the history curriculum.)<br /> <br /> This curriculum is intended to initiate students into that rarest of traits: genuine appreciation of poetry.<br /> <br /> I hated poetry in middle school and the lights did not flash on until I was in college. Thank you, Dr. Grieser. I began to read poetry voraciously, and compose on occasion.<br /> <br /> Because of this, I don't expect young students to have aesthetic appreciation for fine letters. This curriculum might be better suited for someone in upper secondary or college who somehow has been struck by words and wants to understand what has just happened to them.<br /> <br /> Before we can get to poetry's fundamental role in reshaping not just human society but man's relationship to God and the cosmos, it's good to appreciate play with sound and symbol for their own sake. <br /> <br /> == Lessons in Elemental Poetry ==<br /> Dr. Seuss<br /> <br /> Riddles<br /> <br /> Reading Meters<br /> <br /> Metaphors, Conceits &amp; Allegories<br /> <br /> Alliteration<br /> <br /> Consonance &amp; Assonance<br /> <br /> Synecdoche &amp; Metonymy<br /> <br /> Hyperbole &amp; Subtlety<br /> <br /> Personification<br /> <br /> Voice<br /> <br /> Imagery<br /> <br /> Utterance<br /> <br /> Haiku<br /> <br /> Ballad<br /> <br /> Lyric<br /> <br /> Elegies &amp; Odes<br /> <br /> Pastorals<br /> <br /> Sonnets<br /> <br /> Couplets &amp; Epigrams<br /> <br /> Translation<br /> <br /> Epic<br /> <br /> Prophecy<br /> <br /> For young men: how to talk to women in riddles and poems and tell them that they're beautiful in the proper way<br /> <br /> == Lessons in Reading ==<br /> Anglo Saxons<br /> <br /> Chaucer<br /> <br /> Shakespeare<br /> <br /> John Donne<br /> <br /> Edmund Spenser<br /> <br /> John Milton<br /> <br /> George Herbert<br /> <br /> William Blake<br /> <br /> Samuel Taylor Coleridge<br /> <br /> John Keats<br /> <br /> William Butler Yeats<br /> <br /> T.S. Eliot<br /> <br /> == Smash Glass for Poems ==<br /> In case of emergency, break open this list:<br /> <br /> [[Emergency Poems]]<br /> <br /> [[Silly Poems]]<br /> <br /> [[Aesthetic Poems]]<br /> == Canons of English Poetry ==<br /> <br /> ==== Anglo Saxons ====<br /> <br /> ==== Middle English ====<br /> <br /> ==== Tudor &amp; Elizabethan ====<br /> <br /> ==== Baroque ====<br /> <br /> ==== Augustan ====<br /> <br /> ==== Graveyard Poets ====<br /> <br /> ==== Sensibility ====<br /> <br /> ==== Romantics ====<br /> <br /> ==== Victorians ====<br /> <br /> ==== Transcendentalists, New England &amp; Gothic Americans ====<br /> <br /> ==== Pre-Raphaelites &amp; Arts and Crafts Poets ====<br /> <br /> ==== Child Ballads ====<br /> <br /> ==== Decadents &amp; Fin-de-Siècle ====<br /> <br /> ==== War Poets &amp; Georgians, Imagists &amp; Modernists ====<br /> <br /> ==== British Surrealism ====<br /> <br /> ==== Postwar Poets ====<br /> '''American Folk Songs'''<br /> <br /> ==== The Postmodern Academics ====<br /> After World War II, poetry became regulated through the university credential apparatus. As such, it rapidly lost almost all social relevance and vanished from public life except for those who participate in the carefully sterilized environment of the academy.<br /> <br /> William Logan<br /> <br /> Bill Knott<br /> <br /> ==== Anglo-American Pop Lyricism ====<br /> Rock n roll, 70s singer-songwriter lyricism and the underground canon, art pop, the bohemian bourgeois<br /> <br /> Rap<br /> <br /> Independent Rock <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Geoffrey Chaucer (1343–1400)<br /> <br /> <br /> John Gower (1330–1408)<br /> <br /> <br /> Thomas Hoccleve (1368–1426)<br /> <br /> <br /> John Lydgate (1370–1451)<br /> <br /> <br /> Sir Thomas Wyatt (1503–1542)<br /> <br /> <br /> Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey (1517–1547)<br /> <br /> <br /> George Gascoigne (1534–1577)<br /> <br /> <br /> Edmund Spenser (1552–1599)<br /> <br /> <br /> Sir Philip Sidney (1554–1586)<br /> <br /> <br /> William Shakespeare (1564–1616)<br /> <br /> <br /> Christopher Marlowe (1564–1593)<br /> <br /> <br /> Samuel Daniel (1562–1619)<br /> <br /> <br /> Michael Drayton (1563–1631)<br /> <br /> <br /> Ben Jonson (1572–1637)<br /> <br /> <br /> John Donne (1572–1631)<br /> <br /> <br /> George Chapman (1559–1634)<br /> <br /> <br /> Thomas Campion (1567–1620)<br /> <br /> <br /> Aemilia Lanyer (1569–1645)<br /> <br /> <br /> Robert Herrick (1591–1674)<br /> <br /> <br /> George Herbert (1593–1633)<br /> <br /> <br /> Richard Lovelace (1617–1657)<br /> <br /> <br /> Andrew Marvell (1621–1678)<br /> <br /> <br /> Henry Vaughan (1621–1695)<br /> <br /> <br /> Abraham Cowley (1618–1667)<br /> <br /> <br /> Katherine Philips (1632–1664)<br /> <br /> <br /> John Milton (1608–1674)<br /> <br /> <br /> John Dryden (1631–1700)<br /> <br /> Thomas Traherne (1636–1674)<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Matthew Prior (1664–1721)<br /> <br /> <br /> Jonathan Swift (1667–1745)<br /> <br /> <br /> Alexander Pope (1688–1744)<br /> <br /> <br /> Lady Mary Wortley Montagu (1689–1762)<br /> <br /> <br /> James Thomson (1700–1748)<br /> <br /> <br /> Edward Young (1683–1765)<br /> <br /> <br /> Samuel Johnson (1709–1784)<br /> <br /> <br /> Thomas Gray (1716–1771)<br /> <br /> <br /> William Collins (1721–1759)<br /> <br /> <br /> Christopher Smart (1722–1771)<br /> <br /> <br /> Oliver Goldsmith (1728–1774)<br /> <br /> <br /> William Cowper (1731–1800)<br /> <br /> <br /> George Crabbe (1754–1832)<br /> <br /> <br /> Robert Burns (1759–1796)<br /> <br /> <br /> William Blake (1757–1827)<br /> <br /> <br /> Mary Robinson (1757–1800)<br /> <br /> <br /> Charlotte Smith (1749–1806)<br /> <br /> <br /> Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772–1834)<br /> <br /> <br /> William Wordsworth (1770–1850)<br /> <br /> <br /> Walter Savage Landor (1775–1864)<br /> <br /> <br /> Lord Byron (1788–1824)<br /> <br /> <br /> Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792–1822)<br /> <br /> <br /> John Keats (1795–1821)<br /> <br /> <br /> Felicia Hemans (1793–1835)<br /> <br /> <br /> Letitia Elizabeth Landon (1802–1838)<br /> <br /> <br /> Thomas Hood (1799–1845)<br /> <br /> <br /> Thomas Moore (1779–1852)<br /> <br /> <br /> Thomas Lovell Beddoes (1803–1849)<br /> <br /> <br /> Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806–1861)<br /> <br /> <br /> Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809–1892)<br /> <br /> <br /> Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849)<br /> <br /> <br /> Robert Browning (1812–1889)<br /> <br /> <br /> Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807–1882)<br /> <br /> <br /> Emily Brontë (1818–1848)<br /> <br /> <br /> Walt Whitman (1819–1892)<br /> <br /> <br /> Matthew Arnold (1822–1888)<br /> <br /> <br /> Herman Melville (1819–1891)<br /> <br /> <br /> Coventry Patmore (1823–1896)<br /> <br /> <br /> Christina Rossetti (1830–1894)<br /> <br /> <br /> Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828–1882)<br /> <br /> <br /> William Morris (1834–1896)<br /> <br /> <br /> Algernon Charles Swinburne (1837–1909)<br /> <br /> <br /> Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844–1889)<br /> <br /> <br /> Thomas Hardy (1840–1928)<br /> <br /> <br /> A. E. Housman (1859–1936)<br /> <br /> <br /> Oscar Wilde (1854–1900)<br /> <br /> <br /> Francis Thompson (1859–1907)<br /> <br /> <br /> Rudyard Kipling (1865–1936)<br /> <br /> <br /> William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)<br /> <br /> <br /> Ernest Dowson (1867–1900)<br /> <br /> <br /> Lionel Johnson (1867–1902)<br /> <br /> <br /> John Davidson (1857–1909)<br /> <br /> <br /> Laurence Binyon (1869–1943)<br /> <br /> <br /> Ezra Pound (1885–1972)<br /> <br /> <br /> T. E. Hulme (1883–1917)<br /> <br /> <br /> Ford Madox Ford (1873–1939)<br /> <br /> <br /> T. S. Eliot (1888–1965)<br /> <br /> <br /> Marianne Moore (1887–1972)<br /> <br /> <br /> H.D. (Hilda Doolittle) (1886–1961)<br /> <br /> <br /> William Carlos Williams (1883–1963)<br /> <br /> <br /> Vachel Lindsay (1879–1931)<br /> <br /> <br /> Carl Sandburg (1878–1967)<br /> <br /> <br /> Robert Frost (1874–1963)<br /> <br /> <br /> Wallace Stevens (1879–1955)<br /> <br /> <br /> John Masefield (1878–1967)<br /> <br /> <br /> Siegfried Sassoon (1886–1967)<br /> <br /> <br /> Rupert Brooke (1887–1915)<br /> <br /> <br /> Wilfred Owen (1893–1918)<br /> <br /> <br /> Isaac Rosenberg (1890–1918)<br /> <br /> <br /> Edna St. Vincent Millay (1892–1950)<br /> <br /> <br /> Hart Crane (1899–1932)<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> - - -</div>

Michael Thomas Jones https://commonknowledge.wiki/index.php?title=Bill_Knott&diff=451 2026-02-03T19:24:16Z

<p>Michael Thomas Jones: </p> <hr /> <div>On Poetry: &quot; I haven't found anybody modern who is CONSISTENTLY not gay. But Bill Knott has a ton of good stuff but thats just because of how much he has written. Its still 70 percent gay nihilist bad-serious vulgarity.&quot; - CB<br /> <br /> <br /> UP TO THE MINUTE <br /> <br /> A jet falls on a cow. <br /> <br /> Part of the animal sticks out and twitches like the usual closeups of the hero's jaw. <br /> <br /> Children I admire play in the crushed cow's shadow. <br /> <br /> And even the plane itself has been left atop the skel- <br /> <br /> etonized milk-giver, <br /> <br /> clouding one's dreams of a bloodless coup.</div>

Michael Thomas Jones https://commonknowledge.wiki/index.php?title=Bill_Knott&diff=449 2026-02-03T19:08:33Z

<p>Michael Thomas Jones: Created page with &quot;On Poetry: &quot; I haven&#039;t found anybody modern who is CONSISTENTLY not gay. But Bill Knotts has a ton of good stuff but thats just because of how much he has written. Its still 70 percent gay nihilist bad-serious vulgarity.&quot; - CB UP TO THE MINUTE A jet falls on a cow. Part of the animal sticks out and twitches like the usual closeups of the hero&#039;s jaw. Children I admire play in the crushed cow&#039;s shadow. And even the plane itself has been left atop the skel- eton...&quot;</p> <hr /> <div>On Poetry: &quot; I haven't found anybody modern who is CONSISTENTLY not gay. But Bill Knotts has a ton of good stuff but thats just because of how much he has written. Its still 70 percent gay nihilist bad-serious vulgarity.&quot; - CB<br /> <br /> <br /> UP TO THE MINUTE <br /> <br /> A jet falls on a cow. <br /> <br /> Part of the animal sticks out and twitches like the usual closeups of the hero's jaw. <br /> <br /> Children I admire play in the crushed cow's shadow. <br /> <br /> And even the plane itself has been left atop the skel- <br /> <br /> etonized milk-giver, <br /> <br /> clouding one's dreams of a bloodless coup.</div>

Michael Thomas Jones https://commonknowledge.wiki/index.php?title=History_of_Christendom&diff=448 2026-01-31T21:14:30Z

<p>Michael Thomas Jones: /* Postmodern */</p> <hr /> <div>This page exists to index stories and themes that could be covered in relaying the history of Christendom (also known as 'Europe') to the young.<br /> <br /> The intergenerational shocks of persecution, wars, and migrations across the ocean have rendered American culture amnesiac regarding the trunk of the tree from which it branched. We must think of Europe, our older brother, as the regulated child, and we America, as the wild child, who God for now has elevated over the elder. And older brothers can be weird, can be cool, can be rivalrous, but we must love them and learn everything we can from their mistakes.<br /> <br /> This curriculum's core lessons are designed to be covered over the course of one year or two years in the secondary, with additional lessons included for years of further exploration.<br /> <br /> There should be a strong throughline of moral formation in all of the retelling of Christendom. While I'm averse to twisting historical biographies into parables, the end goal should be for the student to have a sharpened and glimmering insight into the nature of their own Christianity in light of the Christians of the past, their great deeds and tragedies.<br /> <br /> == Ancient ==<br /> See Ancient History.<br /> <br /> == Barbarian Kings ==<br /> <br /> === The Christians ===<br /> <br /> Arians<br /> Diocletian<br /> Constantine<br /> Milvian to Milan<br /> Constantinople<br /> Nicea<br /> Athanasius<br /> Visigoths<br /> Cappadocian Fathers; John Chrysostom<br /> National conversions<br /> Augustine<br /> Jerome<br /> Alaric<br /> Nestorianism<br /> Attila the Hun<br /> Chalcedon<br /> Theodoric <br /> Pope Leo<br /> The Fall of Rome<br /> Clovis and Merovingians<br /> Saint Patrick<br /> Invention of Charity by Christians<br /> <br /> Martyr Saints<br /> <br /> Early Medieval Thought: syncretism; orthodoxy; Boethius; Cassiodorus' classical education; Isidore of Seville's etymologies; Anno Domini calendar, Bede's concern with calendar and time<br /> <br /> === Byzantium and Islam ===<br /> <br /> Justinian and Theodora<br /> The Hagia Sophia<br /> Seven Sleepers<br /> Plague of Justinian<br /> <br /> St. Benedict - civilization and decline<br /> <br /> Second Council of Constantinople<br /> <br /> Roman Persian Wars<br /> <br /> The Iconoclastic controversies; Byzantine mosaic art<br /> <br /> Lurid stories and gruesome deaths of the emperors<br /> Byzantine - Muslim conflicts over centuries<br /> <br /> Arab Conquests<br /> Mecca<br /> Medina<br /> Jihad<br /> Djinn and the djinn kings<br /> Taqiyya<br /> Muslim legendary magicians<br /> <br /> Iconoclasm and Muslim art<br /> <br /> === The North ===<br /> <br /> Irish Monasticism<br /> <br /> Charlemagne; Muslims conquering the Visigoths, Charles Martel taking over from the merovingians, Battle of Tours, Charlemagne, Alcuin, undefeated conquering of europe and forced conversions; Legends of Charlemagne, Song of Roland, matter of france; Holy Roman Empire; ambiguity of coronation; personal fealty and medieval governance, immediate fragmentation; Verden Massacre and what the Nazis thought<br /> <br /> Donation of Pepin - formation of the Papal States<br /> <br /> The Iron Crown<br /> Throne of Charlemagne<br /> <br /> Legends of Charlemagne<br /> <br /> Viking; Raids and Longships; Danes, Danegeld; Great Heathen Army - Ragnar Shaggy Trousers and his sons; the Blood Eagle; Saint Edmund<br /> <br /> Alfred; Battle of Ashdown, White Horse Hill, Witan, Wessex, Shield Wall; could have been the last english king, but built fortified cities, defended his people and subdued the vikings, made peace with them, promoted learning and reformed laws; ! key descendants of Alfred - Aethelstan; Asser's genealogy to Adam; Battle of Brunanburh<br /> <br /> Anglo-Saxon Saints<br /> <br /> Christianization of Scandinavia; Saint Olaf<br /> <br /> Edda - Voluspa creation; Volundr - Weyland - Iron Man - Daedalus myth<br /> Ragnarok and Loki<br /> pagan-christian transition commentary<br /> <br /> The Franks Casket<br /> <br /> Leif Erikson, vinland saga, erik the red; Nordic navigation; iceland and greenland; the Eben Horsford Statue in America<br /> <br /> Norman Invasion; Normans and Rollo; William the Conqueror, Battle of Hastings, Bayeux Tapestry<br /> <br /> == High Medieval ==<br /> <br /> Plantagenets, Mongols, Dynasties, Crusades<br /> <br /> Norman Conquest of Italy; Twelve Sons of Tancred<br /> <br /> France as the center of Christendom<br /> <br /> Capetian Dynasty and the House of Anjou - how dynasties work<br /> Saint Louis<br /> <br /> <br /> Investiture Controversy and the Bad Popes<br /> <br /> Tour de Nesle and the Tour de Nesle Affair<br /> <br /> Crusades<br /> Speech at Clermont<br /> Massacre of Jerusalem<br /> Is Christianity a Religion of Peace? Can Christians and Muslims get along?<br /> The Immovable Ladder<br /> Medieval Jerusalem<br /> Sack of Constantinople; Urban II, 4th Crusade, Turks<br /> Children's Crusade<br /> Most Famous Crusaders<br /> Legends of Frederick the Great<br /> Richard the Lionheart<br /> Saladin; the Assassins<br /> Crusader States<br /> Crusader orders - Bernard of Clairvaux; Templars<br /> Women who went crusading<br /> The Holy Land Today<br /> <br /> Destruction of the Templars<br /> <br /> <br /> The Islamic Golden Age<br /> <br /> Just War - Are the crusades just? Did they even turn out?<br /> <br /> Thomas Becket - Henry II and Eleanor<br /> <br /> Plantagenet Dynasty<br /> Robin Hood Legends<br /> John and the Magna Carta; Barons' Revolt; Parliament<br /> <br /> Canterbury; Chaucer; Canterbury Tales<br /> <br /> Alexander Nevsky - the Battle on the Ice<br /> <br /> Simon de Montfort and the beginnings of parliament; Edward I; expelling the jews<br /> Do kings really have all the power?<br /> <br /> Albigensian Crusade<br /> <br /> The Spanish Reconquista, El Cid<br /> <br /> Papal Schism; Avignon Papacy<br /> <br /> Dante, Guelphs, and Ghibellines<br /> <br /> Teutonic Baltic Crusade<br /> <br /> Marco Polo<br /> <br /> === Medieval Lifeways ===<br /> <br /> Medieval Life - these lessons could be woven throughout<br /> <br /> Dark ages -&gt; High middle ages (differences between); Petrarch<br /> <br /> Monasticism; anchorites<br /> <br /> Medieval feasting and aristocracy<br /> <br /> Manuscripts and manuscript art; doodling like a monk<br /> <br /> Heraldry<br /> Feudal structures<br /> Feudalism strategy<br /> <br /> Peasant Revolts<br /> <br /> Knighthood<br /> Evolution of armaments and warfare<br /> Castles<br /> Other Medieval architecture: cloisters, hortus conclusus<br /> <br /> Book of Hours, Breviary<br /> Material culture: aquamanilia; effigies; saint relics and medals; shrines<br /> <br /> The Church Calendar and Festivals: Carnival, Lord of Misrule<br /> <br /> Cult of the Saints; highlights of the most fun stories<br /> <br /> Bishop-Princes<br /> <br /> Medieval Jewry<br /> <br /> Discarded Image - magic, symbolism, astrology, alchemy, herbology, microcosm, angelology<br /> <br /> Medieval city and guilds; cathedrals; sewage; money<br /> <br /> What school was like and who it was for<br /> <br /> Cathars<br /> <br /> Troubadours and Courtly Love; Tristan and Isolde<br /> <br /> Language - Old English, Middle English, Elizabethan English comparisons<br /> <br /> Marriage and Family Life at different layers of society<br /> <br /> The Black Death; medicine and hospitals<br /> <br /> Movie depictions of the middle ages<br /> <br /> Saintly Patronage System<br /> <br /> Royal Saints: Good King Wenceslaus, St. Louis IX<br /> <br /> === Hundred Years War and the War of the Roses ===<br /> <br /> The Hundred Years War : Black Plague, Henry V, Battle of AgincourtJoan of Arc, Siege of Orleans<br /> <br /> War of the Roses; Richard III; Lost Princes of the Tower<br /> <br /> Avignon and diminishing of papal authority; Catherine of Siena; Clement vs. Urban<br /> <br /> Wycliffe and the Lollards<br /> Jan Hus<br /> <br /> Henry the Navigator<br /> <br /> Expanded Lessons:<br /> <br /> The Battle of Nicopolis - last major crusade<br /> <br /> Owain Glyndwr<br /> <br /> Tamerlane<br /> <br /> Holy Roman Empire during this time<br /> <br /> Mont Saint Michel<br /> <br /> == Renaissance, Reformation and Exploration ==<br /> <br /> <br /> The Fall of Constantinople<br /> Martyrs of Otranto<br /> <br /> Renaissance men<br /> Medicis and patronage<br /> Architecture - Bruenelleschi and Masaccio<br /> The Arts - Giotto, Botticelli, Da Vinci, Michelangelo, etc.<br /> Mona Lisa<br /> St. Peter's Basilica<br /> Julius II<br /> <br /> Cesare Borgia and wars in Italy<br /> Machiavelli<br /> <br /> Renaissance Humanists and reviving ancient ideals, Petrarch<br /> <br /> Cultural shifts from the middle ages; feudalism replaced with banking, etc.<br /> <br /> Florence, Venice, Milan<br /> <br /> Expanded Lessons:<br /> <br /> Renaissance music<br /> <br /> Tournaments and jousting<br /> <br /> Castiglione and the Renaissance courtier<br /> <br /> letters of Isabella d'Este, refusing to give up her son<br /> <br /> === Age of Discovery ===<br /> <br /> <br /> Ferdinand &amp; Isabella - Reconquista completed<br /> Spain and Portugal - Treaty of Tordesillas<br /> <br /> The Beginning of Colonialism<br /> Columbian Exchange<br /> <br /> The Evolution of Maps<br /> <br /> Explorers and Conquistadors: de Gama, Columbus, Cortes, etc.<br /> <br /> Porteguese Empire - Magellan, Albuquerque<br /> <br /> Was Columbus a hero or villain?<br /> <br /> Aztec Life<br /> <br /> Cortes and The Conquest of Mexico<br /> <br /> Pizarro and the Inca Empire<br /> <br /> English Explorers<br /> <br /> Expanded Lessons:<br /> <br /> Fountain of Youth, City of Gold<br /> <br /> Virgin of the Navigators<br /> <br /> The Black Legend<br /> <br /> === Reformation &amp; Religious Wars ===<br /> <br /> Core Lessons:<br /> <br /> <br /> German Reformation<br /> Martin Luther, posting of 95 Theses (10/31/1517), indulgences, Johann Tetzel, Justification by Faith, Leipzig Debate (1519), diet of Worms (1521), Charles V, Leo X <br /> <br /> Swiss Reformation: John Calvin, Institutes of the Christian Religion (1536), The Consistory, Ulrich Zwingli; Affair of the Sausages; Tudor England &amp; English Reformation; Henry VII, Henry VIII, Edward VI, Catherine of Aragon, Anne Boleyn; Mary Tudor; Walsingham and Mary queen of Scots; Francis Drake; Elizabeth I, defeat of the Spanish Armada; Church of England; The Development of the English Bible; The Dissolution of the Monasteries; Thomas Cromwell; Thomas Cranmer; Pope Clement VII; Poor Edward VI<br /> <br /> Catholic Reformation; Ignatius Loyola, Jesuits<br /> <br /> Council of Trent<br /> <br /> Huguenots and Wars of Religion; Catherine de Medici; Charles IX; Iconoclasm; Henry of Navarre - Henry IV; Edict of Nantes<br /> <br /> Peace of Augsburg, St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre<br /> <br /> Schmalkaldic League<br /> <br /> Radical Reformation; Anabaptist Persecution; Peasant rebellions and Munster Rebellion; Menno Simons and the Mennonites<br /> <br /> Foxe's Book of Martyrs vs. Martyr's Mirror<br /> <br /> Ottoman Wars; Siege of Malta; Battle of Lepanto; Suleiman the Great<br /> Knights of Malta<br /> <br /> Witch Hunts<br /> <br /> Warfare - Pike and shot; muskets and crossbows<br /> <br /> Hapsburg Dynasty<br /> <br /> Expanded Lessons:<br /> <br /> Reformed vs. Lutheran conflict<br /> <br /> Francis Xavier and the mission to Japan<br /> <br /> Paracelsus<br /> <br /> Battle of Cerignola<br /> <br /> William Hacket<br /> <br /> Martyr's Mirror<br /> <br /> Giambattista della Porta<br /> <br /> The Killing of Cardinal Beaton<br /> <br /> === Stuarts ===<br /> <br /> Dissenters and Republicans<br /> <br /> Gunpowder Plot<br /> <br /> Absolutism &amp; Mercantilism<br /> <br /> Bach<br /> <br /> Stuart England: James I, King James Bible,<br /> <br /> Pilgrims and ongoing colonialism<br /> <br /> Dutch and Spanish Wars, Eighty Years War<br /> <br /> Thirty Years War - Bourbon vs. Hapsburg, fighting over the netherlands<br /> protestant union v catholic league<br /> 1618 defenestration into a manure pile<br /> Gustavus Adolphus - developed the first standing army of conscripts, other military innovations<br /> Cardinal Richelieu<br /> Peace of Westphalia - pope was ignored; growing separation of church and state<br /> there were only four years between 1562 and 1721 in which all of europe was at peace<br /> musketeers and pikemen rather than archers and knights<br /> croatian mercaneries introduce cravats to france, causing a sensation and birthing the necktie; charles ii brings it back with him in 1660<br /> <br /> Peace of westphalia left each of the three hundred or more German states comprising the Holy Roman Empire virtually autonomous and sovereign. After 1648, the HRE was largely a diplomatic fiction (hence Voltaire's quip). Of the over three hundred Germanies, two emerged as great powers: Prussia and Austria.<br /> <br /> Rebellions always cause warps in the historiography; do you side with parliamentarians or royalists? support oliver cromwell? was the drogheda massacre really that bad?<br /> <br /> peasant rebellions, though most all unsuccessful except for the English revolution<br /> <br /> Jenny Gedes throws her stool<br /> Scottish National Covenant <br /> <br /> Charles I, Interregnum, roundheads, cavaliers, <br /> Oliver Cromwell<br /> incredibly well regimented army<br /> <br /> Westminster Assembly<br /> <br /> <br /> == Empires of Sail ==<br /> <br /> <br /> Beginning of Colonialism and the British Empire:<br /> <br /> Francis Drake<br /> Sir Walter Raleigh<br /> Privateers<br /> East India Company<br /> Jamestown<br /> Virginia<br /> Roanoke Lost Colony<br /> <br /> Restoration: Charles II, James II, William &amp; Mary, Glorious Revolution<br /> <br /> Continuing Scientific Revolution in England and the Continent<br /> Francis Bacon, Galileo, Kepler, Leeuwenhoek, leading up to !! NEWTON !!<br /> <br /> Golden Age of Piracy<br /> <br /> Hobbes vs. Locke<br /> <br /> Expanded Lessons:<br /> <br /> Samuel Pepys<br /> <br /> The Rare Jewel of Christian Contentment was written during the ECW. (moment where we compare excerpts from the text with gnarly moments from the war)<br /> <br /> David Teniers the Younger: gallery paintings, monkey singeries, genre paintings<br /> <br /> Montrose<br /> <br /> Wren<br /> <br /> Scottish Borderers<br /> <br /> Dutch West India Trade company<br /> <br /> The Newspaper<br /> <br /> The Second Hundred Years War - The Great Powers<br /> <br /> Louis XIII, Richelieu, Mazarin, Louis XIV, 30 Years’ War<br /> <br /> Versailles<br /> <br /> Prussia, the House of Hohenzollern<br /> Frederick William and Militarism<br /> <br /> Seven Years War<br /> <br /> Scottish Enlightnment<br /> Jean-Jacques Rousseau<br /> Rationalists, Empiricists, Immanuel Kant,<br /> Voltaire<br /> Encyclopedists<br /> <br /> Russia - Rulers of Russia; Battle of Poltava<br /> <br /> French Revolution with causes and effects; Identify/explain: First Estate, Second Estate, Third Estate, Estates General, Jacobins, Danton, Robespierre, National Assembly, Louis XV, Louis XIV, Napoleon<br /> Jacques Louis David<br /> <br /> Colonialism - Tea, Coffee, Sugar, Plantations<br /> <br /> Expanded Lessons:<br /> <br /> <br /> 1700s and the invention of fashion<br /> Rococo and 18th century vibes<br /> <br /> The Idea of Progress<br /> <br /> French and British Gardens - <br /> <br /> <br /> Baroque and Classical Music - J. S. Bach, Mozart, Beethoven,<br /> <br /> Freemasonry<br /> <br /> Jacobite Rising<br /> <br /> Methodism and revivalism<br /> <br /> Tom Jones<br /> <br /> Robinson Crusoe<br /> <br /> Barry Lyndon clip<br /> <br /> Wollstonecraft and Feminism<br /> <br /> The Geometric Spirit<br /> <br /> The Scarlet Pimpernel<br /> <br /> == Romantic Era ==<br /> <br /> <br /> Napoleon<br /> <br /> Napoleon and the Louvre<br /> <br /> Waterloo - differing accounts<br /> <br /> Romanticism<br /> <br /> Victorian Empire: Pax Britannica<br /> <br /> The Great Game<br /> <br /> Opium Wars<br /> <br /> Scramble for Africa<br /> <br /> Macaulay | Whig History | British exceptionalism | How British colonialism reshaped India<br /> <br /> Revolutions, Nationalisms, Unifications<br /> <br /> Age of Ideologies<br /> <br /> Crimean War: <br /> <br /> although russia loses, laying the groundwork for Russia being the great power in eastern europe, unbalances the balance of power<br /> <br /> Ottomans (helped by British) vs. Russian Empire<br /> <br /> first war that extensively used railways, telegraphs, explosive shells<br /> <br /> charge of the light brigade<br /> <br /> battle of sevastopol<br /> <br /> Unification of Italy: Giuseppe Garibaldi 781-785 + brown box<br /> <br /> Unification of Germany: SPV 783 - 788  led by Prussia<br /> <br /> Bismarck<br /> <br /> Kaiser<br /> <br /> Second Reich<br /> <br /> Franco Prussian War<br /> <br /> Artists<br /> <br /> Paris Commune - lives of the anarchists<br /> <br /> Industrialism; Robert Owen<br /> <br /> Trains<br /> <br /> Wilberforce and Abolitionism; Rise of Prisons<br /> <br /> <br /> Expanded Lessons:<br /> <br /> Political cartoons<br /> <br /> Jane Austen<br /> <br /> Beethoven, Schubert, Rossini, Mendelssohn, Chopin, Schumann and Liszt.<br /> <br /> Les Miserables<br /> <br /> the parody maps of nations<br /> <br /> Arthur Conan Doyle - Brigadier Gerard - waterloo; retreat from moscow<br /> <br /> belle epoque / fin de siecle:<br /> <br /> Haussmann<br /> <br /> 1889 world fair; 1900 exposition universelle<br /> <br /> art nouveau - vienna secession; klimt<br /> <br /> impressionists and postimpressionists - Monet, Renoir, Van Gogh<br /> <br /> not everyone was having a good time - degas, lautrec, munch<br /> <br /> medieval building restoration - william morris, ruskin, viollet le duc,<br /> <br /> the statue of Charlemagne et ses Leudes <br /> <br /> New Woman and the Bicycle<br /> <br /> anglo venezuelan boundary dispute; anglo american relations; monroe doctrine; political cartoons<br /> <br /> Dutch pushing opium in 19th century indies<br /> <br /> Papal Infallibility<br /> <br /> Joseph Merrick the Elephant Man<br /> <br /> White Slavery<br /> <br /> Charles Darwin<br /> <br /> 19th century fashion - the corset<br /> <br /> Abdelkader - revolutionary French colonialism; honored with Iowa city<br /> <br /> Italy in Ethiopia<br /> <br /> the rise of Advertising<br /> <br /> The Man Who Would Be King<br /> <br /> 1832 Anatomy Act - what does it say about science and the poor at the time?<br /> <br /> 1871 and Alsace-Lorraine<br /> <br /> Simon Bolivar and Latin America's revolutions<br /> <br /> Bentham and Utilitarianism<br /> <br /> Lord Byron the Romantic<br /> <br /> Richard Burton the Explorer<br /> <br /> Punch and Judy show<br /> <br /> Assassination of Czar Paul<br /> <br /> the plate glass window shop introduced (1801)<br /> <br /> Elgin Marbles taken by the Earl from Athens<br /> <br /> Madame Tussaud's Waxworks<br /> <br /> 1803<br /> <br /> Louisiana Purchase <br /> <br /> invention of morphine and anaesthetics - stories?<br /> <br /> Death of Toussaint L'Ouverture, Haiti's Freedom<br /> <br /> Natural History Explorations of Humboldt<br /> <br /> the gaslamps of London<br /> <br /> Master and Commander<br /> <br /> == Belle Époque ==<br /> 1870s:<br /> <br /> bank holidays introduce new leisure culture for the working and middle class; seaside resorts; racecourses; seabathing<br /> <br /> Bicycle and the New Woman<br /> <br /> Anglo-Boer War<br /> <br /> Italy and Ethiopia<br /> <br /> Zulu Wars<br /> <br /> 1880s:<br /> <br /> Pifre's solar power<br /> <br /> Louis Pasteur and vaccination<br /> <br /> Victoria's Golden Jubilee<br /> <br /> Statue of Liberty given by France to America; Ellis Islanders emigrating to America<br /> <br /> Beardsley, Art Nouveau<br /> <br /> French Pres Carnot stabbed to death by anarchist<br /> <br /> Cecil Rhodes<br /> <br /> invention of movies<br /> <br /> Benin Expedition of 1897, conquest of African kingdom<br /> <br /> Zeppelin's designs<br /> <br /> Imprisonment of Oscar Wilde<br /> <br /> Dreyfus Affair<br /> <br /> 1899 Percy Pilcher dies in flight; 1895 Otto Liliental also dies in flight <br /> <br /> Anglo-Boer Wars<br /> <br /> Occultism, theosophy, blavatsky, and new thought<br /> <br /> == Collapse of Christendom ==<br /> <br /> <br /> The Cataclysmic End of Christendom<br /> <br /> Modernist Art<br /> <br /> Expanded Lessons:<br /> <br /> World War 1 Postcards<br /> <br /> Scriabin - poem of fire, 1910, prometheanism, esotericism<br /> <br /> Science fiction, russian cosmism<br /> <br /> Modernity and Coffeehouse culture<br /> <br /> === World War I ===<br /> <br /> === Interwar ===<br /> <br /> === World War II ===<br /> <br /> == Cold War ==<br /> <br /> <br /> == Postmodern ==<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Post Soviet Oligarchs, sex trafficking, and Putin</div>

Michael Thomas Jones