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I certainly agree that Lawrence of Arabia is a much better movie.

Here’s what I thought of it, for what it’s worth. I was able to compare exact frames, and the new cut’s 4:3 A/R does not remove any significant amount of picture from the sides, maybe a few pixels, but it does add a lot to the top and…

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My deepest sympathy, Irfan. LikeLike

In reply to Irfan Khawaja. Would be interested in your comments on this, if you get the chance: https://irfankhawajaphilosopher.com/2015/04/09/from-the-nicomachean-ethics-to-the-grant-study/ LikeLike

In reply to Irfan Khawaja. The Unity conception, for its part, attracts us through its alignment with our aspirations. Just as a body in pain is not a body in its healthiest state, so a soul riven by internal conflict seems not to be a soul in its hea…

In reply to Roderick T. Long. I’ve read the “Easy Virtue” paper in a once-over way. Given my current circumstances (meaning, bereavement), I don’t quite have the energy I would normally have to read it as carefully as it deserve…