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229 - Paul Kingsnorth - Civilization and Control

The Symbolic World

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The Desert Fathers, the Early Ascetics

The world at is laying itself in front of us, s trick's department, isn't it? That's right. Hegave some busniss you r just trying to be in the world, but not of it. It's almost like there's a balance between the desertd and tand the town of desert. The desert, wellan the kingdom, really. You have to get that balance betwen the world and the kingdom, right? Even if you're certainly never going to be a great saint.

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