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Conrad, Life, and the Incarnation

Will Nielsen
January 17th, 2008
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In reading Under Western Eyes, Joseph Conrad makes a comment on life that I found quite insightful if not profound in light of the Christian belief of Jesus, the bread of life, who became flesh to dwell among us.

Life is a thing of form. It has its plastic shape and a definite intellectual aspect. The most idealistic conceptions of love and forbearance must be clothed in flesh as it were before they can be made understandable.[1]

[1] Joseph Conrad. Under Western Eyes. Everyman’s Library. (London: Random Century Group, 1991), 132.

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Narcissistic Self-Communion

Will Nielsen
January 15th, 2008
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“There must be a wonderful soothing power in mere words since so many men have used them for self-communion.” [1]

[1] Joseph Conrad. Under Western Eyes. Everyman’s Library. (London: Random Century Group, 1991), 3.

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