progress report

[2eclipse]

bah.
made less progress than i might like today.
only about 4 more pages done (which puts me at 18 and about 4700 words).
i also need to rewrite my introduction again.
i am, however, beginning to have hope that i won't have quite the problem filling up space that i imagined, considering that i'm almost half-way there.
i talk to beverly again on monday.
she wants me to look at augustine and i HATE the way that man handles dialogue. everything is so repetitious and nothing is good for quoting in papers, only referencing. also he bases his arguments on things that i disagree with, like the superiority of the soul to the body.
so greek!
i like the way barth handles free will better. it's better for quoting AND it makes me feel less manipulated.
i don't like feeling manipulated. even by God.
i would be so excited if this paper gets even ONE person to be nicer to poor people.

Comments

[dhampir.livejournal.com]

so, im probably way off here, but why not include augustine? even if you use him for debunking or arguing against his style which comparatively to yours makes his arguments less valid?

im horribly underread on augustine and your work or theory, but in the end, even if you despise a source, doesnt mean you can exclude it. it can work against you very fast when its defending time, unless you put in there somehow why its excluded or little used.

just some randomness, that may or may not help you in the end.