We’ve lost many institutions and much cultural knowledge since the Middle Ages. Catholic institutions were generally extremely well-optimized. Learning from them when possible is probably a good idea. I don’t know how Catholics rested in the Middle Ages, but however they did, it was probably a reasonably good way of going about it.
Are you asking about Medieval Catholics in general or only those that lived according to a regula? I don’t know the answer to either, but I think I know where to find it. Although, I do know that those living in a monastery usually spent the majority of their waking hours gardening (even more than praying or reading and copying).
Either would be good to know. It’s funny, my whole life I’ve wanted to garden, and for the last year or so I’ve been calling some of my cognitive habits “conceptual gardening” because that metaphorical soil seemed rich with interesting metaphors. Maybe I should, like, actually garden. I like this idea of practicing caring for things, and I naturally tend to cultivate people and ideas, so I wonder if I’ll like gardening a lot. …Honestly I feel pretty stupid for not thinking of this earlier.
(Will_Newsome: First ever human to go into a hypomanic episode simply due to considering the prospect of majoring in botany? Could be! “But Will, what about saving the universe, and justification, and being perfect, and FAI, and God, and all those things you’ve incessantly talked about for years now!” “No dude, trust me, it’s all about looking very closely at plants.”)
You know, if I can get into the UofA (I’m a high school dropout), I should really consider taking botany or summat for a semester or two. If I can’t get into the UofA… that’d be weird.
Could you elaborate?
We’ve lost many institutions and much cultural knowledge since the Middle Ages. Catholic institutions were generally extremely well-optimized. Learning from them when possible is probably a good idea. I don’t know how Catholics rested in the Middle Ages, but however they did, it was probably a reasonably good way of going about it.
Are you asking about Medieval Catholics in general or only those that lived according to a regula? I don’t know the answer to either, but I think I know where to find it. Although, I do know that those living in a monastery usually spent the majority of their waking hours gardening (even more than praying or reading and copying).
Either would be good to know. It’s funny, my whole life I’ve wanted to garden, and for the last year or so I’ve been calling some of my cognitive habits “conceptual gardening” because that metaphorical soil seemed rich with interesting metaphors. Maybe I should, like, actually garden. I like this idea of practicing caring for things, and I naturally tend to cultivate people and ideas, so I wonder if I’ll like gardening a lot. …Honestly I feel pretty stupid for not thinking of this earlier.
(Will_Newsome: First ever human to go into a hypomanic episode simply due to considering the prospect of majoring in botany? Could be! “But Will, what about saving the universe, and justification, and being perfect, and FAI, and God, and all those things you’ve incessantly talked about for years now!” “No dude, trust me, it’s all about looking very closely at plants.”)
Elementary but amazing—dear WATSON
You know, if I can get into the UofA (I’m a high school dropout), I should really consider taking botany or summat for a semester or two. If I can’t get into the UofA… that’d be weird.