Confessions of a Liberal Puritan

One of the hazards of recycling ideas and quotes from earlier coursework is that I may give the impression that I've accepted ideas or philosophical distinctions that I was only endeavoring to prove to the professor I had read and understood (so I could hurry up and get on to the fun part of the paper where I talk about the movie and the novel, etc., using whatever terminology the theorist under discussion had used).

Let me be clear that I, personally, do not accept that mind and body can be differentiated or separated from one another. I agree that we are integral beings, needing all our various aspects and parts working together in order to become the persons we're meant to be.

Still, I'm very grateful to you and Jonesie for pointing out the misleading impressions I was giving. It's good to know that you pay enough attention to what I write and care enough to question my unsupported assumptions, etc.

Thanks for keeping me on my toes, honored sisters!