Author: Travis Macdonald

Travis Macdonald is a poet, copywriter, editor, and small press publisher currently living in Philadelphia. His most recent books include: Title Bout (Shadow Mountain Press 2011), BAR/koans (Erg Arts 2011), Hoop Cores (Knives, Forks and Spoons Press 2011), Sight & Sigh (Beard of Bees 2011), N7ostradamus (BlazeVox Books 2010), Basho's Phonebook (E-ratio 2009) and The O Mission Repo [vol. 1] (Fact-Simile Editions 2008).

from Bookquet

from Bookquet

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        trust the Muse –
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   gued for reform.
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     the best       education

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    “

ex. Prophylactic. You know,
  in your wall when

     e as a duty, not an
    “the nature of the covenant
  agement at all, to set aside any
 ording to Aquinas: “Granted that a
 same thing God wills, he is bound
ince the knowledge of what this is
  mandments, a person is obliged to
   entury pamphlet, the Jewish phil-
    ay: Truly, people err when they
    gains the clear and simple state-
     of Proverbs refers to the “integrity
      ightness as the capacity for dis-
      matters is that the duty to obe

        steadfast principles until
       il’s point is well taken, not on
      atter of human personality: we
     beliefs when we have something
    is built around such steadfastness.
   nd to sacrifice his son Isaac, and Job
  ions, to abandon his faith (or, as he p
 ecular examples abound. Thus, Bobby
genius who was world chess champion
 Boris Spassky in 1972 until his resigna
  spoiled and irritating brat, but there

               in part by reason. But o
             ich incorporates a wealth o
              over time been accepted as
          ence, argued Professor Tyler in
           is ever active and awake, pass-
            ing as it appears to be right or
         ts stern prohibition.”
          that the knowledge of right and
         either placed by God in Creation,
         would suggest, in the upbringing
        Williams is very much in this spirit
         come down from Kant that a con-