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Philosophy

March 20, 2013

Da Capo

“…the pressure, oh the pressure…” Continue reading

Books, Creativity, Philosophy, Reading, The Examined Life, The infinity of ideas, Thinkers, Writers

biography, Emerson, Francis Fukuyam, Julian Young, Mark Twain, Nietzsche, Ralph Waldo Emerson
March 18, 2013

Snow Under Boot

Maybe a walk in the woods should remain largely and exactly that: a walk in the woods. Continue reading

Nature, Philosophy, Writers

Henry David Thoreau, Maine, Nature
March 12, 2013

First Sentences of Philosophy

“Philosophy means to dare penetrate the inaccessible ground of human self-awareness.” Continue reading

Philosophy, Writing

Heidegger, Karl Jaspers, Nietzsche, Philosophy, Robert Nozick, Wittgenstein
March 7, 2013

Montaigne

Who is this, this kindred spirit, this wise new friend? Continue reading

Books, Philosophy, Writers

Montaigne, Sarah Bakewell
March 5, 2013

Pinsky, Hegel, Nietzsche, Chatwin, & Faulkner

I am at my most alert to cosmic inconsequence when I deal with my darkest concerns. Continue reading

Death, Life, Philosophy, The Examined Life, Writers

Bruce Chatwin, Chatwin, Faulkner, Friedrich Hegel, Hegel, Nietzsche, Pinsky, Robert Pinksy
February 28, 2013

Winter in Maine…We Go Dark

Pardon me if I’m about to wax too philosophical. It’s winter in Maine, we retreat, hibernate, go dark. Come spring things will look up. Continue reading

Philosophy

Descartes, existentialsim, Maine, Monty Python, Robert Nozick, Sartre

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