Philosophy
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The Philosophy of Groundhog Day
Does this action…hold up to the challenge of living it repetitively through all eternity? Continue reading
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This just in…
…from Pythia, the goddess oracle at Delphi… Continue reading
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Up and at ’em.
There is nothing, I feel, more beautiful nor perfect than a dog running in the morning, astride a body of water, the sun rising Continue reading
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“What I really wanted was every kind of life…”
…yearn for the difficult. The common is just that, common. Continue reading
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A Life in Terms of Fiction
The notion interests me that the ancient Greeks judged their philosophers by their lives, as well as their intellectual contribution. Kierkegaard noted that Socrate’s “whole life was [a] personal preoccupation with himself…” Likewise, Rembrandt made more than ninety self-portraits, far more than any other artist. One art historian, Manuel Gasser, wrote that “Over the years, Continue reading