Philosophy, Politics, Religion, Etc.
Posted in Arts and Entertainment, Life, Literature, Philosophy on Dec 19th, 2007
One of my best buds out here in the Greater DC Metropolitan Area (imagine calling yourself a “citizen” of such a region. Would never happen) was talking to me about about creative energy and relaxation the other day.
We don’t get to see each other nearly enough. We had just gotten out of I Am Legend [...]
Posted in Literature, Philosophy, Politics on Dec 7th, 2007
***Spoiler Alert*** (This post contains a discussion of M. Night Shyamalan’s The Village, so if you haven’t seen it, and don’t want the suspense ruined, read carefully.)
Plato wrote in The Republic, that his ideal city would require a noble lie. Since then, the noble lie has become a part of utopian and distopian [...]
Posted in Arts and Entertainment, Literature, Movies on Dec 1st, 2007
And no, I don’t mean Mr. Potter from the greatest movie of all time, It’s a Wonderful Life (even though it would be appropriate for this time of year).
I was watching Harry Potter 1 with my wife last night. There was so much about it I had forgotten. I ain’t never read the books, but [...]
Posted in Aesthetics (Philosophy), Ethics (Philosophy), Literature, Philosophy on Nov 26th, 2007
A Short Intro
[ Kant's Definition | Ezra Pound's | C.S. Lewis's | Husserl/Levinas/James & Mona Lisa ]
I really don’t like definitions that reduce one thing to another (or a collection of other things). Except when I do. But usually I don’t.
For example: “What are humans?” “Animals with big brains.” “What is love?” “A chemical reaction [...]
Posted in Literature, Philosophy on Nov 7th, 2007
I just stumbled across a homeschooling mom (we homeschool types have to stick together) who wrote a great post on reading books: do you take notes and highlight or not?
I had to comment on the post, since I feel very strongly about the subject. But I liked what I said so much, I wanted to [...]
Posted in Literature, Philosophy, Religion, Science, Scripture (Religion) on Oct 26th, 2007
As I mentioned before, I’ve written a book (*Stewie’s making fun of Brian’s novel-writing begins to play in background*) on reading the first three chapters of Genesis. In my second post on Creationism, I said I would talk about the right way to read the Bible’s account of Creation.
Here’s the approach I work with in [...]
Posted in Culture, Literature, Politics on Oct 22nd, 2007
A theme of late here has been my interactions with the idea of political identity, and pdxstudent’s informed responses (here, here, and here) that there’s something artificially limiting about labeling yourself through the idea of “identity.”
Thus, the following stories caught my eye:
GOP rivals argue who’s most conservative
Colbert says his U.S. presidential run is no joke
Dumbledore [...]
WEeding Awards
