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Stevens and the Rock

Passage quoted in A Philosopher's Stone (April 4, 2013)— This passage from Heidegger suggested the lexicon excerpt on to hypokeimenon  (the underlying) in yesterday's post Lexicon. A related passage: The…

Lexicon

From the final pages of the new novel Lexicon , by Max Barry: “… a fundamental language of the human mind— the tongue in which the human animal…

Thirty Years Ago

ART WARS: Chesterton Thursday

The New York Times  philosophy column "The Stone" last evening had an essay on art by a sarcastic anarchist, one Crispin Sartwell— "… whole generations of art lovers have been trained in…

Looking for Mr. Sidebar

Clue from yesterday:  "ganz links das Kirchlein " Related material:  google.com/search?q="bruno+ganz"

Juneteenth

See Juneteenth in this journal. For related meditations, see last October 27th.

R.I.P.

Ein Eck

"Da hats ein Eck" — "you've/she's (etc.) got problems there" St. Galluskirche: St. Gallus's Day, 2012: Click image for a St. Gallus's Day post. A related problem:  Discuss the…

Hats

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/19/obama-berlin-speech-live

Midnight in the Garden

(Continued) See Robert Hughes in this journal.