Tag: Plato in China
The Ideas “We tell ourselves stories in order to live…. We interpret what we see, select the most workable of multiple choices. We live entirely, especially if we…
A comment yesterday on the New York Times philosophy column “The Stone” quoted Karl Barth— “Man is the creature of the boundary between heaven and earth.” See also…
Women's History Month continues… Ontology Alignment "He had with him a small red book of Mao's poems, and as he talked he squared it on the table,…
Ideas, Stories, Values: Literati in Deep Confusion Joan Didion, The White Album: “We tell ourselves stories in order to live…. We interpret what we see, select the most…
Ideas and Art, Part III The first idea was not our own. Adam In Eden was the father of Descartes… — Wallace Stevens, from Notes Toward a Supreme…
Force Field of Dreams Metaphysics and chess in today’s New York Times Magazine: From “Must-See Metaphysics,” by Emily Nussbaum: Joss Whedon, creator of a new TV series —…