Tag: Plato in China

Sermon

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…

Boundary

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…

Friday March 31, 2006

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,…

Sunday December 12, 2004

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…

Tuesday April 6, 2004

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…

Sunday September 22, 2002

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 —…