The Value of Silence
Some things are unsayable. and Some things sayable,–are best left unsaid. “Whereof we cannot speak, thereof we must be silent.” Ludwig Wittgenstein Tractatus 7.1
Under Construction
Under Construction Uncertainty Incomplete knowledge Must be accepted. Courage! Update your beliefs As new evidence Comes in. Describe the universe As a series of Interconnected models Appropriate at different levels. Each model In it’s applicable domain– Ideas appearing– Essential parts of each story, Having the right To be thought of As real. Our task…
Hephaestus
I envy the ancient Greeks of Attica, particularly the freemen and citizens of Athens. They lived in a god-infused world. Not us. We inhabit a sterile, positivistic world. According to logical positivism only that which can be empirically measured, mathematically accounted for has ontological status. The mystery of being is fed into a reductionistic…
Homo Faber, WTF
The Atlantic published an article on The 50 Greatest Breakthroughs Since the Wheel. This compilation of technological achievements reached back 6000 years thereabouts. Wendell Berry has said that it was a tool or a weapon that has been the prime mover of change in human history. That is a reasonable assessment as far as…
Time
TIME Time alters form. What was Gives rise To what is. Gases condense Into planets. A spermatozoa Finds a ovum, Here I am. Impermanent, temporary A confluence of Past concatenations. For the time being Formed, I am. Me here, You there. Next? Credit given to Robert Langan, for his wonderful book…
I Would Do Anything For Love
Love is one of the lesser topics of philosophical treatment. Like the word “belief” the term has a fulsome cloud of meaning. The more one thinks about a statement about love, the less clear one becomes about what is meant. Would I do anything for love? It all depends on exactly what you have…
A Poem For the Animal That Isn’t There
Another fine poem composed by Nancy who has been a long term participant in our weekly philosophy discussion gathering. The poem reflects experience of game spotting in East Africa. Nancy mentioned that the animals are becoming scarce as their habitat is taken by encroaching human population. SONG OF THE SAFARI Though many creatures here…
The Universe Spins In His Heart
Here is a fine poetic work in words and visual presentation. Gary is a long term participant in our philosophy discussion group. It is a privilege to present his work here. The poem: Humanities Man.
Another Poem For What Lies Ahead
WHAT REMAINS My world A conscious projection Of an unconscious construction. I’ve forgotten How to forget Now my palace Is my prison. Waking, “thrown” Into a world I did not create, Unless with luck, I find a puzzling key To the locked palace door. It is my palace after all. All palaces crumble. I…
Nietzsche On Prince
As we are now the products of earlier generations, we are also the products of their aberrations, passions, mistakes, and even crimes. It is impossible to loose oneself from this chain entirely. When we condemn that confusion and consider ourselves released from it, then we have not overcome the fact that we are derived…
