Perhaps any comment upon this passage would ruin it. I am relieved to read that a philosopher is a mere human. Not everyone is captivated by how extraordinary are “ordinary” experiences, ie. seeing, hearing, hoping and dreaming. When you stop reflect do further, secondary storms blow up? Surely Nietzsche is being autobiographical here. Still,…
Homo Sapiens, the mammal that psychologically clothes itself with team colors, like every other fan at a soccer game. A coordinated style, moral attire that palate of team colors is instantly recognized by everyone in the room. What I mean – approved comportment, a manner of getting things done, of movement, of being, is…
This segment stopped me cold. For as long as I can remember I welcomed solitude. As a kid I adventured alone in the woods, and I had an appetite for books. Perhaps I understood then what philosophy affirmed later to my adult self: “the world” is a product of what we can manage, or…
After dinner we played a card game that included our almost-five year old grand daughter. A simple game, called “Go Fish” was played with intense delight by the child. The game is a matter of alphabet matching. She is learning the letters of the alphabet. Her pleasure visibly grows as she masters the rules…
Tonight the debate between the Republican and the Democratic candidate is to be televised on ABC. It is difficult to imagine two personalities of starker contrast. Most Americans have already made a choice. Perhaps you are sympatico with a life-long bully, a male who has made his way by grift. He is an icon…
A festival, a fair has always been the occasion for my happiness. I remember as a child being taken to a circus, or that feeling of excitement on a chill December evening, waiting curbside for the first sound and sight of the Christmas parade,… Such events caused me to feel happy for a while….
Fall approaches, as does the general election. Given the division within the country, the stoking of alarm, no doubt many feel that we are on a slippery slope. No one can know what the future will be. Our insecurity prompts us to seek what is base, dishonorable, – to be defensive minded. I think…
Nothing is wasted! Even a heritage that one has taken measure of, reflected upon, then with effort to transition, to construct a more humane self, – that old wreckage in the rear-view-mirror is a resource for insight. Nietzsche states that holiness is nothing but a quest for purity. Saintliness is to insist upon unifying…
How do I begin? We are several days on the far side of Labor Day. In this election year, November 4th is coming up fast (like a sweeping curve at the end of a racetrack straightaway). We, that is fellow citizens, will soon cast a ballot to select the 47th president of the United…
This is one of the most un-nerving texts I’ve ever read. A single idea that I have held sacred for a long time as an adult is the thought that I and others, say everyone in this room could, might thrive in a loving relationship. A tagline from the great song by the Eagles…
