Philosophy
The Novelty of Language
I’ve been experiencing the consequences of musa abscondita lately (sometimes described more prosaically as “writer’s block”), so here’s at least a summary of some topics I intended to write a little about. Maybe the Muse will return someday and I’ll be able to explore them a little more thoroughly.
First of all, in Adam’s Tongue [...]
Review: Saving God: Religion after Idolatry
Teaching high school students, I have occasionally been asked whether I believe in God, and I’ve developed an answer that gets me off the hook. I explain that there are plenty of ideas of God I can’t accept (and in relation to which I would unabashedly call myself an atheist), but there are other [...]
The Borromeo String Quartet Plays Beethoven
Last night we were treated to a spectacular chamber music concert at Monadnock Music in Peterborough, N.H.: as the highlight, the Borromeo String Quartet presented Beethoven’s String Quartet in E-flat, Op. 127 with a combination of precision and passion that took one’s breath away.
In a previous post, I suggested that great art has some sort [...]
Thoughts on Immortality
Abby Yandell died in an auto accident three weeks ago. She was 18 and had just graduated from High Mowing School.
Thoughts About Heraclitus’ Fragment 60
Up down way: one and the same. —Heraclitus, Fragment 60
What might Heraclitus have meant?