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First Sentences of Philosophy

If you were a book, your opening sentence would be my first impression of you. It is that type-set handshake, that eye contact, the initial body language of our literary relationship, from which I will...

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Da Capo

The  neuro-chemical thing has worn off and all is again right with the world. That said, it’s a good time to take a little break, a few days away from the desk. The reading is falling behind, the...

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The Grand Canyon and other philosophies

The Grand Canyon I’ve been engaged the last couple years in correspondence with a young man in prison. He is a family friend who made a bad decision. He has a bent for big ideas so naturally the two...

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“It is a question of understanding my destiny.”

In the fog. (Photo by author) The quote above is lifted from an entry in Kierkegaard’s journal. Here’s the fragment I jotted down in my notebook: “What I really need is to be clear about what I am to...

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My Summer with Montaigne–“Of Repentance” 

“In all affairs, when they are past, however they have turned out, I have little regret.”  III.2 Here’s a thought experiment. Imagine that you have come to the end of your life, and as you lie on your...

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My Summer with Montaigne—Update.

Montaigne, “the greatest writer of any time, anywhere.”   Orson Welles First a little housekeeping. With Labor Day behind us, you are perhaps wondering about my summer project, is it coming to an end?...

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