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Joseph Campbell on Schopenhauer, Will, and Life’s Composition
March 8, 2025In his splendid essay called "On an Apparent Intention in the Fate of the Individual," Schopenhauer points out that when you reach an advanced age…
Ten Reasons to Enjoy Shakespeare’s Works
February 21, 2025In Shakespeare: The Invention of the Human, Harold Bloom argues that Shakespeare did more than just shape the structure and content of the English language—he created…
A Poem on the Wind
February 4, 2025A poem on the wind lands wherever it's taken, whether in your thoughts or mine, or on the dry red soil, glittering in the summer…
A Brief Reflection on Perception
January 24, 2025Other people's views and intentions are hidden to us. We can only infer what they are. Through these inferences, we invent an interconnected web of…
Looking for Real
January 14, 2025The world I have come to know is just an artificial display of holographic shapes gliding across my line of sight and disappearing into nothingness,…
Looking for Real
January 14, 2025The world I have come to know is just an artificial display of holographic shapes gliding across my line of…
A Quiet Christmas
December 25, 2024Scott woke up at 5 a.m. on Christmas morning, threw on some warm clothes, and took his dog Hank for…
Ten Reasons to Appreciate Science
October 29, 2024In the mid-1700s, natural phenomena were so poorly understood in the American Colonies that lightning was considered by many to…Ten Reasons Why We Should Pay Attention to Local Politics
October 23, 2024For me, the machinations of the machine we call “American politics” seemed like nothing so much as an overrated reality…
Sometimes in my dreams
September 12, 2024Sometimes in my dreams, I have interactions with people who no longer play a role in my waking life, like…
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