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An example Emerson's "nasty humanitarian"
By jventola on Feb 27, 2010 | In philo | Send feedback »
In "Self-Reliance," Emerson derides the abolitionist who treats the people around him badly. What good is charity toward strangers miles away when one is nasty at home, he asks. Life has a way of reflecting whatever I am teaching. I came across a r… more »
You don't know Jack
By jventola on Feb 25, 2010 | In philo | Send feedback »
Ambrose Bierce, I think, said that “It ain’t what ya don’t know that gets ya into trouble. It’s what you know that ain’t so.” That is one way to look at epistemology. What do I know that ain’t so? Do my beliefs about the world or reality actually match i… more »
The Historian Xenophon on Lycurgus, the Lawgiver of Sparta
By jventola on Feb 14, 2010 | In philo | Send feedback »
Lycurgus ..." ... thought that female slaves were competent to furnish clothes; and, considering that the PRODUCTION OF CHILDREN WAS THE NOBLEST DUTY OF THE FREE, he enacted ...that the female should practice bodily exercise no less than the male sex… more »
Ry Cooder--Crazy Bout an Automobile
By jventola on Feb 13, 2010 | In philo | Send feedback »
If this doesn't do it for ya, I don't know what will. Pure dee--light. more »
Lincoln's Birthday thoughts
By jventola on Feb 12, 2010 | In philo | Send feedback »
Lincoln's BirthdayBy Dr. Michael Burlingame, February 12, 2010 in UncategorizedToday is the 201st birthday of America's 16th president. Abraham LincolnLincoln speaks to us not only as a champion of freedom, democracy, and national unity, bu… more »
Killing for Karaoke
By jventola on Feb 11, 2010 | In philo | Send feedback »
The Phillippines is a dangerous place (see Comment 5 of the linked essay). Even singing a song can get you killed. Now that is taking art and poetry seriously. more »
General David Petraus at Institute for the Study of War
By jventola on Feb 5, 2010 | In philo | 1 feedback »
Click the link and learn something. more »
