Frog-like philosophy
While I have no idea what such a philosophy involves, it sounds like one I might manage to grasp, and...
A hospital for poets
The 18th century German poet Friedrich Hölderlin considers philosophy as a possible cure - or at least refuge - for...
Definitions of philosophy I
This irreverent definition of philosophy made me smile, though with the current invasion of Ukraine, 'the finding of bad reasons'...
Of books and life
This describes the reading philosophy of a Jewish village school teacher in Russia during the war. One of Vasily Grossman's...
Where is the chair?
An endearing philosophical philistinism in the elderly father of Rory Stewart. Ever practical, he had no truck with time-wasting on...
Definitions of philosophy II
I read and think quite a bit. However, when it comes to Western philosophy, it has always felt like a...
Worm-like creature
Balint is one of the most engaging characters in Banffy's splendid trilogy of novels covering the closing decades of the...
Imply vs express, whole vs part
Again, a wonderful, provocative and pithy comment by Thoreau. I'm now looking at poetry and asking how far it implies...
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