For Shavi, a friend and ikon Orion protects starry skies each night – Giving liberal light with that horse and bear – Their beauty calling eyes to gaze aright, Granting both wonder and direction fair. Yet, despite ever luminous powers, They reveal not all dangers of the dark; For itContinue reading “The Lighthouse”
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A Note on Agentic Attribution
Now, how’s that for a pretentious title? The good news is, what I hope to briefly highlight herein is not so highfalutin and annoying as the title. Nevertheless, some may still be irritated because what I am discussing is, in some ways, a criticism of one way that people speak metaphorically despite that my concernContinue reading “A Note on Agentic Attribution”
Reason & Revelation: Questioning Our Beginnings
I have recently had the pleasure of returning to the work of Leo Strauss, a man who has become somewhat unfashionable in universities despite having much purchase throughout the last half century. The precise reason for why he has been cast aside by many is not quite clear to me, though perhaps it has toContinue reading “Reason & Revelation: Questioning Our Beginnings”
Assigned or Received?
I came across a clip from a philosophy-focused Youtuber who was discussing the odd nature of what it means to support a sports team. He ventures through a number of logical dilemmas with his guest that are all quite preposterous; they tend to rely on rather bizarre circumstances that, as far as I know, haveContinue reading “Assigned or Received?”
The Smog
Early morning – the usual coffeeis enjoyed with the sight of this concretejungle. Man’s power on display as weoverturn landscapes – a near godly feat.Yet now, with curtains drawn, there is nothingto meet the eye but smog. Enrobed in mist,human ingenuity vanishingfrom the mind, doubting if it did exist. Nature, never one to speak directly,concealsContinue reading “The Smog”
A Twisted Mirror
Though I am not much of one for “trigger warnings,” I think a cautionary note to begin this post is in order. This is a reflection on the work (specifically one text) of Bret Easton Ellis, an author who is well known for including rather despicable content in his writing. This post will reference someContinue reading “A Twisted Mirror”
Technological Thinking and the Human Person as a What
For Fr. Dcn. A. P. W. B. I have a friend who loves to tell a story about a phrase he heard from His Eminence, Cardinal Collins, at a dinner party: “We must remember that a human being is a ‘who’ and not a ‘what,’ a subject to be valued, not an object to beContinue reading “Technological Thinking and the Human Person as a What”
Idealism and the Unfolding of Experience
This post is meant to be the first in a set of posts to come—posts I have certainly not written. I merely put this as a preamble for anyone interested in the topic(s) I hope to continue discussing, both to help give a slight backdrop to said posts and explain how I see these intellectualContinue reading “Idealism and the Unfolding of Experience”
The Folly in a Standard of Autonomy
The issues of vaccination and abortion have been at the forefront of recent cultural dialogue, at least in the US and Canada. In connection with both issues, there has been a continual emphasis on “autonomy” in one form or another. Both issues have seen many people focusing upon ‘bodily’ autonomy, though I must admit thatContinue reading “The Folly in a Standard of Autonomy”
A Problem of History
Modern German terminology holds a distinction between two different words that can both be translated into English as ‘history.’ Historie, evidently connected with our own English term, means the formal study of the past by historians; Geschichte, on the other hand, is a term that usually means ‘story’ or ‘fable’ but can also mean history,Continue reading “A Problem of History”
Hoping for Clarity 