Author: Andrew Taggart

• February 5, 2013

  Philosophical Improv no. 3: Attractiveness Thesis

  In this video, I explore the thesis that the radiant figure is attractive. In my forthcoming book, Radiance: An Essay for Unsettled Time, I discuss the important connection between goodness and beauty. To view other episodes in this series, you can visit my YouTube channel. I’m a Ph.D.-trained philosophical counselor who teaches individuals and organizations throughout the…
• February 4, 2013

  Philosophical Improv no. 2: Education Thesis

  In this short video, I explore the thesis that the virtues must be ‘raised up’ to the point of beauty. In my forthcoming book, Radiance: An Essay for Unsettled Time, I discuss the important connection between goodness and beauty. To view other episodes in this series, you can visit my YouTube channel. I’m a Ph.D.-trained philosophical…
• February 2, 2013

  Philosophical improv no. 1: Manifestation Thesis

  In this short YouTube video, I explore the way in which radiance manifests itself. In my forthcoming book, Radiance: An Essay for Unsettled Time, I discuss the important connection between goodness and beauty.
• February 1, 2013

  A nature walk (An excerpt from Radiance)

  A short excerpt from Radiance: An Essay for Unsettled Time. The book is in progress. * A nature walk is no easy thing. The mind wishes to attach itself to fond or tortured memories, the mouth to rupture solitude or its communion with coursing things. Or thoughts stretch in the direction of a goal for walking…
• January 31, 2013

  Mountain life (An excerpt from Radiance)

  A short excerpt from Radiance: An Essay for Unsettled Time. The book is in progress. * Out the window, snow begins falling on sienna; it is collecting fast. Until now, it has rained warmly three days straight and the ravines, dug out and meandering down the mountainside, had been rolling with sound, the green beneath the…