Category: ethics

• December 9, 2013

  Knowledge, goodness, and beauty

  1. To Know is to be in touch with nature, i.e., the way things are. 2. To embody the Good is to follow nature’s course. 3. To manifest Beauty is to follow along the way of things with grace. 4. Radiance brings all three into harmony in the soul. I.e., radiance is the way–the gentle demeanor, the graceful act, the…
• December 6, 2013

  ‘As I sit, / the sun rolls over…’

  Words that arose before today’s philosophical conversation with one philosophical friend: * As I sit, the sun rolls over the backs of the mountain. / Before, being was no-thing, but now being is thinged. / Loss but also gain.
• December 2, 2013

  Savoring–not saving–the world

  Thoughts that arose during a recent philosophical conversation with one philosophical friend: I The world is not to be saved, for such is a category mistake. It is instead to be savored, its way manifested through our perceiving rightly, acting well, and expressing something properly. II 1 When one learns to take care of things,…
• November 28, 2013

  ‘Sweet breathing…’

  Words that came to me during morning meditation moments before a philosophical conversation recently: *
• November 27, 2013

  ‘First words of the morning…’

  Words that came to me during morning meditation moments before a philosophical conversation recently: * First words of the morning Second sounds after roosters’ calls Third in line from the wind.