Category: meditation
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On the 3 most important virtues for unsettled time: Patience, courage, and phronesis
Lately, I’ve been speaking with a number of conversation partners about what I’ve found to be the three most important virtues for unsettled time. Recall that our old way of life that has gone under or is the midst of collapse. Observe that a new, more flourishing way has yet to be immediately visible. You…
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On sports cliches
On Thursday night, I wrote an email to my older sister, congratulating her and my brother-in-law on their huge 20 point victory at home against an important conference rival. “Whoa,” I said. “Whoa is right,” she replied. “It was a big win!” In the middle of my second reply, I offered some heady post-game analysis…
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On the consolatio da filosofia
The mouth of one crosses the mouth of the other. The first eye is visible but not the second eye, unless the second eye is also the eye of the other man. The two faces are not superimposed neatly, one upon the other. One lies behind the other. Much belongs to the young and not…
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On intimacy and infidelity
In her collection of short stories, Binocular Vision: New and Collected Stories, Edith Pearlman’s “Unravished bride” concerns a married man and married woman who, neither being married to each other, both nearly conclude that becoming intimate entails having sex. Their muddle is philosophical, having to do with the concepts they have inherited. Allow me some room…
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A very brief tutorial on drawing material inferences
Formula When P does or embodies X (where X is a good thing), I do or say or emote-think what is appropriate, accurate, needful, beautiful, or good. And now here’s my good friend P. Examples When P asks a question, I reply with a suitable answer. When P is holding a large package, I hold…
Andrew Taggart, Ph.D. 
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