Category: philosophical counseling
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Against Setting Boundaries In Relationships
Quite often we hear that it’s good to “set up boundaries” between ourselves and others. More recently, boundary-setting has been regarded as a kind of “self-care.” This idiom–to wit, boundary-setting–comes from a therapeutic setting and has since spread into facilitation talk, coaching talk, and has, more generally, become a fairly standard piece of relationship advice.…
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Political Freedom, Slavery, & Manual Labor In Classical Athens: Part I
Benjamin Constant (1767-1830) was an early proponent of French classical liberalism. Having lived through the French Revolution and therefore having experienced, in his words, the “revolutionary torrent,” he sought out a form of governance that would be harmonious with modern times. In 1819, he gave an important speech, “The Liberty of the Ancients Compared with…
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Andrew Taggart–Spiritual Philosophy: Death, Truth Discernment and Sexuality
I spoke with Jacob Kishere of SenseSpace about death, beauty, truth, and sexuality in the context of spirituality.
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Sparkles On The Lake: Philosophy As Artistic & Spiritual Practice. Guy Sengstock & Andrew Taggart
Guy Sengstock: And now right there I felt a sense of ecstaticness. Andrew Taggart: And how would you describe the sense of ecstaticness? Guy Sengstock: I can see it and feel it. It’s the same intensity of color and brightness as the sun reflecting on the lake. Like the tingles coming off the ripples of…
Andrew Taggart, Ph.D. 