Category: philosophical counseling
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How can a man embody manliness after three waves of feminism? (Part 2)
Two modern male figures show us, respectively, excess and defect. The Brawny Man, uncouth and with a fiery temper, distorts the right disposition of manliness just as much as the Sensitive Man, who collects vintage records and has a soft, pliable body. One’s powers of observation needn’t be taxed in order to perceive that many…
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How can a man embody manliness after three waves of feminism? (Part 1)
First wave feminism, beginning in the late nineteenth century, called into question the idea that women were especially well-suited for running household affairs and thus were ill-suited to taking an active part in the affairs of the city. Hence, the shift effected: from private anonymity to public visibility. Around the 1960s during the Vietnam Era,…
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How the Daoist philosopher lives in a good and beautiful world: A brief overview
This series of reflections begins with the post entitled ‘The World does not Need Saving’ (September 17ff). * Dear Philosophical Friend, In reply to your puzzlement, there’s a larger argument that I’ve been canvassing over the past couple of year, an argument that’s become clearer to me over time. I’ll try to sketch a part of that…
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Lacking awe is disaster, having awe is reverence
This series of reflections begins with the post entitled ‘The World does not Need Saving’ (September 17ff). * Either one learns to perceive the world as being good and beautiful, or one takes the world to be ugly and unjust. The first is the contemplative path, one that requires a lifetime of philosophizing in order…
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A Daoist particularist
‘So sometimes things are ahead, and sometimes they are behind; / Sometimes breathing is hard, and sometimes it comes easily; / Sometimes there is strength, and sometimes weakness; / Sometimes one is up, and sometimes down.’ –Laozi, Daodejing 29 * A Daoist does not complain about how things go; he considers the matter at hand in…
Andrew Taggart, Ph.D. 