Tag: Beauty

• February 20, 2014

  ‘Why be gentle?’

  ‘Why be gentle?’ my philosophical friend asked me. ‘That is a good question,’ I said. * At the beginning of Theaetetus, Socrates asks Theodorus whether there are any good young men whom he knows. Theodorus replies, Yes, Socrates, I have become acquainted with one very remarkable Athenian youth, whom I commend to you as well worthy…
• January 24, 2014

  ‘I look at the desert and I am besotted…’

  I look at the desert and I am besotted. Only, a dove atop a Joshua tree below copper-sage boulders. Near dusk, my fingers as singular as hers.
• September 24, 2013

  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…
• September 18, 2013

  What follows from the assumption that the world is bad?

  What follows from the assumption that the world is bad? * I. Misery (Passive, Individual) 1. The world is bad. 2. Here is an instance of its badness. 3. It applies to me, adversely affects me. 4. Therefore, I shall complain. II. Accusation (Active, Individual) 1. The world is bad. 2. Here is an instance…
• August 17, 2013

  Coursing Meditations

  How to present a flowing day? ‘Coursing’: A philosophical life moving in pictures, in turning holding pictures. Look: http://is.gd/1tqROX  1 What is the beautiful course of a day? How does one follow nature’s course? A line, drawn by hand, drawing the day, is both extensive and intensive. Extensive: flowing through time without resistance. Intensive: expressing the…