Tag: Philosophical Life

• April 17, 2012

  Philosophical life as conversion experience

  Fatherhood Marilynne is a beautiful idea. I am not sure that she will ever become a reality. Marilynne, my daughter, is a reverie. And how did the name come to you? I read Marilynne Robinson’s Gilead and was so taken with the name Marilynne that I knew she would be my daughter. I am starting…
• April 13, 2012

  ‘The infinite value of life itself’: 3 examples of spiritual exercise

  “I did nothing today,” the man says. “What?” Montaigne replies. “Did you not live? That is not only the most fundamental but the most illustrious of occupations.” * This week a number of conversation partners have spoken to me about spiritual exercises (ascesis), asking further about what they are and how to practice them. (The…