Tag: Radiance

• September 10, 2012

  Philosophy, once again, is the search for radiance

  In The Guidebook to Philosophical Life, I wrote that “philosophy is the search for radiance.” Philosophy, once again, is the search for radiance. In this search, there is an important distinction to be drawn, and lived out, between the focus of one’s energies and their dissipation. One’s energies must be corralled, directed, and intensified; they are often…
• June 14, 2012

  Riverdance

  I was slow about it. First I took off my boots and set them aside. Then my woolen socks whose bands I rolled over once. Then my long, white shirt which caught up my long hair as it came off slowly. Finally my pants which were tied once round my waist with twine. My underwear…
• June 1, 2012

  My book on radiance

  I assumed it would take me about a week to complete The Guidebook to Philosophical Life. After all, it was to be a short book addressed “only to those with ears to hear.” And now for the irony: it took over a month to finish. Go on and laugh. I have my reasons. One was that…