Philosophize we must and philosophize we will. The only question is whether well or ill.
Category: Aphorisms and Observations
Talk is Cheap?
Talk is cheap to produce but often very costly in its effects.
(An aphoristic condensation of James 3: 3-6)
The Psalms
I find in the Psalms too much praising of a tribal god, and not enough seeking of the hidden God. But both are there.
Inconclusive
The conclusions of the philosopher are — inconclusive.
Other People
We need those distorting mirrors called other people to achieve self-knowledge. For a distorting mirror, while it distorts, also mirrors.
Eyes in the Mirror
The eyes you see in the mirror when you look at yourself are not seeing eyes but seen eyes. Strange but true: your seeing eyes are and must remain invisible.
Use and Abuse
Abuse is no argument against right use.
Political Burden of Proof
As contemporary 'liberals' become ever more extreme, they increasingly assume what I will call the political burden of proof. The onus is now on them to defeat the presumption that they are so morally and intellectually obtuse as not to be worth talking to.
An Old Man’s Lament
"My old friends are dead," he said, "and my new ones will never be old."
The Monetary Criterion
When are people serious? When money is involved — their money.
My mind drifts back to faculty meetings in which half-listening colleagues doodled and dozed. But when salary considerations came to the table, the dullest among them pricked up their ears. Suddenly they became sharp and serious.
Grievance
A life well-lived cannot have grievance as its organizing principle.
Micro-Aggression
When macro-aggression is no more, when wrongs have been righted and justice has been promoted and protected to the extent that it can be by government, it is then that leftists invent micro-aggression to keep themselves in business and assure themselves of an ever-expanding clientele of victims and losers.
Vita Brevis
One who lives long better appreciates that life is short.
Doubly Foolish
Even if what we cling to could last, what we cling with can't. Our clinging is doubly foolish.
Homo Viator
We are not at home in this world, a fact more likely to be revealed by travelling than by staying home.