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"Nobody Can Say!": The Futility of Capoeira Arguments3 comments

Joaninha wrote 16 hours ago: “There is only one thing a philosopher can be relied upon to do, and that is to contradict oth … more »

Tags: On Capoeira, Thoughts, arguing in capoeira, capoeira discussion, capoeira group, capoeira grupo, discusing capoeira, Philosophy, What is Capoeira?

a little inspiration for your sunday.

Mallory wrote 22 hours ago: As I’ve explained, I’m kind of a nerd. One symptom of this nerdiness is that I really lo … more »

Tags: Random, Music, Quotes, George Santayana, Carlos Santana, santana, Rock Star, dead

Amateur Philosophers

manwithoutqualities wrote 1 day ago: Jack Vettriano … more »

Tags: Amateur Philosophers, Jack Vettriano, Painting

Breathe In, Breathe Out. Release.

djocean wrote 5 days ago: Let others take their own way, and I take my own. Japanese proverb   Modern society bombards us wi … more »

Tags: spirituality, Life, happiness, Teachers, experience?, scientist of your experience

On the Forgotten Tedium of Airports and Political Regimes

The Gay Recluse wrote 1 week ago: In which The Gay Recluse remembers sitting at the airport. Just last week we were sitting at the a … more »

Tags: History, Memory, Nostalgia, Pessimism, politicians, The Gay Recluse, Writers-German, Airports, George Bush

Biologist Gunther Stent has died at 84

Paul Pardi wrote 1 week ago: Gunther Siegmund Stent, a refugee from Nazi Germany who helped lay the foundations for the field of … more »

Tags: News

#8 - Ayn Rand2 comments

martykihn wrote 2 weeks ago: Ayn Rand was buried in 1982, wrapped in a black dress with a gold broach. The broach was her favorit … more »

Tags: Conservatives, Ayn Rand, Fiction, Novels, The Fountainhead

On The First Time I Met Frank O'Hara and a Few Thoughts on Whether Gay Culture Is Really Dead2 comments

The Gay Recluse wrote 3 weeks ago: In which The Gay Recluse files a book report and rambles on. Recently we finished The First Time I … more »

Tags: Gay, language, Literature, Pessimism, Search, Sickness, Stereotypes, Writers-American, Book reports

Why philosophers are dead?

afteryouwakeup wrote 3 weeks ago: Let’s get is laconic: Philosophers are dead. The word doesn’t need philosophers (?) The … more »

Tags: Philosophy, Greek, Nietzsche, dead, Society

Military History Book of Interest: Napoleon on the Art of War

Rene Tyree wrote 4 weeks ago: Bonaparte, Napoleon. Napoleon on the Art of War. trans. and ed by Jay Luvaas. New York: Touchstone, … more »

Tags: Books, Military Philosophy, Primary Sources, Book Reviews, Jomini, Napoleon Bonaparte, French Revolution, Military Strategy, Jay Luvaas

THE LAND CALLED ACADEMIA

metaya-dan jacobs wrote 1 month ago: (Note: Following is a response to a letter from a friend in some distress who was seeking safe harbo … more »

Tags: Life, Academia, academicians, daniel w. jacobss, distress, doubt and worry, happiness, Intellectuals, manifestations of life

spooky philosophers disaprove of your flagrant displays of testosterone

melanieiscushti wrote 1 month ago: This is what one sees these days when touring past the north side of our humble abode: Once upon a … more »

Tags: Domestics, Art, cicero, Garden, Plato

On the Opinion Page: May 13, 2008

The Gay Recluse wrote 1 month ago: In which The Gay Recluse scores selected opinions in The Times. Bob Herbert/Here Come the Millennial … more »

Tags: The Times, politicians, Writers-German, drivel, The Gay Recluse, Government, The New York Times, david brooks, Arthur Schopenhauer

Tattoos.2 comments

cathrinakrab wrote 1 month ago: My friend Kristina wants to get a tattoo. We decided the most pretentious one for her to get would b … more »

Tags: aging, cleavage, Grammar, kant, Meta, Reference Materials, Self-Hatred, semicolon, Tattoos

The 68th Philosophers' Carnival7 comments

Simon wrote 2 months ago: Welcome to the 68th edition of the Philosophers’ Carnival. To begin with a short apology for … more »

Tags: Philosophy, Simon's Posts, Philosophers Carnival, open, Open-Source

Lonergan

cowtowncatholic wrote 2 months ago: “There is bound to be formed a solid right that is determined to live in a world that no long … more »

Arthur Schopenhauer

seriesofhopes wrote 2 months ago: This page will be about the great Philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer… The photo is taken from: … more »

Philosophy's stock on the rise

manwithoutqualities wrote 3 months ago: An article in the New York Times reports that philosophy enrollment in the US is significantly up. I … more »

Tags: Political Philosophy, philosophy of mind, Philosophy,      Philosophy of History, existentialism

On Notes from a True Gay Recluse

The Gay Recluse wrote 3 months ago: In which The Gay Recluse corresponds with Harry, an 80-year-old autistic gay man. Herewith, for tho … more »

Tags: Pessimism, Washington Heights, Resignation, Memory, Gay, The Gay Recluse, Letters, ruins, george washington bridge


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