Posted on July 19, 2022 Leave a Comment
The position that I have free will seems untenable for anyone less mighty than God. The position that I don’t have free will seems so far from being right that it isn’t even wrong.
Posted on July 1, 2022 Leave a Comment
Which stories we tell, and how we tell them, goes a long way toward articulating who we are and how we understand ourselves.
Posted on May 1, 2022 Leave a Comment
The Indian dramatist crafts distinctive emotional effects that allow the audience to savour those emotions; those emotional flavours, or rasas, culminate in a savouring of tranquility; and savouring tranquility offers a foretaste of the spiritual liberation that is our ultimate goal. Not at all bad for a night out at the theatre.
Posted on October 27, 2021 Leave a Comment
Suppose you could remove all the obstacles to a free and happy life: what would you do then? This is the question Aristotle wants to focus us on.