Category Archives: Philosophy

It is easy to forget – all the world’s connections do not begin and end with Me. I am but a tiny link in a global chain that includes all the things (living and non-living; known and unknown) of this … Continue reading →

To her fair works did Nature link The human soul that through me ran And much it grieved my heart to think What Man has made of Man. —William Wordsworth With a nod to Plato and Aristotle, William Wordsworth observed … Continue reading →

Sam Harris has issued a challenge regarding his book ‘The Moral Landscape’. He is expecting essays of 1000 words or less, each one being judged on “the degree to which it challenges the central argument advanced in The Moral Landscape.” … Continue reading →

According to New Atheism God is no longer necessary because science now explains (or has the potential to explain) what God previously explained. If this is true, science and scientists are not doing an adequate job of explaining and/or filling … Continue reading →

Last week I ended the post ‘The Art and Magic of Happiness‘ with “Magic is a song of fear – Art is a dance of courage.” This week I heard that song of fear and I am dancing that dance … Continue reading →