Definitions of Politics
Consider a vertical line. Aristotle is at the top, closest to the Word. McCarthy is at the bottom, describing its absence.
Humility and Christian Yoga
Even among the saints he has the air of a sort of eccentric, if one may use the word of one whose eccentricity consisted in always turning towards the centre.
— GK Chesterton on St. Francis
The Purpose of Parables
Each time an old woman leaves her house, she returns to it freshly cleaned. Soon after, she discovers and elf beneath her floorboard. He must have taken a liking to her and decided to help her keep her home in order. The old woman is touched and decides to leave him some cookies as a thank you. But! The next time she returns, she finds the cookies left out, the house a mess, and the elf is gone. What happened?
The Outlines of the City (Part 3)
Values and Ideals. Or: The Impossibility of the Philosopher King
Dmitri Karamazov & Newcomb's Problem
On retrocausality. Or, an attempt to rectify free will and predestination.
Heidegger & Habermas
On the Philosophy of Technology, Critical Theory, & Spiritual Transformation
Inequality: Cain, Abel, & Andrew Yang
“Woah! Woah! Everyone take a deep breath… I’ll go ask God about a universal basic income.” — Andrew Yang to Cain and Abel.
On Girardian Apocalypse
How religion and innovation help us avoid worshipping Immortan Joe.