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July 26, 2024
Plato and Aristotle defined art as imitation, or mimesis. Art imitates or represents reality. Yes, but why? Why do we enjoy such imitation, and is it…
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July 19, 2024
You have to start early and plan your life, or you won’t survive in the kind of society we live in now. That is what we tell young people these days…
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July 12, 2024
Will collectivism, the herd instinct, be the end of us? For the present purpose, we may distinguish between two kinds of collectivism. There is a…
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July 5, 2024
Size matters. No, not that. Well, that too, but it’s much more complicated than all the jokes. We do not get a choice about what kind of body we find…
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June 28, 2024
What do we mean by “genius”? A commonsense definition might be, “mental ability beyond the ordinary, a higher mode of mental functioning.” But much…
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June 21, 2024
So, frankly, I’m a bit nervous. For this coming fall semester, I was invited to teach the British Literature Survey, part 1, a course that, oddly…
Jun 21
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June 13, 2024
The International Day of Happiness was March 20 this year, and I missed it. In fact, I have been missing it since the United Nations resolution of 2012…
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June 7, 2024
It is finally summer. My one small rose bush, that several years ago I thought had been killed by the winter, has come back year by year and is now…
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June 7, 2024
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May 2024
May 31, 2024
We are told we should not want things; we should not be possessive. In Leonard Cohen’s song “Bird on a Wire,” a beggar, “leaning on his wooden crutch…
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May 24, 2024
Those who do not know history are condemned to repeat it, somebody once said (maybe the philosopher George Santayana). But who knows history? The…
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May 16, 2024
Last week, we noted how Shakespeare’s romantic comedies typically end in marriage, often in multiple marriages. Measure for Measure does its best to…
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May 10, 2024
Shakespeare’s Measure for Measure was performed before King James I in 1604, and has struggled for popularity ever since. In terms of reputation, it…
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May 10, 2024
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