Tag Archives: The South

Climacus to his Readers or: How Philosophy Is Like the Weather in Alabama

Posted on December 1, 2011 by

From “A Satisfaction to Note,” the opening preface to Kierkegaard’s Johannes Climacus, sometimes called De Omnibus Dubitandem Est: Someone who supposes that philosophy has never in the world been so near to solving its problems (to explaining all secrets) as now, … Continue reading →

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From Faulkner’s South

Posted on November 27, 2011 by

I recently decided to indulge myself by rereading Faulkner’s Absalom, Absalom! It’s been that kind of holiday, I guess. Anyway, I wanted to post a great moment early in the text in which Faulkner’s gifts for pinpointing and diagnosing the … Continue reading →

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