Tag Archives: Truth

“Remember, Remember…”

Posted on November 5, 2011 by

Today is the fifth of November. Traditionally, this is a day marked by the lighting of bonfires, a day of kindle and match, of flint and tender, of flame and ash. It is a memorial characterized by burning. It certainly … Continue reading →

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Ornithology for Birds

Posted on November 2, 2011 by

History Here is a paragon of understatement: “The philosophical history of the relationship between Faith and reason has not been a happy one.” The path seemed so clear once. The Enlightenment had given us reason, and with it, the ultimate … Continue reading →

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David Foster Wallace and the ‘Choice’

Posted on October 13, 2011 by

“And I submit that this is what the real, no bullshit value of your liberal arts education is supposed to be about: how to keep from going through your comfortable, prosperous, respectable adult life dead, unconscious, a slave to your … Continue reading →

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What Melville Saw

Posted on October 10, 2011 by

From “The Gilder”, a chapter in Moby Dick: “There is no steady unretracing progress in this life; we do not advance through fixed gradations, and at the last one pause: — through infancy’s unconscious spell, boyhood’s thoughtless faith, adolescence’ doubt … Continue reading →

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Addendum and Philosophical Life

Posted on July 27, 2011 by

The latest post on “Quantum Est In Rebus Inane” begins with a clear description of the impulse to philosophize: For some of us, the impulse to philosophize is bound up with a realization of our broken world and our patchwork … Continue reading →

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A Long Note About the Name

Posted on July 27, 2011 by

The title of this blog is taken from William Faulkner’s famous Nobel Prize speech which he gave in 1950. Specifically, the page references Faulkner’s thesis: “Our tragedy today is a general and universal physical fear so long sustained by now … Continue reading →

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