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Irreducible existence.
I’m afraid that my post on Descartes’ Discourse on the Method of Rightly Conducting One’s Reason and of Seeking Truth in the Sciences (1637) is going to be a bit tangential. And perhaps a bit of a cheat, because I want to focus entirely… Continue Reading “Irreducible existence.”
Two-faced Folly
It’s interesting how our attitude towards a work shapes our understanding of it. Last month, I picked up In Praise of Folly (Erasmus, 1509) in a desultory way, read it quickly and took no pleasure from it. But after hearing a classmate sing its… Continue Reading “Two-faced Folly”
Founding mythologies
(A follow-up rough draft to my original post on Genesis). Most women intimately know the curse of Eve – the moment in Genesis where God mandates that childbirth will always be painful before casting our founding mythlings into the wilderness. From this we draw… Continue Reading “Founding mythologies”
Which society? Through the lens of King Lear
(What follows is a somewhat stream-of-conciousness entry about King Lear – the process of writing this helped me immensely in getting my thoughts straight after a somewhat plodding read of the text). I am really hoping that in-class discussion helps to illuminate King Lear… Continue Reading “Which society? Through the lens of King Lear”
Autumn in the ‘hood
There’s snow on the North Shore mountains this morning, but down here in East Van it’s still glorious autumn colours. I love these bright fall days we’ve been having!
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