Dostoevsky, Milton, and the Changing Definition of “Meaning”
The Left - “In the case of our current crisis of meaning, it was only in the 19th century that sensitive figures truly began to grasp the profound changes which had transformed societies.” 9/18/2019
The Left - “In the case of our current crisis of meaning, it was only in the 19th century that sensitive figures truly began to grasp the profound changes which had transformed societies.” 9/18/2019Review: J.A. Smith’s “Other People’s Politics: Populism to Corbynism”
The Left - “So confident were many in the apparent neutrality and sensibility of the third way approach that the difference between Conservatives and Labor, much like the Republicans and the Democrats, started to look merely cosmetic.” 9/10/2019
The Left - “So confident were many in the apparent neutrality and sensibility of the third way approach that the difference between Conservatives and Labor, much like the Republicans and the Democrats, started to look merely cosmetic.” 9/10/2019Better Understanding Plato’s Republic
The Center - “Plato’s Republic is not, primarily, asking the question ‘what is justice?’ as much as it is asking what kind of city do we live in? Before we can address any political issue we must first know whether we are living under a regime of tyranny or liberty.” 9/9/2019
The Center - “Plato’s Republic is not, primarily, asking the question ‘what is justice?’ as much as it is asking what kind of city do we live in? Before we can address any political issue we must first know whether we are living under a regime of tyranny or liberty.” 9/9/2019Why Christians Should Oppose Sohrab Ahmari
The Left - “In many ways, it was far better to see Christendom shrunk down to a few genuine believers than to see it ballooned and enforced into a parody of itself” 9/7/2019
The Left - “In many ways, it was far better to see Christendom shrunk down to a few genuine believers than to see it ballooned and enforced into a parody of itself” 9/7/2019Jordan Peterson, Noam Chomsky, and What We Mean by “Left” and “Right”
The Left - “For these reasons, I think it is not unreasonable to identify this nature-nurture or nature-history spectrum as the basic guiding principle behind the left-right spectrum.” 9/6/2019
The Left - “For these reasons, I think it is not unreasonable to identify this nature-nurture or nature-history spectrum as the basic guiding principle behind the left-right spectrum.” 9/6/2019The Uses and Misuses of Philosophy
The Left - “I wanted to take this opportunity to consider some of the ways philosophy has been used and misused in contemporary political debates to justify a broad range of positions.” 9/5/2019
The Left - “I wanted to take this opportunity to consider some of the ways philosophy has been used and misused in contemporary political debates to justify a broad range of positions.” 9/5/2019Aristophanes: The First Poet Critic
The Center - In the words of German poet Henrich Heine: “There is a God, and his name is Aristophanes.” 9/4/2019
The Center - In the words of German poet Henrich Heine: “There is a God, and his name is Aristophanes.” 9/4/2019On the Death of Immanuel Wallerstein
The Center - “For that reason, I hold that Wallerstein’s ideas are very questionable, but his work is still worthy of consideration.” 9/3/2019
The Center - “For that reason, I hold that Wallerstein’s ideas are very questionable, but his work is still worthy of consideration.” 9/3/2019The Philosophy of Human Rights (Part II)
The Left - “The state must respect the freedom and autonomy of those fleeing violence by accepting them within its boundaries and offering them hospitality, which makes for a precursor to modern refugee law.” 8/30/2019
The Left - “The state must respect the freedom and autonomy of those fleeing violence by accepting them within its boundaries and offering them hospitality, which makes for a precursor to modern refugee law.” 8/30/2019The Philosophy of Human Rights
The Left - “Even those who agree that rights exist struggle to locate where they come from, what counts as a genuine right, and how to realize them.” 8/27/2019
The Left - “Even those who agree that rights exist struggle to locate where they come from, what counts as a genuine right, and how to realize them.” 8/27/2019Sophocles and the Necessity of Family
The Center - “Instead of the gods being our deliverance, the family is the instrument of salvation and the bulwark against tyranny in his surviving plays.” 8/26/2019
The Center - “Instead of the gods being our deliverance, the family is the instrument of salvation and the bulwark against tyranny in his surviving plays.” 8/26/2019Slavoj Žižek and the Quillette Hoax
The Left - “But this just shows that Žižek is right in that there is no such thing as seeing the world as it really is. There is always something that mediates perception.” 8/21/2019
The Left - “But this just shows that Žižek is right in that there is no such thing as seeing the world as it really is. There is always something that mediates perception.” 8/21/2019The Four Competing Approaches to Higher Education
The Left - “Many critics point out that this one dimensional approach to education helps produce citizens who are selfish, disinterested in politics, and unprepared for dealing with moral complexities, which are not reducible to cost-benefit analysis.” 8/20/2019
The Left - “Many critics point out that this one dimensional approach to education helps produce citizens who are selfish, disinterested in politics, and unprepared for dealing with moral complexities, which are not reducible to cost-benefit analysis.” 8/20/2019Euripides: Oracle of Modernity
The Center - “Euripides’ gods are the gods of Hesiod given a new, cunning, and manipulative makeover. Furthermore, they are depicted as clear threats to the human social order.“ 8/19/2019
The Center - “Euripides’ gods are the gods of Hesiod given a new, cunning, and manipulative makeover. Furthermore, they are depicted as clear threats to the human social order.“ 8/19/2019Taking Science Fiction Seriously
The Left - “Today, it is science fiction that often carried the torch of the utopian aspiration.” 8/17/2019
The Left - “Today, it is science fiction that often carried the torch of the utopian aspiration.” 8/17/2019Why Aeschylus Still Matters Today
The Center - “But Aeschylus’ cosmos goes beyond Homer’s in presenting Reason, Persuasion, as an integral aspect of the cosmos that was otherwise absent in Homer.” 8/15/2019
The Center - “But Aeschylus’ cosmos goes beyond Homer’s in presenting Reason, Persuasion, as an integral aspect of the cosmos that was otherwise absent in Homer.” 8/15/2019