Fears over the end of Philosophia

Albrecht Dürer, Philosophia, woodcut Right, I won’t mention at this point that I have done some “competitor” research, and once more I found academia in its full swing – from philosophers looking for a job at universities (and yes you …

Animal Instinct on Trial

There was actually more behind me buying the New Scientist today than I had realised at first.Indeed the main article could bring anyone’s moral world into troublesome waters.Split out as separate essays the different authors simply ask the question “What …

Take a brief note of the following

In Texas an armadillo withstood the attempts of a man trying to shoot it at three in the morning. The shot was redirected to his face and his jaw had to be wired while his wife was watching in disbelief.The …

A small note

It’s going to be a late night. With the knowledge that eternity never existed I can spend a night on my art. While listening to random Italian techno, thought I would share some of my latest musical obsessions with you. …

The Light in the Hall

It’s as if someone left the light on in the hall from half four until far beyond nine.After an hour running, stretching and fighting the weeds along the narrow path by the river, the yachts had vanished.In disbelief I look …

Prisoners to the World

And that just leaves one question then: Is the outside world making me a prisoner or am I giving my talents away to the external universe?More or less, my subconscious is willing to answer this one. In silence, in dreams, …

Diary of a Psychological Ectomorph

– originally captioned Hubris – A couple of days in some of the higher class hotels in the North, the Guardian writing about oil prices and Huxley’s Human Situation could confuse anyone’s mind. His philosophy may appear quite shallow but …

It was a lazy one then

Suitably, my weekend began with War of the worlds – that is, as a movie. Until Saturday morning my new reading discovery arrived in the form of Kant and the Platypus. I can’t remember much beyond that.

Left Over Illusions

A many men have been broken by the despair to satisfy the needs of everyone around them.And what for, they ask themselves.To save an illusion for others, save their job and their home, their hope they could ever be a …

Nothingness must be function

I like carpet. It keeps you warm all year round. It leaves imprints on your skin when you wear only shorts and it holds on to my long hair as if it was to weave a rug.When you stand on …