philosophy | philosophy
Feb.10.2010
"It had become an universal and almost uncontroverted position in the several States, that the purposes of society do not require a surrender of all our rights to our ordinary governors; that there are certain portions of right not necessary to enable them to carry on an effective government...
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Feb.10.2010
Some may like to go through 1. MUSIC AND MYSTICISM 2. WHY DON'T PEOPLE GET IT? on http://freemystics.blogspot.com for getting a dose of That Which Is. Thanks.
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Feb.05.2010
I am given to periods of introspection.
Anything; a casual comment, an observation, can send me into prolonged periods of self-examination and enquiry. I have always been this way, even as a child. This explains, perhaps, why in my adulthood, I adopted Buddhism as a personal philosophy.
I was...
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Jan.22.2010
Many short stories succeed because they plunge us into the feeling and texture of another's life, showing us the dilemmas they face and their attempts to resolve them. The stories of Jorge Luis Borges are of another order altogether, at once mystical and philosophical. He creates some memorable...
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Jan.13.2010
The Samurai Ideal and the New Samurai
From the forthcoming book Hanshi Damashi, by Stephen F Kaufman
What does it actually mean to be a samurai and to maintain the attendant bushido,“way of the warrior” mentality? It is certainly not an easy discipline. If it were simple, then it would have no...
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Jan.08.2010
I didn’t set out to write a book – well, I did and do have three novels in various stages of completion, but what writer doesn’t. I was perfectly content to do free lance articles on a broad universe of subjects. It doesn’t pay as much as a bestselling book could, and you don’t get the same...
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Jan.07.2010
I am in the business of making philosophy sexy. Ok, maybe not sexy, but at least relevant, accessible, and something that engages even the (insert patronizing descriptor here) layperson. My first go-‘round—a novel about a young boy living in a dreamlike state all the while living out...
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Jan.06.2010
Painting is the most complex and beautiful art of all….I do not paint for a living; I live for painting. I wish I were a writer to make you understand the complexity of my passion.
It happened many years ago, but I still remember the time when I read "How Wang-Fo Was Saved" by Marguerite Yourcenar...
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Jan.01.2010
Truth Is Not Subjective. I lettered this in crayoned Arts and Crafts script on a piece of bond paper and it hung on my porch for over a year until it blew away, perhaps to share its message with the world. At the time I made the sign I was furious. A grant-winning member of the Maine arts...
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