Hume, Part 3
Reason is, and ought only to be the slave of the passions, and can never pretend to any other office than to serve and obey them.
I think I've met the one
The little kitchen glows against the darkness, candles flickering, the rain drumming
Hume, Part 2
The dream had turned into a nightmare. So David destroyed the dream.
Here
But is this world not enough?
Le bon David - Hume, Part 1
In 1734, when Hume was 23 years old, he wrote an absolutely extraordinary letter. He begins it thus ...
B is for Bob Dylan
“What music do you like?”
“Bob Dylan,” I said.
“That’s not
Plato, Part 3
In which Plato tells us what justice is, and finally understands why they killed Socrates.
Philosophy and wonder
Spoons. Ceiling fans and coconuts. Potatoes, water, pouring water from one container
Plato, Part 2
On this land, Plato began the work he had been born for.
The world between worlds
The old year is finished but not quite done, the new one is coming but hasn't quite begun.
Plato, Part 1
The swan flew into the sky, singing a full-throated song of the purest sweetness.
On trying to solve problems
When faced with a problem, our instinct is to offer a solution. But sometimes it can be wiser to resist this instinct.