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We're all grateful for food, family, and friends; but let us also give thanks (to Ian this time) for the latest Philosopher's Carniv...

Well, Aristotle hell is over, only to be replaced by Hellenistic hell. (Is Stoic hell even possible? After all, that pain is bad is a pat...

Election Day will soon be upon us, and with it, I hope and pray, blessed respite from those insufferable campaign ads (“In 1970, my opponent...

Philosophers carnivalling, that is. Chill your bones here .

Aristotle hell continues, but I have to say I'm learning, or re-learning, quite a bit about our friend the Stagirite. I may even have t...

Again I must apologize for the lack of postage. I am in the midst of Aristotle hell (in a good way though!). I hope to return to the virt...

Lest anyone get the silly idea that the only movies reviewed here (if that's what's happening) are artistically respectable ones, I ...

Nicholas White's Plato on Knowledge and Reality is a barn-burner, even if it is 30 years old. In a chapter on the Phaedo , he relates ...

So my grand jury duty is over (as of 9/1, to be precise). Just in time, because it was starting to get old, what with getting up well befo...

Tonight on the news there was a woman from San Francisco, or at least California, who said that a while back (before 9/11) there was a FEMA ...

I had seen the blog 3 Quarks Daily listed on a blogroll or two, but I didn't go there until last month, when I discovered that it rocks...

Long time no blog. Sorry about that - I really do mean to make it worthwhile for people to stop by now and then. I'm teaching a class ...

I got my first comment spam today (see below). I'm so proud! Let's see if Blogger's word verification thingy works. (Let me k...

Watching [name of movie revealed below] recently, I was reminded of my intemperate comments a while back about Bringing Up Baby , a movie wh...

... but there's still time for one more Philosopher's Carnival ! Thanks CK! By the way, philosophers, CK says that there weren'...

Which is one reason why I didn't join in the Theory's Empire dustup (now in remission) over at The Valve and other related sites. ...

Olivier Gourmet (nice name) won the Best Actor award at Cannes in 2002 for his performance in the Dardennes' The Son , and having finish...

Some odds and ends for these hot summer days: Here's a handsome lad . And in other news, those philosophers are carnivaling again. Tha...

The other night I watched a movie about a ragged but plucky band of comrades and their valiant resistance against the oppressive force occup...

Maybe you heard about that museum in Vienna that let you in free to see their exhibit of early 1900's erotic art if you showed up (as th...