Narcissus at work

THIRD POST ON THOMAS MOORE’S CARE OF THE SOUL: The myth of Narcissus is usual evoked when philosophers study the individual’s relation to its own self. In the following Moore paints a bigger picture: SOUL This is one of the deeper implications of the Narcissus myth: the flowering of life depends upon finding a reflection…

what is authoritarianism?

Living in a winter nation I get to see a lot of Russia these days, that is; Russia as it likes to present itself through the Olympics. Living in a society praising equality, there are several things about  Russian leadership (as presented through media) which strikes me as rather odd… The Philosophers Mail claims that authoritarianism…

something always occurs

I’m still reading writers on writing. Here is quote from William Stafford: Every day I get up and look out the window, and something occurs to me, something always occurs to me. And if it doesn’t, I just lower my standards Why am I so interested in writers writings on writing? I suspect it to be…