C.B. Robertson

The Tolerance-Error

Post author:C.B. Robertson
Post published:April 29, 2020
Post category:Philosophy Politics
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One of the great moral paradoxes of 20th-century philosophy was the problem of "tolerance," which was most famously articulated by Karl Popper: Less well known (of Plato's paradoxes) is the paradox…

Evolution Disproves Platonism (A Hypothesis)

Post author:C.B. Robertson
Post published:April 23, 2020
Post category:People Philosophy
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This is not so much an idea as the seed of an idea. Plato is a large object in Western philosophy; more needs to be said, and ideas often need…

Paying the Blood Price for COVID-19

Post author:C.B. Robertson
Post published:April 19, 2020
Post category:Law Politics
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But the folk were gathered in the assembly place; for there a strife was arisen, two men striving about the blood-price of a man slain; the one claimed to pay…

Cheap & Easy Quarantine Exercise

Post author:C.B. Robertson
Post published:April 15, 2020
Post category:Fitness Health
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I'm leaving this video here because I know that a lot of people are looking for ways to stay active under quarantine. It's recently gotten a lot more traffic, and…

The Ecumenical Slope

Post author:C.B. Robertson
Post published:April 12, 2020
Post category:Music Religion
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I think it is critical -- in beginning an essay criticizing ecumenicalism -- that I begin by saying that I understand the attraction. By "ecumenicalism," I am referring to the…

On Homer (Part 3): Connecting the Iliad and the Odyssey

Post author:C.B. Robertson
Post published:April 5, 2020
Post category:Literature Religion
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In his book Why Homer Matters, Adam Nicolson pointed out how people seem to generally fall into two camps: those who like the Iliad, and those who like the Odyssey.…

TOOL and Religion

Post author:C.B. Robertson
Post published:April 4, 2020
Post category:People Religion
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Before everything shut down, I got a chance to see Tool live in concert. One of the things that surprised me was that Maynard really wasn't the star of the…

A New Normal?

Post author:C.B. Robertson
Post published:April 3, 2020
Post category:Culture History
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I have seen multiple signs saying "we're going to get through this!" These signs convey what seems to be a common feeling and attitude: that COVID-19 is a temporary state…

Review: The King’s Curriculum

Post author:C.B. Robertson
Post published:March 30, 2020
Post category:Psychology Reviews
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This is a fascinating and powerful little book. That said, it is not a book for everyone. "The King's Curriculum" is by Johnny Mannaz, a hypnotherapist and master-practitioner of Neuro-Linguistic…

On Homer (Part 2): What is the Iliad About?

Post author:C.B. Robertson
Post published:March 28, 2020
Post category:Literature Philosophy
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In most stories, "what is it about?" refers to a question of the plot: what happened? In higher literature, there is -- in addition to the plot -- themes and…