Wisdom in the Face of Authority in the Iliad
Among those who begin to read the Iliad thinking that they already have the gist of the plot, many are surprised to discover that the foremost warrior in the epic…
The Question of Consciousness
After studying religion for a while, I have discovered that one useful way of categorizing different varieties of religion is how they answer the question of consciousness. I am not…
Monty Hall Arrogance
"What you're going through is a phase." "You'll understand when you get older." Since I was a teenager, I have hated the condescension of the elderly. This post is going…
Poetry and Philosophy
There is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book. Books are well written, or badly written. That is all. - Oscar Wilde I started writing with the…