Philosophy as a Way of Life – Page 32

December 1, 2012

Adoration, Anniversary >> Becoming Integral

Congrats to Sam over at Becoming Integral on his blog’s one year anniversary. I have known Sam for a decade. His posts on his blog have been real highlight’s for me this year. Keep up the Loving Struggle good brother!… Continue reading

November 27, 2012

Feeling Sad and Depressed? « beyondclicktivism

Feeling Sad and Depressed? « beyondclicktivism. Continue reading

November 25, 2012

Stoic Pragmatism // Reviews // Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews // University of Notre Dame

Most of us have heard about that exemplary fool, Molière’s Monsieur Jourdain, who was astonished to discover in middle age that he had been speaking prose all his life. After perusing John Lachs’s wise and lively Stoic Pragmatism, many readers will… Continue reading

November 25, 2012

Lessons for Building a Co-Operative Movement

…John’s life has been steeped in co-operatives. He has been a member for over 30 years in the Heartwood Co-operative Woodshop in Berkeley, CA, where he lives. He has belonged to numerous other co-operatives and collectives. In addition to being… Continue reading

November 21, 2012

Situating Street Artists

Cool. Filmmakers Z.S. Grant and John Carr have spent the better part of the past year ricocheting around the country, capturing the stories of politically minded street artists for their documentary series, “Voice of Art.” Their eight-episode Web series —… Continue reading

November 20, 2012

The relationship between direct speech and philosophical inquiry « Andrew Taggart

I was privileged to have Andrew Taggart share an early copy of his new manual The Art of Inquiry. I highly recommend this 21 st century enchiridion to everyone who would like to take up philosophizing as a way of life.… Continue reading

November 20, 2012

Shake It Up « Lateral Love Australia

Thanks to Lateral Love Australia for posting this wonderful quote from Ghandi. Shake It Up « Lateral Love Australia. Continue reading

November 20, 2012

a millenial response to being accused of “irony”

I posted Christy Wampole’s piece on Millenials and the great issue she takes with them: they are too ironic. I argued that I thought she was missing something, but I did not go too deeply into why. This wonderful response… Continue reading

November 19, 2012

Camille Paglia, George Lucas, & the Work of Art

Thanks to my beautiful friend Joy Harris who told me about this article. Time to pull out my own writings on this and dust them off. Who is the greatest artist of our time? Normally, we would look to literature… Continue reading

November 19, 2012

How to Live Without Irony – NYTimes.com

Thanks to Andrew J. Taggart for pointing out this entry to the Stone blog at NYTimes.com. A good read. Not sure I agree with the whole premise. In my view, while Millenials do present a lot of irony (at least… Continue reading

November 16, 2012

Philosophizing & Inspiration

Because I spend so much time being concerned that philosophizing as a way of life is about helping folks figure out how to live better lives, many professional philosophers do not think I am a “philosopher.” I am cool with… Continue reading

November 13, 2012

Hacking Your Education, Part 2

And here is part 2 of the talk I gave in September 2012 to students at the University of North Texas. [You can find Part 1 here.] Keith Brown – Hacking Your Education Part 2 from Anthony Miles on Vimeo. Continue reading

November 13, 2012

Hacking Your Education, Part 1

A talk I gave to a group of University of North Texas students back in September. Keith Brown – Hacking Your Education Part 1 from Anthony Miles on Vimeo. [You can watch Part 2 here] Continue reading

November 12, 2012

Textimony 20121112

This Beautiful Order chants the Song of Love. The origin, a soft sigh. The end, a fading echo. Between? A profound harmonic: “Yes, yes, yes… without regret!” Continue reading

November 4, 2012

Kanye West – Who Will survive in America « Whitezine

Really bad ass unofficial video for Kanye West’s “Who will survive in a America…” Kanye West – Who Will survive in America « Whitezine | Design Graphic & Photography Inspirations. Continue reading

November 4, 2012

The Intelligencers and the Fifth Moon of Jupiter: Alchemy in the American Colonies « Newtopia Magazine

Next time somebody tries to pull the “America was founded by good Christians who were regular church goers, pull this info out on them. Thanks to Zeteticus @ Soul Spelunker for Scooping this interesting piece. Puritan alchemists founded America; sounds… Continue reading

October 29, 2012

» Hard-to-Believe! High School Student Researchers?

I am always humbled to know that I have had a philosophical career that could only have been born in an atmosphere like the one at Waxahachie High School. While I was never one of the computer science and research… Continue reading

October 28, 2012

How do we Shape Souls Without Longing?

Nice looking backward at Bloom’s Closing of the American Mind. Deneen correctly locates the import of the text in its prescient concern with the dis-ease of indifference. Today we live in a different age, one that so worried Bloom—an age… Continue reading