sophistry
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Academia as mechanical productivity
like the Whatever Etc page if you use Facebook. It is amazing how the machinery of academia has been turned on by someone and just left running… Like a Charlie… Posted by Whatever Etc. on Friday, January 22, 2016 Continue reading
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Political Gnosticism & Far Right Wing Implosion
Oh, America… your ultra right wing folk have utterly melted down. This gent offers a “stiff-upper-lip comrades, we shall soldier on to save the barbarians from themselves” on the one hand and then succumbs to utter doom on the other.… Continue reading
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Philosophy or Sophistry?
Romano’s newer (broader?) definition of philosophy fits my own definition of sophistry (click here to read). ‘America the Philosophical,’ by Carlin Romano – NYTimes.com. Continue reading
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The ‘Busy’ Trap – NYTimes.com
I have spoken a lot to folks over the years about how AKEDIA or Sloth is not “mere laziness” but “spiritual/mindful laziness.” This manifests in two ways: Either as allowing yourself to just sit around in a dulled idle doing nothing… Continue reading
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4 Kinds of Sophists and the Hope of Philosophizing
Philosophy is a way of life. It is not a trade nor is it a profession. The closest term would be vocation, a calling to live a certain way via profound commitment to an open (free) discovery of the world.… Continue reading
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