Archives for May 2006
Skipping the hard steps
(This entry could also be entitled “Why I’m Glad I’m a Philosophy Major”.) After one more semester, my present academic stint will come to a close and I will be awarded with the ever-common BA in the (not-so-common) field of… continue reading »
New Democracy: Selling Ideas, Not People
I think just about everyone was sick of the character assassination going on by the time the polls opened in 2004. In lieu of the purported draft dodging and medal throwing, preceded a few years prior by a controversy over… continue reading »
Living the sublime
Immanuel Kant’s aesthetics are some of the most interesting and developed theories in the field, which are outlined in his Critique of Judgment. They provided a foundation for the basis of aesthetic theory and are still arguably some of the… continue reading »
The morning after
Eventually it starts sinking in–the reality that I was pushing and pushing and pushing into the back of my mind in hopes that it would go away. Shortly after the declarations of love were made and things finally started looking… continue reading »
Earning your citizenship
“Responsibility does not only lie with the leaders of our countries or with those who have been appointed or elected to do a particular job. It lies with each of us individually.” -The Dalai Lama Unless you’ve been living under… continue reading »