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Platonism for the masses

Monday, February 4, 2008

After starting college, I slowly became disconnected with the Christian faith that had been an influential part of my life in high school. It wasn’t due to the fact that I fell into the collegiate life of hedonism and simply abandoned all things good and holy. My loss of faith was a gradual [...]

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Subversive language and the role of philosophy

Tuesday, October 2, 2007

“I am writing a book.” This is not as creative, interesting, or impressive as it actually sounds, so in my day-to-day interactions I like to just leave it at that. “I am writing a book.” If pressed for details, I’ll reveal that it’s a Korean history book. The rights to this [...]

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In defense of quirk

Friday, August 31, 2007

The latest rash of criticism from the literati has been targeted at quirk, or quirkiness, or whatever you’d like to call it. Manifesting itself in things like Dave Egger’s McSweeney’s, Ira Glass’s This American Life, and the films of Wes Anderson, quirk is defined as such by Michael Hirschorn in The Atlantic:
As an aesthetic [...]

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