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• Wilfred Owen’s “Futility”

  
  Prometheus Unbound — Authority: 142
  One of Wilfred Owen’s great poems is titled “Futility” (1918). It begins with a commander of men at war directing a couple of his soldiers to move into the sun the body of a recently dead comrade: Move him into the sun— Gently its touch awoke him once, At home, whispering of fields unsown. Always it woke ...
  8 hours ago

• The Myth of Sissyphus [Existentialism]

  
  Gawker — Authority: 871
  Dude waits 12 hours in rain so girlfriend can buy H&M; Jimmy Choos . Related: Sissyphus .
  20 hours ago

• Its Gonna Be One Of Those Days, Isnt It? [Existentialism]

  
  Gawker — Authority: 871
  The first thing in this mornings Gawker Weekend inbox: People Talking on Bananas . Sigh.
  21 hours ago

• Heracles, Alcestis, and the Determined Human Heart’s Heroic Relentless Path Through This World

  
  Prometheus Unbound — Authority: 142
  Below is a fourth century Roman catacomb image of two courageous people who followed their hearts right into the very jaws of death: Heracles and Alcestis . The basic story from Greek mythology (and which Euripides made into a play) goes like this: Through Apollo’s manipulations, the Fates granted Admetus ...
  3 days ago

• On seeking advice.

  
  Pragmatik — Authority: 126
  “…if you seek counsel from a priest, for example you have selected that priest; and at bottom you already knew, more or less, what he would advise. In other words, to choose an adviser is nevertheless to commit oneself by that choice. If you are a Christian, you will say, consult a priest; but there are ...
  3 days ago

• Soaking it up

  
  David Rheins Blog — Authority: 107
  In the hotel bath I pause, muse, delay the day one last calm moment
  4 days ago

• Random Thoughts: Gratitude, Angel Valley, Structured Water

  
  Thought for Food — Authority: 103
  With this thing called life being many faceted, it’s quite possible to experience the full gamut of feelings, from profound joy and gratitude, to equally profound anguish and pain, in the course of a single day. Such are the signs of a life being lived, fully . If it is being loved fully too, then we’ve got the ...
  4 days ago

• Can you Separate a Person from their Work?

  
  Antiquitopia — Authority: 127
  That is a question perennially asked concerning Heidegger, the highly influential 20th century philosopher--some may say the most influential 20th century philosopher--and Nazi. Is it possible to separate his philosophy from his Nazism? It is something being addressed, once more, in Emmanuel Fayes book, who says ...
  5 days ago

• Foo Fighters, Neil Diamond, and How to Keep Your Inspiration Flowing

  
  Hammermarks — Authority: 415
  The other night I was driving home from my other, non-jewelry job and I stumbled upon Jack Black interviewing the Foo Fighters .  I only listened to 15min worth (I had to walk the dog when I got home) and even though 1/2 that time was spent listening to “Wheels” and “My Hero” (two songs I like) the part I ...
  1 week ago

• Dust… Wind… Dude

  
  NoelBagwell.com — Authority: 128
  By Noel Bagwell November 2, 2009 And now, this, from Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure (1989), courtesy of IMDb : [ Bill and Ted are in Ancient Greece ] Bill : [ approaching Socrates ] How’s it going? I’m Bill, this is Ted. We’re from the future. Socrates : Socrates. Ted : [ whispering to Bill ...
  1 week ago

• James Murdoch: News Corp. Has Always Been Rebellious | SPIEGEL ONLINE - News - International [del.icio.us]

  
  Adrian Monck — Authority: 123
  LEtranger: "As a company, News Corp. was always the outsider, different from others. For example, when we moved our newspapers and the printing plant into this building here, it was not exactly in the center of the city. Also, BSkyB is not in the London city center, nor do we reside on the chic Corso in Rome. In Hong ...
  2 weeks ago

• Awesome Theater: Sunday Will Come

  
  Hyphen Blog — Authority: 133
  Its one of the great tragedies of art that the best innovations are impossible to describe. Now, Im not sure that the unfortunately titled The Future Project: Sunday Will Come will revolutionize live stage performance as we know it, fix the healthcare crisis, and make you love your mother more. But it is a ...
  2 weeks ago

• John Nolan: Height

  
  thepaintedman.com — Authority: 121
  thepaintedman rates this: 7 out of 10 starsAs a youth in northern NJ, I became very fond of the bands from the Long Island scene that frequented the firehalls and skating rinks that held shows each weekend. As I was in high school, I was limited to bands that played within an hour radius [...]
  2 weeks ago

• Usually when people are sad, they dont do anything.

  
  MY GULCH... — Authority: 114
  They just remain apathetic asking the most outlandish questions. Or they look for the nearest Internet cafe and rant about their miserable-ness. I am not in my comfty nook today so I could not post photos. Which is more depressing since I am having a hard time translating and ellucidating my feelings without them. ...
  2 weeks ago

• Heidegger’s Being-unto-Death

  
  The Mustard Seed — Authority: 122
  A small excerpt taken from The Excerpt Mill on Heidegger’s views on possibility and death: Being-towards-death, an anticipation of possibility, is what first makes this possibility possible, and sets free as possibility.
  2 weeks ago

• Tuesday October the Twenty Seventh

  
  David Rheins Blog — Authority: 107
  Still fall the fat leaves after I rake, pile, black bag work has just begun  
  2 weeks ago

• The Whether Report

  
  The Laughorist — Authority: 117
  Søren Kierkegaard is known for his work Either/Or . (After clicking on the link at Wikipedia , I discover that Either/Or is nothing like I had expected. [Obviously, I have not read it.] And, hey, the great Danish philosopher wrote Either/O r in Berlin , after a lecture he attended there proved to be ...
  3 weeks ago

• The Fear

  
  Hammermarks — Authority: 415
  In general, I try to be someone who conquers her fears.  I’ve stayed in other countries by myself for 4-6 weeks at a time.  I’ve eaten chicken feet.  I ride roller coasters.  But the stupid little fears are what get me.  I’ve had to make a couple of choices lately, and I’ve realized that my fears are ...
  3 weeks ago

• Create and Evolve, Erase and Rewind

  
  Vindicated — Authority: 92
  Ok, so maybe I should be making my way through the giant pile of books I need to get through for my dissertation. But I’ve been thinking about notions of god, universe, and religion lately. Profound, I know. I was having a conversation with a friend recently, and suddenly a random comment on monkeys led me to ...
  3 weeks ago

• James Jeans and John Updike: A Scientist’s Postulation and a Literary Figure’s Reply

  
  Prometheus Unbound — Authority: 142
  In 1930, physicist, mathematician, and astronomer James Jeans, wrote, in his book The Mysterious Universe , this: Standing on our microscopic fragment of a grain of sand, we attempt to discover the nature and purpose of the universe which surrounds our home in space and time. Our first impression is something akin ...
  3 weeks ago

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