Dialogues

Lucifer’s Song

Lucifer’s Song

I’ve been in the Bad Books    & even as I get better    The Bad Book gets Worse.    My Father, you see    Should Have ME    On Calvary!        Oh, sure, He’s the Son!    Pipsqueak, what has he... ...
The desires and ethics behind PhDs: A philosophical inquiry

The desires and ethics behind PhDs: A philosophical inquiry

(Republished from https://pesaagora.com) Among all the valued options that you have in life, why would you choose to do a PhD, and how would you do it ethically? So that I can help shed... ...
Russell Brand & the Emperor’s New Clothes, or “Did You Ever Hear Such innocent Prattle?”

Russell Brand & the Emperor’s New Clothes, or “Did You Ever Hear Such innocent Prattle?”

Russell Brand – Revolution, Penguin/Random House, 2014. Russell Brand – The Trews.  https://www.youtube.com/user/russellbrand Russell Brand – The Messiah Complex World Tour 2013.   Pretty much everyone knows the story of the Emperor’s New Clothes,... ...
My God is a Construct

My God is a Construct

‘God is dead, and we have killed him.’ More than a century has passed since Nietzche’s Zarathustra declared his disruptive truth on a mountaintop as a gift to civilization gleaned from a reflective solitude.... ...
The First Emperor

The First Emperor

(I am not) the first exoplanet orbiting a solar-type star For none yet exist, so I’m told Just me, here at the centre Of things Without ME There is nothing To see Without ME... ...
To the Trees

To the Trees

Oh the beautiful ones, that enshroud my world How blessed on earth I am to have your company I look at you in the morning to breathe in inspiration I hang around you during... ...
Is Everything Relative?

Is Everything Relative?

Relativism, that may include any notion that supports ‘everything is relative’ has been an intriguing topic, in the contemporary world, subject to wider criticism. The two key criticisms made against relativism, within the western... ...
Running

Running

A man keeps running, deep in the forest He’s fit and he’s clad in an athlete’s garment He passes tall trees and low bush in the valley, he runs on foot paths along winding... ...
Highs and Lows

Highs and Lows

A dream just ends when the reality breaks in But, could one still hold on to the dream and not give in? What if, in the dream, one ties another, ‘say, with the power... ...