When I heard that China had sent six hundred ventilators to New York, I wanted to say thank you . . . by sharing some words of wisdom from Chinese philosophy . . . plus a chapter on the golden rule in Confucianism. Watch the 9:50 video or listen to the audio file, which show how it's possible …
Anxiety dissolved and recycled
For a quickened 9:06 video or audio file. A couple days ago, I read two articles by writers who were describing their own anxiety, anger, depression, and grieving over what is happening to our country politically and to the planet ecologically. Upon awakening this morning, I began thinking about my …
Feeling: Mozart, Jesus, and evolution
Imagine a school of feeling that cultivates sensitive responses to the full spectrum of varieties of beauty--actual and potential. There are courses in the arts that enable us to say more than wow, cool, awesome, amazing, it feels so good. Listening to a Mozart piano concerto, seeing a Rodin …
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My YouTube interview with Dan Schneider
Today I had the pleasure of being interviewed by Dan Schneider, a widely successful various arts and culture host. Here’s the link to the interview. What a cool way to meet someone! Dan is highly intelligent and efficient, well read in lots of areas of science and in the arts. He reviews films and …
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How to defend “brotherhood” from ethicism in the form of languagism
Scientism reduces spiritual truths to lower level facts. Ethicism in the form of languageism handicaps spiritual truths by unbalanced devotion to worthy social and political values–for example, suppressing talk of the brotherhood of man by linking the phrase with sexism. I feel sad to see the …
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A secular view of life as art: the strongest alternative I’ve seen to my philosophy of living
The best alternative I have read to my philosophy of living takes a contemporary and secular turn which stimulates us to think anew. I believe I serve you best here by simply setting forth the position rather than by adding my replies. John Kekes, in The Art of Life (Ithaca, New York: …
