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Tag Archives: Friends
Own Goal
I’m having a jolly football weekend with old friends. But I’m still haunted by Andrew Graham-Dixon’s excellent and dark ‘Art of Germany‘ which I watched in the week. The image of the two bleak works of Caspar David Friedrich he … Continue reading
The Art of Friendship
I listened to a Philosophy Bites podcast this week on the topic of ‘friendship’. It made me think afresh about the balance of ‘duties to all’ versus special treatment for a ‘selected few’ – i.e. our friends. Alexander Nehamas’ argument … Continue reading
Elemental
The late Herbert McCabe wrote with almost scientific beauty on Aristotle and Aquinas. There is a tightness and precision which bespeaks a lifetime’s reflection and contemplation. The international physics community has just acknowledged two new superheavy elements – 114 and … Continue reading
Posted in Aristotle, Ethics, Life
Tagged 114, Aristotle, Football, Friends, Herbert McCabe, On Aquinas, Periodic Table, Practice, Ununquadium, Virtue
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Poetry in Motion
A few weeks ago, newly enamoured of poetry, I wrote a short ditty to capture what I think increasingly drives my life. It came out quite easily so I guessed it might be quite close. But then I forgot about … Continue reading
Posted in Aristotle, Life, Poetry
Tagged Aquinas, Aristotle, Csikszentmihalyi, Eudaimonia, Family, Friends, Happiness, Homer, John Kay, Knowledge & Ideas, Life, Love, McCabe, Montaigne, Nietzsche, Poetry, Sceptics, Simon Armitage, Socrates, Stoic, Stoics
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Blake’s Proverbs
William Blakes’ Proverbs of Hell are a bit like Jenny Holzer’s Truisms – some you get some you don’t, some resonate some clang. Still thinking about some of the things which I think constitute the good life, four of his … Continue reading
Posted in Aristotle, Life, Truisms
Tagged Aristotle, Desmond Tutu, Dogs Drinking, Friends, Imagine, Jenny Holzer, Knowledge & Ideas, Look up, Proverbs, Talk, Think, Truisms, William Blake
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Indignity
Life is full of indignities, small and large. I, like most people, am easily persuaded that life’s indignities have been targeted at me by some malign intent. Human beings are programmed to look for causation. It’s a key survival skill. … Continue reading
Posted in Aristotle, Ethics, Life
Tagged Aristotle, Bayesian Brain, Death, Epictetus, Eudaimonia, Friends, Happiness, Indignity, Religion
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