Update – see the official Apple tribute to Jobs. Notable is Jobs’ valuing the liberal arts. This on the first anniversary of Job’s passing. Death, as I analogize it, is a truck with its headlights on, bearing down upon one standing in the middle of the road. So carpe diem! appledeathIPadIPhonelifeMacintoshpixarstanfordsteve jobs
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Here is the opening to Elizabeth Corey’s essay for the Companion. I have often thought that one of the best introductions to the philosophy of Michael Oakeshott is a children’s book by Arnold Lobel. Grasshopper on the Road describes the journey of a remarkably even-tempered grasshopper who meets various other insects on his way down…
The Louis Armstrong House and Museum took a step toward further raising its profile by hiring its first curator in David L. Reese. JazzLouis Armstronglouis armstrong housemusic
Here is a trailer of Corey Abel’s essay “Whatever It Turns Out To Be: Oakeshott on Aesthetic Experience,” the eighth essay in the run-up to the Companion’s official publication on October 19: Orbaneja, a fictional painter from a real town, is criticized by Don Quixote for painting so badly that he produces only “whatever emerges,” so…
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