Atticus Finch’s American Stoicism
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CURTIS MAYFIELD: Original Album Series
Listening to 5 classic CDs: a bargain at under $20. Leave it to the Brits to properly assess this collection. “The message was and still is in the man’s music” — indeed, and now more so than ever as I have been banging on for some time. Curtis Mayfieldfunkgospelmusicsoul
A Neurophenomenology of Awe and Wonder
Coming soon featuring the very excellent Shaun Gallagher. Shaun is contributing to our Philosophical Approaches to Social Neuroscience issue. aweCognitive neuroscienceCognitive scienceconsciousnessEmbodied cognitionneurophenomenologyphilosophical psychologyPhilosophy of mindShaun Gallaghersituated cognitionspacewonder
Kafka’s Metamorphosis: 100 thoughts for 100 years
This in The Guardian. (I once had coffee with Elias Canetti at the Coffee Cup in Hampstead). Elias CanettiFranz KafkaMax BrodMetamorphosisphilosophical literature
Soldier, lothario, filibuster . . .
Since I have a predilection for “characters” . . . real or imagined. At age 17 Humbert left home to work for a merchant in Nancy, who dismissed him for misconduct. He then worked at hat factory in Lyon and was fired for “moral depravity.” Jean Joseph Amable Humbertnapoleon bonapartenapoleon in america
Why the World’s Best Cocktail is from New Orleans
The very excellent Wayne Curtis on The Sazerac. These are among the things New Orleans does best as it carries out its self-appointed mission to make the world more interesting. alcoholnew orleanssazeracwayne curtis
‘The Clarke Plato’
‘The Clarke Plato’: the oldest manuscript (discounting papyrus fragments) for about half the dialogues of Plato, perhaps once the first volume of a two-volume set. Commissioned by Arethas of Patrae (bishop of Caesarea, 902-c. 939), who paid 21 gold coins for the copying and the parchment, and added scholia in the margin in a tiny…
Eric Ravilious
One of my favorite artists — catch this exhibition if you can. In addition to the reviews posted on the gallery’s site, see this article in the NYRB. Ravilious reminds me of Rockwell Kent, another favorite. The Dulwich Gallery is somewhat inconvenient to get to (I used to train it) but it’s well worth the visit…
Walker Percy Wednesday – 43
Sutter wrote: A w.d. and n. white male, circa 49. Eyes, ears, nose, mouth: neg. (upper dentures). Skin: 12 cm. contusion rt. occipital region Pleura: Neg. Lungs: Neg. Pericardium: 10 cc. pink frothy fluid Heart: infarcted anterior wall right ventricle; coronary artery: moderate narrowing, occasional plaque; recent occlusion anterior descending branch, right c.a. Abdomen: neg.…
How We Came Back: Voices from Post-Katrina New Orleans
New book from a strong Austrian perspective. Austrian Economicsdispersed knowledgedistributed cognitiondistributed knowledgeEmily Chamlee-WrightFriedrich HayekHurricane Katrinalocal knowledgenew orleansNona Martin StorrVirgil Storr
