Coleman Hughes on Thomas Sowell
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Yukio Mishima: The Death of a Man
This photo-essay by photographer Kishin Shinoyama is the first of what I anticipate will be a flurry of publications marking, come November, fifty years since Mishima’s death. JapanKishin Shinoyamaphilosophical literaturephotographyYukio Mishima
A Confederacy of Dunces: quotes (14)
“You realize, of course, that this is all your fault. The progress of my work will be greatly delayed. I suggest that you go to your confessor and make some penance, Mother. Promise him that you will avoid the path of sin and drinking in the future. Tell him what the consequence of your moral…
The Death of Liberalism? An Interview With Nicholas Capaldi
Zbigniew Janowski interviews Nick about his latest book (and chats about much more besides. Friedrich HayekJohn Stuart MillLiberalismMichael OakeshottNicholas Capaldirule of lawZbigniew Janowski
Zeno’s Conscience: quotes (12)
And left alone (this, too, was strange) I didn’t think about my father’s health, but instead, moved and – I may say – filled with proper filial respect, I regretted that for such a mind, aspiring to lofty goals, a finer education had not been possible. Today, as I write, approaching the age reached by…
Susan Haack: A Passionate Moderate
My two cents worth to Susan’s festschrift. classical liberalismEPISTEMEEpistemologyPeirceScientismSokal Hoaxsusan haacktestimony
The Moviegoer: quotes (14)
FOR SOME TIME NOW the impression has been growing upon me that everyone is dead. It happens when I speak to people. In the middle of a sentence it will come over me: yes, beyond a doubt this is death. There is little to do but groan and make an excuse and slip away as…
A Confederacy of Dunces: quotes (13)
“I also told the students that, for the sake of humanity’s future, I hoped that they were all sterile. I could never have possibly read over the illiteracies and misconceptions burbling from the dark minds of these students. It will be the same wherever I work.” 30% discount code available here a confederacy of duncesJohn…
Peter Green
Peter Green died today. See this article on Green in Guitar World. Peter Green is, arguably, the most underrated guitarist of the British mid-’60s blues boom, consistently relegated to a position somewhere below the holy triumvirate of Clapton, Beck and Page. fleetwood macguitarPeter greenrhythm and blues
Happy Birthday to Susan Haack
Festschrift for Susan Haack on the occasion of her 75th birthday. Charles Sanders PeirceEpistemologyfeminismphilosophical logicpolitical correctnesspragmatismsusan haacktestimony
