From Pope John Paul II’s Fides et Ratio, § 31-32:
…there are in the life of a human being many more truths which are simply believed than truths which are acquired by way of personal verification. Who, for instance, could assess critically the countless scientific findings upon which modern life is based? Who could personally examine the […]
Archive for May, 2007
I’m reading George Grant in Conversation right now, which is a transcription of a series of interviews with the Canadian philosopher George Grant. Grant considered Leo Strauss to be one of his greatest influences, and said the following about him:
Leo Strauss once said, and I think it is the best thing ever said about teaching, “Never […]
I wound up having a conversation about advertising with Steph and Jac before my previous post was actually posted. I thought I’d share another insight that came out of our conversation.
In my last post, I argued that advertising works because it appeals to spiritual realities that, by and large, our culture has no genuine idea of […]
We watched the season finale of Heroes on Monday night at my friend Jeff’s place. I watch next to no TV, so the barrage of advertising caught me unawares. (This was the first episode that we watched on TV: we watched the rest online)
It was staggering how almost every ad’s content had nothing to do with […]
(Original image by khaane)
I’m doing home construction/renovation work as my summer job, which is meaning that I’m doing a whole lot of painting. The bathroom that we’re currently working on was not constructed to the most exacting standards (read: shite) so that our fresh coat of paint is only moderately covering the dodgy workmanship underneath.
This got […]
I am an introvert. This is one of the reasons why I blog: it is a quasi-social interaction that occurs without anyone else actually around. It’s on my terms and it’s not really emotionally demanding of me. I get tired out if I’m around people for too long.
And yet, I am fully cognizant of the absolute […]
