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Category Archives: Personal Life
On Hope: Wisdom From My Beloved Professor
So I received some correspondence from a professor of mine who is vastly more enlightened than I am, and has powerful insight into very esoteric fields of study in philosophy and religion. The woman is a true master of minds, … Continue reading
Posted in Personal Life, Philosophy, Questions, Writing
Tagged Grief, hope, hopelessness, philosophy, suffering
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Writer’s Block
I’ve been struggling for days to come up with a post for you all that will yield some benefit, or help you in your philosophical endeavors, but as of late I am completely without inspiration. Frankly, my heart and mind … Continue reading
Posted in Love, Musings and Prose, Personal Life, Writing
Tagged distraction, emotion, loneliness, Love, perspective, regret, sorrow, writer's block
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The Eggshells of Racism: Tread Lightly
Black women. Two words that, without any additional context, are completely innocuous. There is no further meaning or semantic content within the conventional implicature about the descriptive, “two black women.” Suppose then that additional content is furnished, say, that you … Continue reading
Posted in Language, Personal Life, Philosophy, Politics, Writing
Tagged conventional implicature, conversational implicature, ethnicity, Frege, Grice, implicature, language, PC, philosophy of language, political correctness, politically correct, principle of cooperation, race, Racism, super maxim, supermaxim
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The Stillness That Night Brings
It’s the night that I find most dreadful. When all the billboards peddling beer, and undressed women stop speeding by; when the frantic rhythm of footsteps slow, and the seemingly implacable ringing of telephones stop; when you stop looking ahead, … Continue reading
Posted in Love, Musings and Prose, Personal Life, Questions, Writing
Tagged dread, drinking, insecurity, loneliness, Love, night, prose, sorrow, writing
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Scrap of paper
I’ve been trying to channel my negative feelings into a more creative outlet. Here’s a scrap of paper that I scribbled down recently. I’ll work on it some more and try to develop the idea a bit, but here’s the … Continue reading
Posted in Love, Musings and Prose, Personal Life, Writing
Tagged heartbreak, Love, penance, poetry, prose, punishment, romance
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Interesting ideas in the works…
So I know that my last post seems… Well, a lot like shaking a fist at the heavens as opposed to serious philosophical work. If that’s your view, you’re pretty much right on. I was a lot less drunk than … Continue reading
Posted in Announcements, Love, Musings and Prose, Personal Life, Philosophy, Questions, Writing
Tagged philosophy, Sidgwick
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