Category Archives: philosophy/religion

the “good” life

Posted on February 12, 2014 by twotreatises

“The logic of worldly success rests on a fallacy: the strange error that our perfection depends on the thoughts and opinions and applause of other men! A weird life it is, indeed, to be living always in somebody else’s imagination, … Continue reading →

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younger sons

Posted on March 21, 2013 by twotreatises

younger sons in the Bible Cain and Abel Ishmael and Isaac Esau and Jacob Benjamin/Joseph Manasseh and Ephraim Solomon

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take me to the river… again

Posted on December 28, 2011 by twotreatises

Thank you wikiquote… Heraclitus: Fragment 41, Quoted by Plato in Cratylus: You could not step twice into the same river; for other waters are ever flowing on to you. You cannot step twice into the same river; for other waters … Continue reading →

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magic realism

Posted on April 8, 2010 by twotreatises

magic realism in relation to absurdity, and therefore in relation to absurdism “Like all stories of creators who bring life from the dead, his story began with a struggling butcher, who chased a gray cat, caught it, took off its … Continue reading →

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the end is near

Posted on March 31, 2010 by twotreatises

Religious type on the corner today: “Oh Jesus Christ. Oh Jesus, our lord, thank you for dying on the cross for our sins two thousand and ten years ago.” Now I know it’s a little confusing because of the there-was-no-year-zero … Continue reading →