Posts

The case for an Ecstatic Humanism—being “skeptics with naturally religious minds” or “open-minded ‘reverent’ humanists”

How to be a Conservative-Liberal-Socialist by Leszek Kołakowski

‘Little children, love one another!’, or how to bore the pants off your audience

On the need to take even strokes—How Henry Bugbee’s naturalistic philosophy and some mindful meditation might help us get through the pandemic

“To the dear memory of Ellen Haslop” (1865-1939)

An ass eats its hay and a gardener turns their spade in readiness for the New Year

Accepting the problem posed by Christmas Day but without necessarily accepting the Christian solution

Steps, not-steps, promises and the art of metaphysical hitchhiking

“How to be a conservative-socialist-liberal” a highly recommended article by Timothy Garton Ash

How Nietzsche helps us better prepare to celebrate Advent & Christmas — The bloom and magic of things that are nearest