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How I Grew Up, Eventually

Posted on May 2, 2023 by Abigail

Abbie at 10 on Prince. I never wanted to grow up. In fact, one of my childhood heroes was Peter Pan, the boy who never grew up. For one thing, I thought grownups were ugly. They were too big, which … Continue reading →

Posted in Absurdism, Academe, Action, Afterlife, Alienation, Anthropology, Art of Living, Atheism, Autonomy, bad faith, beauty, Biblical God, book reviews, books, Childhood, Chivalry, Cities, Class, conformism, Contemplation, Contradictions, Cool, Courage, Courtship, cults, Cultural Politics, Culture, Desire, dialectic, Erotic Life, Eternity, Ethics, Evil, Existentialism, exploitation, Faith, Fashion, Female Power, Femininity, Feminism, Freedom, Friendship, Gender Balance, glitterati, Gnosticism, Guilt and Innocence, Health, hegemony, Heroes, hidden God, hierarchy, History, history of ideas, ID, idealism, Ideality, Identity, Ideology, Idolatry, Immorality, Immortality, Institutional Power, Jews, Judaism, Law, Legal Responsibility, life and death struggle, Literature, Love, Martyrdom, master/slave relation, Memoir, memory, Mind Control, Modern Women, Modernism, Moral action, Moral evaluation, Moral psychology, morality, Mortality, motherhood, non-violence, novels, Ontology, Oppression, Past and Future, Peace, Philosophy, Political, politics of ideas, post modernism, Power, presence, promissory notes, Propaganda, Psychology, public facade, Public Intellectual, Reading, Reductionism, relationships, Religion, Roles, Romance, Romantic Love, scientism, secular, Seduction, self-deception, Sex Appeal, Sexuality, social climbing, social construction, Social Conventions, social ranking, Sociobiology, spiritual journey, spiritual not religious, Spirituality, status, status of women, Suffering, Terror, The Examined Life, The Problematic of Men, The Problematic of Woman, the profane, the sacred, Theism, Theology, Time, twentieth century, twenty-first century, Utopia, victimhood, victims, Violence, War, Work, Writing, Zeitgeist | Tagged academic politics, act like a woman, acting as if the dead can’t see you, adjusting to womanhood, adolescence, adult friendships, adults and children, antisemitism in academe, artificial adulthood, at home in one’s skin, becoming oneself, behind the back of the dead, believing defamatory fictions, Cain and Abel, cat’s away mice will play, childhood freedom, childhood heroes, collegial friendships, congenial social circles, CUNY faculty, daughterly duties, defamatory fictions, don’t speak ill of the dead, Downeast Maine, fight for popularity, fight for the legacy, filial piety, fitting into one's skin, fragile integrity, fratricide, go along to get along, growing pains, growing up, growing up and liking it, growing up and not liking it, grownup orphan, grownups, hard to fool, Henry M Rosenthal’s The Consolations of Philosophy: Hobbes's Secret; Spinoza’s Way, house in Maine, how children see adults, how not to greet a child, human nature and philosophy, identity development, ingratitude, inherited friendships, interesting parents, learned womanliness, losing friends, Maine locals, memorial service, midlife redefinition, novelistic, out of the mouths of babes, parental friends, personality redefinition, Peter Pan, philosophy as home, philosophy as natural, posthumous rivalries, put your money where your mouth is, Rav Tsair, real life is stranger than fiction, redefining self, remaining oneself, repositioning in adulthood, restoring oneself, romantic eligibility, saying what you see, showing true colors, sincerity of children, slander is always believed, small town realism, social standing, staying healthy in a fight, teenage dating, teenagers, the dead can see us, troubles of adolescence, unseen by the dead, unsupported groundless allegations, wallflowers, who am I?, world of one’s parents | Leave a comment

“Two Views”

Posted on July 11, 2017 by Abigail

“Two Views” This is the aerial view of Narraguagus Bay and the same bay, painted as I saw it from the attic of our old barn. We are back there this week, visiting old friends in Washington County, Downeast Maine. … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Art of Living, Cities, Friendship, Love | Tagged Downeast Maine, home, Maine, Narraguagus Bay, Washington County | 2 Comments

“You CAN Go Home Again”

Posted on August 16, 2016 by Abigail

“You Can Go Home Again” This week we drove the two hours from Bangor, Maine to the little town on the Narraguagus Bay that I shall call – to shelter its hiddenness – the Town of Downeast. The reason I … Continue reading →

Posted in Action, Afterlife, Alienation, Anthropology, Art, Art of Living, beauty, Childhood, Contemplation, Culture, Desire, Eternity, Ethics, Faith, Femininity, Freedom, Friendship, Health, Heroes, history of ideas, Ideality, Identity, Immortality, Literature, Love, Masculinity, Memoir, memory, Mortality, motherhood, nineteenth-century, Ontology, Past and Future, Peace, Philosophy, Poetry, presence, Psychology, public facade, Public Intellectual, relationships, Religion, Roles, Romance, spiritual not religious, Spirituality, status, status of women, Suffering, The Examined Life, The Problematic of Men, The Problematic of Woman, Theism, Theology, Time, twentieth century, twenty-first century, Utopia, Work, Writing, Zeitgeist | Tagged 19th century influence, 19th century people, 19th century types, accurate memory, ante-bellum homes, Bangor Maine, barrel racing, camp in Maine, death and absence, death of friends, Downeast colors, Downeast Maine, event memory, filial piety, fishing boats, fog and water, friendship, generational continuity, Henry M. Rosenthal, homecoming, honorary local, inherited values, lobster fishing, local jobs, Maine forests, Maine landscape, memory and space, memory and time, misremembering, Narraguagus Bay, neighborly relations, Nobel Prize, past-to-future ties, people from "away", personal space, philosophy, philosophy students, philosophy teacher, place memory, predatory fish, psychoanalysis, remote places, rental cars, rootedness, small town, small town diner, small town life, summer people, teaching and listening, the art of listening, truth-seeking, Washington County | 4 Comments

“Getting Thrown”

Posted on December 22, 2015 by Abigail

“Getting Thrown” One time, in my riding days in Downeast Maine, I went trotting up and down the neighborhood of Back Bay Road in search of the people who owned our right-of-way and shore strip. I needed to find them … Continue reading →

Posted in Action, Childhood, Chivalry, Cool, Courage, Desire, Erotic Life, Faith, Femininity, Freedom, Friendship, Health, Heroes, Identity, Love, Memoir, Mortality, Past and Future, Peace, Philosophy, Power, Psychology, relationships, Roles, Sex Appeal, Spirituality, Suffering, Terror, The Examined Life, The Problematic of Men, The Problematic of Woman, Time, Work, Writing | Tagged "punchin' cows", Abigail L. Rosenthal's "Confessions of a Young Philosopher", authors, blue ribbons, books, canter, Confessions of a Young Philosopher, cover design, cowboys, Downeast Maine, editing, ending, gallop, getting thrown, God, half acre, horseback, horses, horses and humans, inheritance, injury, Jerry L. Martin's "God: an Autobiography as Told to a Philosopher", last chapter, last ride, launching moment, life of the mind, Montana, Montana skies, neighbors and strangers, other lives, parental bequests, people from "away", proofreading, publishing, riding, right-of-way, rodeo, shore strip, taking a fall, therapeutic riding, title to land, Western horse, writing | Leave a comment

Looking Out for Number One

Posted on December 1, 2015 by Abigail

Looking Out for Number One Quoted in full, Rabbi Hillel’s famous saying goes like this: If I am not for myself, who will be? And if I am only for myself, what am I? And if not now, when? Though … Continue reading →

Posted in Absurdism, Action, Alienation, Anthropology, Art, Autonomy, Christianity, Contemplation, Contradictions, Cool, Courage, Culture, Desire, dialectic, Eternity, Ethics, Evil, Existentialism, Faith, Fashion, Femininity, Feminism, Freedom, Friendship, Health, Identity, Idolatry, Immortality, Institutional Power, Jews, life and death struggle, Love, Memoir, Modernism, Mortality, Mysticism, non-violence, Peace, Power, Psychology, Reductionism, relationships, Religion, Roles, Social Conventions, Sociobiology, Spirituality, Suffering, Terror, The Examined Life, The Problematic of Men, The Problematic of Woman, Theism, Time, Uncategorized, Zeitgeist | Tagged alternative treatments, baptism, bereavement, Bucks County, cancer standard of care, charity, Christianity, conversion ceremony, conversions, cynicism, death, distractions, Downeast Maine, egoism, farewells, friendship, funerals, grief, horseback riding, indifference, intimacy, Jewish sages, Judaism, life and death, memorials, mikvah, mitzvot, mortal illness, mourning, number one, obsequies, opportunism, personal presence, personal relations, purity, Rabbi Hillel, rabbinic wisdom, religious affiliation, religious conversion, religious obligation, sages of antiquity, selfishness, Shekinah, sickness and health, social defenses, social facade, social static, solipsism, temple congregation, Valery Rybakow, Weltanschauug, worldview | 7 Comments

“Gossip”

Posted on November 17, 2015 by Abigail

“Gossip” One of Abigail’s Adages – though I have yet to post it – is this: Slander is always believed. Even more so if it’s in print. Jurgen Habermas wrote a book called (forgive me, it’s his title, not mine) … Continue reading →

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