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“Fun”
“Fun” Whenever I really had fun, I hadn’t sought it and never called it that. What times am I thinking of? There was the time a select group of us young colleagues, who were fired for resisting the powers that … Continue reading
Posted in academe, culture, friendship, literature, philosophy, political, psychology, relationships, social conventions
Tagged academe, adolescence, artifice, awkward, childhood, colleagues, constraint, contrived, freedom, friendship, fun, Greek myth, high-school, horses, Les Halles, Marcel Proust, Paris, philosophy, Procrustes
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“Loyalty”
“Loyalty” For a good many years I had a close woman friend. She was also a colleague, thus for me among the most cherished of life’s treasures. We were very different types, almost polar opposites in our ways of responding … Continue reading
Posted in culture, friendship, Hegel, history of ideas, literature, philosophy, political, relationships, the examined life, the problematic of woman
Tagged Abigail L. Rosenthal, beyond good and evil, choices, classical world, dragon ships, fork in the road, friendship, good and evil, Leo Bronstein, Loyalty, multiculturalism, Nietzsche, Nordic, origins, philosophy, purity, Success, Viking, women relationships
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“Success”
“Success” When I was about twenty-five, I said to a friend, “I thought, when I’d be twenty- five, I’d be at least wonderful. But I’m not.” What did I mean by “at least wonderful”? I think it meant, at home … Continue reading
Posted in academe, art, cool, culture, desire, erotic life, femininity, feminism, friendship, gender balance, history of ideas, literature, masculinity, philosophy, political, relationships, sexuality, social conventions, the examined life, the problematic of woman
Tagged Al-Quds University, Art, belle of the ball, Brandeis, Brandeis University, career, classical antiquity, Corporate ladder, failure and success, female philosopher, female professor, Fine art, friendship, Greek philosophy, Jerusalem, Jews, Kabbalah, Leo Bronstein, life goals, Marriage, paideia, philosophy, popularity, prophecy, Romance, Sari Nusseibeh, spirituality, Success, true love, twenty-five year old woman, wallflower, working woman, wunderkind
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“Authenticity”
“Authenticity” Today I was talking long-distance to my friend Sally in Maine and mentioned that I wanted to write something on “authenticity.” (Sally and I are lifelong friends.) Her comment? “Authenticity is staying friends over a lifetime.” Why was that … Continue reading
Posted in art, culture, friendship, philosophy, social conventions, the problematic of woman
Tagged alice in wonderland, Arts, Authentication, Authenticity, female friendship, friendship, Human, Jean-Paul Sartre, LinkedIn, Maine, Recreation, society, society's expectations, status quo, United States, woman to woman relationships
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