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Anger
Anger At one of the numberless administrative hearings held during my seven-year job fight, the opposing counsel asked me, with an insinuating sidewise smile, “Are you very angry at the people who fired you?” I glanced down the long table … Continue reading →
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Tagged 17th century metaphysics, 17th century philosophy, a woman's anger, academic colleagues, academic hearings, academic politics, academic reinstatement, academic sexism, academic tenure, administrative hearings, anger, anger as truthful, anger management, Arbitration, bad guys, combat of life, dealing with anger, deliberate injury, determinism, drama of life, free will, freedom, Gandhi and non-violence, God as Substance, God as Witness, God is a Person, God's love, hard to be a person, healthy anger, impersonal God, interpersonal dynamics, interpersonal skills, job fight, laws of history, laws of nature, Mahatma, martial arts of social life, merited anger, metaphysical system, overcoming anger, personal choice, personal God, persons as objects, professional hell, promise breaking, real life dramas, reclaiming your power, resentment, revenge-seekers, Right and Wrong, risks of life, satyagraha, self-definition, sexism, sidestepping anger, soul force, Spinoza, Spinoza's Ethics, Spinozistic remedy, substance attributes and modes, tenure fight, Ultimate Action, Ultimate Causality, understanding as power, Unqualified Power, Western films
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Jesus
Jesus This morning we had one of those leisurely breakfasts that goes on for some hours. The pleasure of being two philosophers who love each other comes into its own at such times. There are philosopher couples who indulge in … Continue reading →
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Tagged 70 C.E., accepting Jesus, Bar Kochba, bar mitzvah, breakfast talk, Christendom, Christian converts, Christian theology, defeating Rome, Delilah, Divine Presence, divine/human union, false messiahs, fighting Rome, Gentile "Friends of God", God's love, God's will, Goliath, houses of worship, human damnation, Jerry L. Martin's "God: an Autobiography as Told to a Philosopher", Jesus, Jesus the Jew, Jesus the Jewish Messiah, Jesus the Messiah, Jesus the savior, Jewish congregants, Jewish doctrines, Jewish exile, Jewish/Christian competition, Jews and Jesus, Jews for Jesus, King David, losing the argument, losing the truth, mediation of Jesus, meeting Jesus, Muslim hegemony, original sin, Paul's doctrines, philosopher couples, philosophers in love, philosophical argument, philosophical competetiveness, politics of religion, render unto Caesar, scoring points, self love, self-blame, self-contempt, Shekinah, Socrates, synagogues, talking philosophy, talking to Jesus, Temple Judea, the best religion, The Crucifixion, the Kingdom of God, the Philistines, the Second Temple, winning the argument, winning the truth, zealots
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Michael Wyschogrod
Michael Wyschogrod When the Jewish Review of Books arrived a few days ago, I noticed with pleasure the cover article, “Michael Wyschogrod and the Challenge of God’s Scandalous Love.” Good! I thought. Michael is being attended to and treated as … Continue reading →