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How I Got My Philosophic Theme

Posted on December 14, 2021 by Abigail

How I Got My Philosophic Theme As far as I can recall, it was a specific event, leading to a particular experience, that gave me the defining theme of the work I’ve done since then in philosophy. I’d gone uptown … Continue reading →

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New Year Retrospective

Posted on January 5, 2021 by Abigail

New Year Retrospective I don’t make New Year’s Resolutions. If they had any force for me, I might. First, you gotta believe in those things. But I do find living force in going back over the path recently trodden, to … Continue reading →

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The Baiter and the Baited

Posted on May 21, 2019 by Abigail

The Baiter and the Baited We are back from a week of my neuropathy treatments at the Loma Linda clinic in California. The main progress this time has been in locating more precisely the regions of the body – ahem, … Continue reading →

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