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Put-Downs
Put-Downs More than one accomplished male philosopher I know has confessed, in a let-your-hair-down moment, to having lived for years in fear of the moment when the world would discover the Total Fraud he really was and get him Unmasked. … Continue reading
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Tagged academic intrigue, academic pecking order, academic perks, academic politics, academic privilege, adversarial proceeding, Africa, angels, anger, animality, Arbitration, Arbitration Award, belittling, Biblical Daniel, Britain, brittleness, brutal forces, brutality, caricature, civilization, civilizations, colleagues, collegiality, conquest, corporation counsel, cross examination, cruelty, Daniel and the Lion's Den, Divine deliverance, doctoral degree, failure, grievance, hearing room, hegemony, Henry Ossawa Tanner, human civilization, human cruelty, human kindness, human suffering, humankind, hysterical females, imperialism, institutional rank, lawyering, major insults, major league, male philosophers, memoir, minor insults, miracles, moral rank, Ms., North and South America, open-heartedness, Oppression, peer review, philosophic frauds, power plays, powerful critics, professional power, providence, put downs, Q&A, seeing the story, self-advertisement, self-deprecation, self-promotion, slavery, Slavic countries, Success, suffering, sworn testimony, testimony under oath, The City University, the lion's mouth, Thomas Sowell's "Conquests and Cultures: An International History", titles, tragic annals, under oath, Union grievance, unmasking frauds, victimization
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“Happiness”
“Happiness” “Call no man happy until he is dead,” said Solon, the ancient sage, to Croesus. Croesus was “rich as Croesus,” as the saying goes, and king of Lydia. So he was nonplussed at Solon’s reluctance to admit that he … Continue reading
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Tagged "Quiz Show", "the pursuit of happiness", academic fight, acupuncture, Advice, Ancient Lydia, Ancient Persia, anguish, Aristotle, bird baths, bird watching, birds, birthright, Brooklyn College, Carl Mangione PT, celebrity, Charles Van Doren, cheating, college curriculum, Columbia class of 1925, confession, Croesus, Cyrus the Great, Declaration of Independence, despair, divine gifts, family honor, grace, gratitude, hairdresser, handicap, Henry M. Rosenthal, human rights, identity, ingratitude, insincerity, Jennifer Kelly hairstylist, Kinetic syndrome, Mark Van Doren, memoir, misery, mortification, Mr. Right, national scandal, Nicomachean Ethics, non-advice, normality, physical therapy, problem of evil, reputation, resignation, Richard Firnhaber acupuncture, right to happiness, sell out, selling one's birthright, sincerity, Solon, suffering, the emotional norm, The History of Herodotus, the human norm, the mental norm, the physical norm, the psychical norm, TV idol, TV Quiz Show, unhappiness, walking handicap, wickedness
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“It’s Not Enough to be Intelligent”
“It’s Not Enough to be Intelligent” Today Fran, my therapeutic riding teacher, told me I have “a beautiful physique” on a horse and could qualify for the International competitions in “para-dressage” (dressage for the handicapped). People compete in those events … Continue reading
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Tagged "Confessions of a Young Philosopher", Abigail L. Rosenthal, absurdity, blood work, checkmate, Confessions of a Young Philosopher, contradictions, depression, disappoinment, failure, Faith, God, handicap, Health, hippotherapy, Hitchcock film, holistic healing, hope, hoplessness, intelligence, Janus-faced, Mother, neuropathy, Olympic competition, para-dressage, physiatrist, physical therapy, Portugese, prayer, providence, self-help, suffering, therapeutic riding, Western medicine
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“Heartbreak”
“Heartbreak” So far as I’ve been able to see, this is a world of desire. If we no longer care to live, there’s a fair chance we won’t. Depending on how deep it goes, our bodies will take the message. … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Desire, Erotic Life, Femininity, Philosophy, relationships, Sexuality, Social Conventions
Tagged broken heart, cynicism, desire, feelings, God, heartbreak, hope, hurt, love, suffering, the human heart, tragedy, vulnerability
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“It’s Cancer!”
“It’s Cancer!” Years ago, Esquire magazine ran an article on the state of cancer research and treatment. It included this line: “When you’re playing against the Big Casino, the odds are with the House.” I don’t know whether I thought … Continue reading
Posted in life and death struggle, Philosophy, Psychology, relationships, The Examined Life
Tagged anxiety, cancer, chemotherapy, cure, death, doctors, fear, illness, Leo Bronstein, life and death, life review, love, meditation, Michael and Edith Wyschogrod, problem of evil, psycho-somatic illness, radiation treatment, reductionism, suffering, theology
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“All About Love”
“All About Love” On a wintry Parisian evening, I was sitting with my Czech friend Anna in Chez Maurice, one of the seedier cafes on the rue de Tournon. A group of young Russians were within earshot, one holding forth … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Desire, Erotic Life, Friendship, Philosophy, relationships, Social Conventions, The Examined Life, The Problematic of Woman
Tagged Anna, Arts, burden, Guess, Jerry L. Martin, love, Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, Mr. Right, Paris, philosophy, professor, relationships, Romance, Russian, Russian language, suffering, teaching
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“The Suffering of the Situation”
“The Suffering of the Situation” While the record snowfall piled up, higher than my shoulders where it touched the house in some corners, I was not thinking how beautiful it all was. I was not breaking out the marshmallows to … Continue reading →