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What’s with Wittgenstein?
What’s with Wittgenstein? Ludwig Wittgenstein seems still to bestride the narrow straits of world thought like a colossus, reflections of him flickering over cultural regions far afield from his own. By lamplight, I’ve been spending my recent weeks with the … Continue reading →
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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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“It Is No Secret”
“It Is No Secret” Years ago, when I was first in Jerusalem, I put a note in the Western Wall. “Did you pray at the Wall?” my Israeli cousins asked me, with their native-born, knowing irony. “Of course,” I rejoined. … Continue reading →
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Tagged Abigail L. Rosenthal's "A Good Look at Evil", academic reinstatement, Analytic philosophy, Anglo-American Philosophy, anthropological field work, anthropology, Australia, battle scars, comfort zone, Continental philosophy, cultural relativism, Derek Freeman's "Margaret Mead and Samoa", divine matchmaking, Down Under, downsizing, escapism, fresh start, Herodian Wall, husbands, making a wish, Margaret Mead's "Coming of Age in Samoa", marital benefits, marriage and divorce, marrying for love, notes in the Wall, objective values, petitionary prayer, pilgrims, problem of evil, prosperity of the wicked, retrenchment, Second Temple, sexual freedom, sexual hangups, significant other, Southern Hemisphere, staff club, subjective relativism, subjective values, suffering of the innocent, talking philosophy, theodicy, tourists, universal conversation, Western Wall, wishlist
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