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The Garden Path

The Garden Path

One hundred and eight illustrated limericks describing the path of spiritual awakening.

2022

Burton Voorhees, et al.

Burton Voorhees, Linda Voorhees (Illustrator)

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Can the Telos, the Ultimate Goal of Stoicism, Be Conceived in Modern Terms?

1. The Ideal of the Sage

Nov 28

Nov 28

A Tale

The forest was thick, dense undergrowth blocked our view and from its hidden depths came strange animal cries. We had been following a…

Oct 25

Oct 25

Dimensions of Value, Virtues, and Self-Responsibility

About twenty years ago I read a comment by the anthropologist Matt Cartmill [1] to the effect that people on the far left and far right…

Oct 2

Oct 2

Measure for Measure Did Not Measure Up

Excepting Covid, every summer since the early 90s my wife and I have gone to Bard on the Beach, the annual summer Shakespeare festival in…

Sep 5

Sep 5

Published in
New Choices

Well Made, Well Played

The perfect is the enemy of the good. Voltaire

Aug 21

Well Made, Well Played

Aug 21

Published in
The Quantastic Journal

Thinking Straight. II: Automatic Processes

“Study the assumptions behind your actions. Then study the assumptions behind your assumptions.” Idries Shah, Learning How to Learn

Aug 16

An Unfortunate Association Spreads in the Mind

Aug 16

Published in
The Quantastic Journal

Thinking Straight. I: Heuristics of Reason

“Ignorance is servitude and knowledge gives hope, but only understanding is freedom.” Idries Shah, Observations

Aug 13

The Rationalizing Animal

Aug 13

Daisies

Verse 3, Chapter 6 in The Garden Path

Aug 8

Daisies

Aug 8

A Fish Needs A Bicycle

To swim up stream to spawn, a bicycle will do To get you past the rapids you’d be swimming through. So find one bright and shiny, with a…

Aug 2

Aug 2

Published in
The Quantastic Journal

Moral Orientation and Critical Thought

Training aesthetic sensitivity is as crucial as teaching analytical and critical techniques, setting students on the path toward objective…

Jul 23

Figure 1: The Moral Cycle

Jul 23

Burton Voorhees

Burton Voorhees

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Emeritus professor of mathematics, Athabasca University. Current research in cultural evolution and history of science. Recent publication: The Garden Path.

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