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The Floating of Other Men’s Understandings

At least since Descartes, knowledge has by and large been an individual affair: the ”gold standard” for knowledge, is that which a single…

Aug 23, 2022

The Floating of Other Men’s Understandings

Aug 23, 2022

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Codes, Morals and Inflation

You’re having a test. Why not sneak into the toilet and cheat? No one stops you from taking your phone with you to the bathroom.

Feb 5, 2023

Feb 5, 2023

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Igneous Current

Morning is when the words come in. An igneous current, rough and uncut like a black diamond in diaphanous grey epoxy.

Jan 19, 2023

Igneous Current

Jan 19, 2023

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Epictetus’ “Of the Faculty of Expression”

Epictetus’ chastises and praises, recommends and scares, pushes and pulls, in the hope of instilling the right kind of middle way.

Dec 28, 2022

Epictetus’ “Of the Faculty of Expression”

Dec 28, 2022

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Marcus Aurelius on Giving Credit and Getting Out of Bed

Blast from the past of my old blog Agapesis:

Dec 27, 2022

Marcus Aurelius on Giving Credit and Getting Out of Bed

Dec 27, 2022

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The Tusk of Ganesha

My favourite café has something of an esoteric theme to it. In particular, the customer finding herself in need while waiting outside the…

Oct 1, 2022

The Tusk of Ganesha

Oct 1, 2022

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Feyerabend on Education and Being Too ”Taken In”

The first duty of a teacher is to warn his audience that while he is going to tell a story which he likes and which has a nice sound to it…

Aug 29, 2022

Feyerabend on Education and Being Too ”Taken In”

Aug 29, 2022

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The Philosopher as a Universal Dilettante

Looking back, I always had a curious respect for philosophers who exhibited a certain distance between themselves and their “work”.

Aug 25, 2022

The Philosopher as a Universal Dilettante

Aug 25, 2022

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Catullus on Irrumation and Artistic Freedom

Was Catullus as snuddly-cuddly as the 5th carmen intimates? Did he prefer to spoon or to be spooned?

Aug 23, 2022

Catullus on Irrumation and Artistic Freedom

Aug 23, 2022

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Internal Invitations: Why I Do What I Do and Other People Don’t

I’m writing this from Bangkok, Thailand. You ask why I am in Thailand? Because I chose to. When I lived in Paris or Belgrade, the question…

Aug 23, 2022

Internal Invitations: Why I Do What I Do and Other People Don’t

Aug 23, 2022

Albin Thörn Cleland

Albin Thörn Cleland

This blog belongs to a contumacious philosopher (MA), ineffable guitarist and digital monad (sic!) from Stockholm. That’s it, really.

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