PinnedPaul DeFattaSome Thoughts about Meaning (7/14/2023)In what does meaning (in the existential sense of ‘the meaning of life’) consist — for me? To what extent might such meaning possess…Jul 19, 20231Jul 19, 20231
Paul DeFattaEx Cathedra (8/11/2024 — Karpacz)(There are perhaps as many ‘takes’ on individuation as there are individuals, but I offer this one, penned this morning, for your…2d ago2d ago
Paul DeFattaGateways and Inner Growth (7/31/2022)In last night’s dream I was lying in the back of a truck that was speeding down Fairfield and then Kings Highway in Shreveport. A woman was…Aug 4Aug 4
Paul DeFattaA Fresh Look at the Slave Revolt in Morals (12/7/2022)Responding to a questioner who has referred to the well-known religious/philosophical conception of the world (or universe) as “a mighty…Jul 29Jul 29
Paul DeFattaGranny and the GridI can’t tell if it is the way things are already beginning to move in the human world — and I’m just picking up the faint signals with my…Jul 29Jul 29
Paul DeFattaPerilous Slumber (11/22/2022)During Sunday’s discussion of Machiavelli’s The Prince, I found occasion to employ the metaphor of a thermostatic comfort zone to help…Jul 29Jul 29