Philosophy

Thoughts on digesting my first graphic novel — It stares you in the face. No role is so well suited to philosophy as the one you happen to be in right now. — Marcus Aurelius Recently, I had the joy of getting an advance copy of Donald J. Robertson’s latest venture with illustrator Zé Nuno Fraga. A tale…

Wise words discovered in the unlikeliest of places. — “There is nothing impossible to him who will try,” uttered Alexander the Great over two millennia ago. In his head, he had the crazy idea of conquering the Persian Empire, the largest state of his time. And conquer it he did. Born in a kingdom that before the time of…

Young people need to be trained to see through racist alt-right ideology — On Saturday, 18-year-old Payton S. Gendron of Conklin New York drove 200 miles to Buffalo and opened fire in a supermarket, killing 10 and injuring 3. Gendron targeted Tops Friendly Markets in a predominantly Black east Buffalo neighborhood. Of his 13 victims, 11 were Black. Gendron live-streamed the attack and…

Edward Hopper’s perfectly painted dilemma, yet I cannot say what it is exactly — For a few years now, I’ve had a postcard of this painting tacked to my study wall. It’s called Pennsylvania coal town and it was made by Edward Hopper in 1947. Whenever I stop my work and look up at this painting, I can’t help but feel that Hopper painted…

Humility, Responsibility, and Insignificance — Welcome to The PATH — a weekly reflection with three timeless insights into daily life. This week’s reflection searches for ancient lessons on the art of being ordinary. 1. Humility A strange paradox of knowledge is the more we learn about a particular topic, the more our humility grows. The poet Goethe…

God is who He is — In reflection, we may discover we’ve been following — or refusing to follow — a version of God we’ve constructed in our own minds. The god we don’t trust, refuse to obey, can’t relate to, or can’t love, may not actually be real. Many false gods Here are some of the many gods…