I really enjoyed Winter Light (by Tobias Wolff).
"We like to think of our beliefs, and disbeliefs, as founded on reason and close, thoughtful observation. Only in theory do we begin to suspect the power of aesthetics to shape our lives."
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"Now I see the secret of the making of the best persons, It is to grow in the open air and to eat and sleep with the earth." -Whitman
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- first encounter with Seneca
- ever have the feeling you're being watched?
- McCain's soulless posturing on Guantanamo
- short essay on art and faith in The New Yorker
- philosophers' soccer
- habeas corpus and James Yee
- reversals
- "It is more important to want the good than it is ...
- The Fall of Conservatism?
- i'm sick -- abscessed tooth
- Whitman out of context
- Richard Kearney
- Whitman on the soul, body, God
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