Monthly Archives: September 2015

Book Two: A Criticism of the Highest Values That Have Prevailed HithertoConcluding remarks concerning the criticism of morality §403   One may admit the truth to the point where one is sufficiently elevated no longer to require the disciplinary school … Continue reading →

There is no good reason whatever for Rowan County clerk Kim Davis’ ongoing refusal to issue marriage licenses, but some digging by U.S. News & World Report has turned-up some history that points toward a possible explanation of her toxic … Continue reading →

Book Two: A Criticism of the Highest Values That Have Prevailed HithertoConcluding remarks concerning the criticism of morality §402   Morality, a useful error; or, more clearly still, a necessary and expedient lie according to the greatest and most impartial … Continue reading →

Kim Davis, Pious Yahoo and, unfortunately, still the clerk of Rowan County, Kentucky, continues to refuse to issue marriage licenses, though she lost her appeal to the Supreme Court yesterday. Invoking “God’s authority” in a testy exchange with same-sex partners, … Continue reading →

This is interesting: They’re asking over at Daily Nous what one statement/question/passage from Western philosophy would you preserve if all of the rest of philosophical thought were to be removed from the earth? Resetting, or jump-starting, Western thought is an … Continue reading →