Monthly Archives: November 2013

Plato inherited a world intellectually divided between Parmenides’ vision of the constancy and immutability of being and Heraclitus’ vision of the constancy of change. Plato’s vision of reality is a strait vertical line between these two points, the immutable Ideas, … Continue reading →

In the sixth century before Christ there takes place across a wide swath of the civilized world a coup de theatre, a dramatic turn in the human psyche; in the East enter Confucius and the Buddha, in the West the … Continue reading →

I begin with a confession. I am ataxophobic. I like order. I like an orderly desk, orderly files, bookcases, ideas, events, liturgies, etc. I realize that puts be at odds with the tack of modern society. We spend a good … Continue reading →