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The case for hatred, Volume one: Talking off the cuff with a room full of robber-barons.

This series is my attempt at writing more often as thoughts come to me. This is in no way an attempt at anything coherent or even academic.

The date is somewhere late in September of 2012. Were currently working our way through the election season of one Mitt Romney...
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My Problem with the Philosophy of Existentialism

As we come to the close of the semester I reflect once more upon the subject of the class. Being in the title of itself, one would think that I have at least come to understand what the class is about. The problem with this is, however, that I still have absolutely no clue as to what we...
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What to say, what to say.
Well, obviously Ive been slacking at posting in my blog, though Im not sure that slacking is the right word. Since I had surgery on my mouth in late January Ive been playing a fun game of catch-up while not honestly giving a shit. Mix that with a healthy dose of trying to learn things that I actually do...
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Last semester I was in a slightly experimental class listed as "Issues in Philosophy: Wisdom". The class was made possible from a grant from a project group from The University of Chicago. The introduction of the project group is as follows:

"The Arete Initiative at The University of Chicago has launched a $2 million research program on the nature and benefits of wisdom. Once regarded...
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All things considered, I don't have very much to say that I think anyone would want to read, so I think I'll use this space as another place to present my work. Honestly, I doubt very many people will read it, but even if just one other person is exposed to what I write, I think it would be pretty cool.

So by work, what...
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