A Jedi and a Philosopher Walk into a Bar

Spring is still springing, but the days are getting warmer. While my mulberry tree is still berrying (somewhat), the days are warm enough ...

I... think I've been underestimating Spinoza. [insert red-faced look here] I'm reading a book called The Philosophy of Spinoza, ...

We're used to hearing about voting rights in connection to women and minorities--but early in the history of the US, only (male) landown...

A lot of our modern ideas about "perfection" come from Plato. If you're familiar with him, you'll recognize his Forms. W...

Nicholas Cusanus (or Nicholas of Cusa, or Nicholas Cryfts) was born in Kues in 1401, in what is now Germany, the son of a wealthy merchant. ...

Spinoza was wrong. There, I said it. And he was also right. In saying that God was the only entity with truly free will, Spinoza was ...

One of the basic differences between living and non-living matter is that living matter has the ability to replicate itself. Some biologist...