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LATEST ARTICLES ( 3743 )

• BOOK REVIEW: Symposium by Plato

  Amazon.in PageProject Gutenberg (FREE)Symposium is a collection of speeches in praise of Love (the Greek god and the emotional experience) given at a banquet... Read more

  Posted on 30 September 2021 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• The Emotional Beast [Free Verse]

  

  We laud our rational side - The Thinking Man - But we're emotional beasts to the core. To use that old [and disparately applied] chestnut: Of emotions,... Read more

  Posted on 30 September 2021 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• BOOK REVIEW: Zen Buddhism and Its Relation to Art by Arthur Waley

  Zen Buddhism and Its Relation to Art by Arthur Waley My rating: 4 of 5 stars Amazon.in PageProject Gutenberg (FREE) This essay reviews the history and key... Read more

  Posted on 29 September 2021 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• BOOK REVIEW: Zen Buddhism by Christmas Humphreys

  Amazon.in Page This overview of Zen Buddhism isn't so much an instructional guide as a reflection upon Zen as a life philosophy and an artistic influence.... Read more

  Posted on 29 September 2021 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• BOOK REVIEW: MonsterMind by Alfonso Casas

  

  MonsterMind: Dealing with Anxiety Self-Doubt by Alfonso Casas My rating: 5 of 5 stars Amazon.in Page Out: October 12, 2021 This comic offers a clever and... Read more

  Posted on 28 September 2021 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• BOOK REVIEW: Anecdotes of the Cynics by Various

  Anecdotes of the Cynics by Robert F. Dobbin My rating: 5 of 5 stars Amazon.in Page This is a collection of brief stories and sayings from famous Cynic... Read more

  Posted on 28 September 2021 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• In Praise of Diogenes the Cynic [Free Verse]

  

  Owning only a cloak, staff, and satchel, he broke his bowl after seeing a child drink from cupped hands, feeling the dunce for being out-simplified by a mer... Read more

  Posted on 27 September 2021 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• BOOK REVIEW: Friday, Book One: The First Day of Christmas by Ed Brubaker

  Amazon.in Page Out: November 9, 2021 I was loving everything about this book until (the very big issue of) its failure to provide any conclusion or resolution.... Read more

  Posted on 24 September 2021 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• BOOK REVIEW: Introducing Political Philosophy: A Graphic Guide by Dave Robinson

  Introducing Political Philosophy: A Graphic Guide by Dave Robinson My rating: 4 of 5 stars Amazon.in Page This book offers a concise overview of the philosophy... Read more

  Posted on 24 September 2021 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• BOOK REVIEW: Henry VIII by William Shakespeare

  King Henry VIII by William Shakespeare My rating: 5 of 5 stars Amazon.in Page This play takes place over a period of time, for want of a better measure,... Read more

  Posted on 22 September 2021 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• Manila Limerick

  

  There was a grumpy man of Manila who didn't care the slightest scintilla. He'd lay on the horn - even on Sunday morn. When the sign failed, the Church hired a... Read more

  Posted on 22 September 2021 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• BOOK REVIEW: Basho’s Haiku Journeys by Freeman Ng

  Amazon.in Page Out: October 19, 2021 The first thing a prospective reader should be clear about is that these aren't Basho's haiku. Basho wrote travelogues in... Read more

  Posted on 22 September 2021 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• BOOK REVIEW: After the Fall by Laurent Queyssi

  Amazon.in Page Out: October 12, 2021 This isn't exactly a thinking person's read. It's a fine, if simple, return home quest story with plenty of action. But it... Read more

  Posted on 21 September 2021 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• BOOK REVIEW: The Gold Persimmon by Lindsay Merbaum

  Amazon.in Page Out: October 5, 2021 This book consists of two stories with the common connection of being set in strange hotels. The first story is split betwee... Read more

  Posted on 21 September 2021 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• BOOK REVIEW: Meno by Plato

  Amazon.in Page Online: MIT Classics The central question of this dialogue is the teachability of virtue. The dialogue calledProtagoras also delved into this... Read more

  Posted on 20 September 2021 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• BOOK REVIEW: Scout’s Honor by David Pepose

  Amazon.in Page Out: October 5, 2021 This is one of those books that I found myself liking more and more as I continued to read, though which, frankly, the... Read more

  Posted on 20 September 2021 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• BOOK REVIEW: When a Robot Decides to Die and Other Stories by Francisco García...

  When a Robot Decides to Die and Other Stories by Francisco García González My rating: 4 of 5 stars Amazon.in Page Out: November 15, 2021 This book isn't fo... Read more

  Posted on 20 September 2021 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• The Immovable [Free Verse]

  

  The Immovable, said to lasso evil vanquish it with his flaming sword. And I have so many questions... -can one vanquish evil? -what material must a sword... Read more

  Posted on 19 September 2021 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• The Taoist [Free Verse]

  

  In the pagoda garden, the philosopher stares into the inky darkness, contemplating its slow flow into the light, reflecting upon the light embedded in all... Read more

  Posted on 19 September 2021 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• BOOK REVIEW: I Breathed a Body by Zac Thompson

  Amazon.in page Out: October 5, 2021 This is one creepy commentary on technology run amok, and the alienation, desensitization, and disconnection that can result... Read more

  Posted on 17 September 2021 SOCIETY, TRAVEL