or why the left and the right are two symmetrical lies I will put things simply, even if it is unpleasant: the modern world believes itself stuck between two political, moral, and economic options, and it has not seen that both options are false. Not imperfect, not insufficient, …
Read more →There is something obscene about our modern relationship with holiness. Not obscene in the vulgar sense, but obscene in the sense of indecent, out of place, out of frame. We look at it the way we watch a wildlife documentary—with curiosity, sometimes admiration, but always from a…
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Someone recently threw this at me... I got tired. No need to do anything more.
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Hello, reader. Yes, I'm addressing you. I'm posting this here so I no longer have to keep this dialogue in my head. It's often said that one's greatest enemy is oneself. That's why I started writing on this blog. Writing isn't just about writing for others. In my quest for philo…
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Aikido consists of techniques with weapons and bare hands using the opponent's force, or rather their aggressiveness and will to harm. These techniques aim not to defeat the opponent, but to reduce their attempt at aggression to nothing. I've spoken of my sad tendency to follo…
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We're in 1985. All of phi- Sorry, wrong start. I hate captious reasoning. One of my acquaintances recently pointed out to me, and rightly so, that being so stressed makes me easily adopt reasoning that appears attractive and true... without realizing it. I dedicate this post to …
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Article translated from English from J. Chastek's blog. Proposition: If beliefs are proportioned to evidence, commitments are proportioned to evidence. Commitments are either beliefs or have them as an essential principle. Proposition: If commitments are proportioned to evidence…
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It's been a while since I've written. For lack of clarity, vision, time and motivation. And because I need time to lay out a reflection, stretch it in all directions, properly appropriate it and be able to understand it. And there are so many interesting subjects that I really h…
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If you frequently read my posts, you've probably already noticed this quote from one of my favorite thinkers several times: "Deus itaque nescit se quid est, quia non est quid." "God does not know what thing he is, because he is not a thing." John Scotus Eriugena I dare hope th…
Read more →"We are in 1642. January 6, to be exact. And that's when the miracle occurs: the great scientist Galileo Galilei, also known as Galileo in France, has just died for the second time, in his villa in Arcetri, in Florence. Why die for the second time? Because he had already died in …
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