Daily Archive: April 3, 2010

Parmenides and non-Parmenides

First off, I’m not sure we can say the philosophy of Parmenides exactly “works”. That is, I don’t think we can take his ideas as precepts. Because, essentially, Parmenides speaks of the impossibility of...

Holy (and Wholly Misunderstood) Saturday

— From the Wiki on Holy Saturday, called The Holy Sabbath in the Eastern Orthodox Tradition: In the Greek tradition the clergy strew laurel leaves and flower petals all over the church to symbolize the shattered...