Wittgenstein placed his remote home where everyone could see it. He was an oddly ostentatious recluse — Several factors conspired to make that first visit to Wittgenstein’s retreat magical. One was an element of serendipity. We hadn’t gone to Norway to visit Skjolden. But then neither had Wittgenstein. In October 1913, when he arrived at… Continue reading Wittgenstein’s retreat
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Xenophon sounds kinda xool
Eve Browning, a professor at UT-San Antonio wrote an amazing essay on Xenophon, one of those ancient Greek guys you might brush up against at some point in a philosophy or history class, but maybe forget about. Or, heck, maybe you’re always thinking about Xenophon. Either way, you’ll really dig this essay, which opens telling… Continue reading Xenophon sounds kinda xool
Steve Weddle 