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A Strange Play
I saw a strange play the other day. I’m still not sure what to make of it. It didn’t make much sense to me, but maybe it can make some sense to you? In the first act, a player strutted onto the stage in full costume, wearing a grotesque and elaborate mask. He said ‘I am a demon’ and launched into so many angry tirades against society. He accused everyone of being guilty of living in contradiction with themselves, denouncing the rich as poor, the powerful as weak, the knowledgeable as ignorant, and the beautiful as ugly. He said the…
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Cog Ergo Sum: A Very Short but Timeless Story About How a Man Makes Something of Himself
He began life as all life begins: free and completely dependent. He was taken care of by people who cared for him until he came to consciousness and realised that he could take care of himself. He started to learn how to take care of himself. When he showed how he could take care of himself, he was praised. ‘You’ve done well’, they said, ‘and you should be rewarded.’ He agreed. He had done well. He decided he should learn some things in order to take better care of himself. He went to school and learned some things. He was…
An experiment with philosophy as a way of life
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