Genesis
The Book of Genesis is nothing new to me.The stories contained within it have been told to me for as long as I can remember, first as a preschooler in Sunday School. and later throughout 13 years of Catholic education. … Continue reading Continue reading
Meeting Myths
“Myths are made for the imagination to breathe life into them” (Camus, The Myth of Sisyphus, 490) This week, I revisited Kierkegaard’s Fear and Trembling for Arts One. This text is one that has, in many ways, haunted me … Continue reading Continue reading
Plato and Genesis
I forgot we would be given our essay topics on Genesis/Kant/Plato so as I read Gorgias, I was thinking of possible topics. An interesting thing I thought about—and since we do have essay topics now, so I’m thinking of bringing … Continue reading → Continue reading →
Inaugural post!
Oh, I’m in university now. Shit just got real. The buzz of first and second week having passed, we are now settled in our class routines (more or less), and my procrastination has already begun… though I’ve managed to keep it at bay for the most part. I have this thing where I’ll start studying/reading […] Continue reading →
Tamar and Recognition
This week, I am going to breathe life into the myth of Judah and Tamar, as told in Genesis. Kant, in our other reading for this week, attempts to examine what the early chapters of the Genesis story have to … Continue reading →
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