Unwrapping art (and other stuff) with Jonathan Cooper ★ Disvolvi arton (kaj aliaj aferoj) kun Jonathan Cooper
My oldest brother Christopher recently wrote a book, The God Theorem: God seen through the eyes of a mathematician, in which he explains his worldview and spiritual faith, and discusses some tricky questions about life, philosophy and morality. Because he is a mathematician, his approach is through a system of logic. And a fundamental concept … Read more
By “soul”, I mean something beyond the body, which nevertheless is an essential part of “me”. I will use the method Reductio ad absurdum (“reduction to the absurd”): I will assume the opposite of what I am trying to prove. If this leads to an absurd outcome, I will be able to conclude that the … Read more
I’ve been re-reading a book, “What Makes Us Tick?” by Hugh Mackay (Hachette, 2010). Here are a few favourite quotes from chapter 4, “The desire to connect”: “The Russian literary critic, Viktor Shklovsky, wrote that ‘art exists that one might recover the sensations of life; it exists to make one feel things, to make the … Read more