1714

In-and-for itself. Ours is the worst and the best of all possible worlds.

1713

Religious affiliation. The question of whether you should be practicing any religion at all is prior to the question of which religion you should practice. You can leap ahead to the latter question by having faith in faith or you can dwell forever on the former question by deciding on indecision.

1712

The rhetorical appeal of logical priority. An argument a priori is a defense against any argument a posteriori, but an argument a posteriori is no attack against any argument a priori.

1711

What is this thing called? I become hopeful again when even the most trivial difficulties are not misnamed “existential crises.”

1710

To have, to be. I have lost. I am lost.

1709

The bare minimum. The human condition of embodiment consists in pain and pleasure.

1708

A one-way relationship. The word does not make flesh, but the flesh makes words.

1707

Suffering from success. To recover an insight which has become a cliché is not to restore its original meaning. It is only to resurrect the idea and return it to the living.

1706

Photography and film. Neither of the major innovations of the 20th century world of arts has an essential relationship to the written word.

1705

Lack. Fulfillment comes from sharing what we do not have.