The book Morality - Restoring the Common Good in Divided Times (amazon) was recommended to me by my dad in late January 2021. I was intrigued and looked up the author Jonathan Sacks online. According to wikipedia he served as the chief rabbi in Great Britain for the main branch of Judaism from 1991-2013. After … Continue reading Morality Matters
I am the youngest of four. I have two brothers and one sister. When I was about seven or eight years old I was playing basketball with our neighbors next door, along with my brothers. I remember becoming outraged at a perceived injustice that spiraled into a full blown temper tantrum. Understandably annoyed, one of … Continue reading Shame
This is part book report and part ‘what I learned’ while reading Friedrich Nietzsche’s book Twilight of the Idols. You'll see references represented by chapter acronyms throughout (see list in the references section near the bottom). The subtitle is illustrative of the subject of the book: How to Philosophize With a Hammer. It is a … Continue reading Nietzsche’s Hammer
Stepping away from your lifelong religion is hard. The impetus of this peculiar journey is unique for each that take it. If I were to reverse time to the point when I was reading the book Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind just before I started down the path of leaving (story in first 4 … Continue reading How to be Authentic in Meaninglessness
Sapien Curiosus 