Monthly Archives: July 2015

Lewis Thomas, Late Night Thoughts on Listening to Mahler’s Ninth Symphony

Posted on 2 July 2015 by Mark R. Kelly

This was the third collection, published in 1983, of Lewis Thomas’s elegant, mostly short, essays, following The Lives of a Cell (which I blogged about last week) and The Medusa and the Snail. I read (or reread, I’m not sure) … Continue reading →

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Links and Comments: Philosophical principles; social programs; narrative; FDS; religious conflict and the gullible

Posted on 1 July 2015 by Mark R. Kelly

I’ve belatedly added a link to Adam Lee’s Statement of Principles, a set of philosophical positions that I mostly endorse (I reserve the right to quibble), in the intro to my Provisional Conclusions. \\ And speaking of Adam Lee, this … Continue reading →

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