Siris

Know that we Jews have three kinds of books: the first is the Bible, and we all believe in this with perfect faith; the second is called the...

Why is it that people will actually criticize others for being reasonable ? That is precisely what Jason Rosenhouse did in a recent post on...

And yet I have no convincing refutation of it....

While doing a bit of reading on the subject of eighteenth century theories of taste, I came upon an amusing incident in the history of schol...

I've run across arguments like this quite often, but I've never understood the reasoning: I think I can understand the difference be...

I have no wit, no words, no tears; My heart within me like a stone Is numbed too much for hopes or fears. Look right, look left, I dwell alo...

In previous posts in this series I've been attempting to provide a rough characterization of basic SETL. In Part I , I noted the basics ...