Siris

 There are two ways in which the subject of morals may be treated. One begins from inquiring into the abstract relations of things; the othe...

 Our experimental capacity, like our artistic impulse, arises from our delight in imitation. (Cp. Turnbull) Liberalism is very poor at handl...

 The Washington Post has an interesting search engine that searches Google's C4 dataset, which is often used for Large Language Models ...

 April by Ella Higginson  Hey, pretty maid! Whence comest thou  With violets linked about thy brow,  And zone of buttercups' own gold?  ...

 In his discussion of natural virtues and vices (T 3.3.1.4-5, SBN 575), Hume has an argument that I think deserves a lot more consideration ...

  LoLa and Hauser, "Für Elise". A nice bit of Beethoven.

 A Morning Hymn by Christopher Smart O Thou, who lately closed my eyes, And calmed my soul to rest, Now the dull blank of darkness flies, Be...