I’ve been joking recently that I feel like I’m living on the cusp of two epochs: BGE and AGE. That’s before and after my upcoming Greek exam. In reality, the thing that takes up most of my time is my workplace. However, all spare time at the moment is taken up by my poor attempts …
Last year I had an assignment on an Old Testament, minor prophet’s writing. I selected Habakkuk. Habakkuk is a ‘cult prophet’ which I take to mean that he was associated with the practices of the ancient Jewish tribe of the Levites, who ministered at the temple. Habakkuk was also concerned about the internal corruption of …
The other week I was teaching my philosophy class about Nietsche's ideas of art in The Birth of Tragedy. Nietsche's ideas (which I think are borrowed from Kant and Schopenhaer) heavily feature Greek mythology, particularly Apollo and Dionysus. I've followed this up with reading for an essay that has required me to think about sacrifice …
On Thursday night when I wrote this post, it felt like the first time I'd stopped all year. I'm sure it wasn't (but then again...). The reason it felt like the first time I'd stopped all year was because it was finally the end of the semester. A full-time worker, I was also a full-time …